Come and see the third edition of the Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts & Design, one of the central and influential events in Israel’s craft and design scene. The Biennale will take place at the Eretz Israel Museum under the theme “Works and Days,” inspired by Hesiod’s epic poem.

Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts & Design 2026: “Works and Days” | Open to the public: April 20, 2026

In April 2026, the third edition of the Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts & Design will open—one of the central and influential events in Israel’s craft and design scene. The Biennale will take place at Muza, the Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, under the theme “Works and Days,” inspired by Hesiod’s epic poem.

The theme seeks to examine the concept of work in its broadest sense: not only as labor and artistic creation, but also as action, initiative and moral responsibility—concepts deeply relevant to the current social, cultural and environmental reality.

More than 200 creators will present their work at the Biennale. More than 1,500 proposals were submitted to the judging committee, from which projects representing a broad range of craft and design fields were selected: ceramics, glass, textiles, paper and jewelry, alongside industrial design, fashion design, visual communication, architecture, video and performative practices. The selection emphasizes quality, innovation and diversity, reflecting an up-to-date picture of the local craft and design scene.

Many of the works combine tradition and innovation through experimental and process-oriented approaches, with a particular focus on cultural heritage, environmental sustainability and contemporary material thinking. The Biennale offers a multidisciplinary, research-based and open perspective on processes of creation, work and material.

In the museum’s various pavilions, unique collaborative projects will be presented by the museum’s curators and invited creators, who will respond to the museum’s collections and weave new connections between past and present.

During the Biennale months, three academic incubators in different design fields will be presented. They will operate successively, giving the public a glimpse behind the scenes of processes of thought, research and work.

Alongside the exhibitions, the Biennale will include an essay catalogue, a blog and digital content, an audio guide, and an extensive public program featuring workshops, lectures, gallery talks, meetings with artists, multidisciplinary events, performances, an international conference and participatory activities for the general public, including at Jack Joseph and Morton Mandel Park (“The Orchard”). The Biennale serves as a central platform for broad cultural exposure, engagement and influence, and invites partners who share a commitment to creation, society and sustainability.

Additional rotating exhibitions currently on display

“Height of Emotion — Yoav Weinfeld”

“Height of Emotion” began to take shape about a year before the October 7 massacre, in which Einav Levy was murdered and her partner, Or Levy, was abducted to Gaza. Yoav and his partner Tal, Or’s brother, raised Almog, Or and Einav’s son, who was two years old at the time. Work on the exhibition continued intermittently throughout Or’s 491 days in captivity, and it opens several months after his return to his family. The historical moment echoed in the exhibition transformed theoretical questions about representation into acute issues—“Height of Emotion” challenges the very possibility of representing reality.

“Between Water and Sky — Werner Braun”

The photographer Werner Braun (1918–2018) was born in Nuremberg, Germany. As antisemitic acts intensified, he moved to Sweden in 1937. In 1946, he immigrated to Israel with his family, and they settled in Jerusalem.

Upon arriving in Israel, he worked as an assistant in photography studios in the city. During the War of Independence, he began working as a press photographer and documented, among other things, Israel’s wars. Over the years, he photographed for many newspapers: The Jerusalem Post, Davar HaShavua, Davar LaYeladim, Haaretz Shelanu, Yedioth Ahronoth, HaOlam HaZeh, BaMahane and Ashmoret; as well as The New York Times and Camera Press. He photographed important trials, including the Eichmann trial (1961) and the trial of Japanese terrorist Kozo Okamoto (1972).

Braun was a photographer and adventurer whose perspectives were diverse. In the 1950s, he took underwater photographs in the Red Sea and participated in the production of a documentary film shot at Lake Hula before it was drained. From 1966, he specialized in aerial photography. He documented important archaeological excavations, including at the Treasure Cave in Ein Gedi (1963). Alongside all this, he also documented everyday life; his photographs reveal humor and a human perspective. Braun worked primarily until the mid-1980s.

“Have We Arrived? Have We Arrived Already? And Now…?”

Our everyday lives are filled with small and large waits: from waiting for a friend to visit, through a family trip, to waiting for a baby to be born.

Technological changes in the modern era have brought dramatic changes to our waiting times: what once took days and weeks—from sending a letter to developing photographs—has become a matter of seconds. At the same time, nature continues to teach us a lesson in patience: a tree still grows at its own pace, and becoming an independent adult still takes time.

The exhibition Worth the Wait grew out of a reality of ongoing, tense waiting for the hostages to return and for the war to end. It invites visitors to take a new look at the experience of waiting, which we all share, through works of art, objects from the museum’s collections and interactive activities. Together, these tell of the things we need to wait for and those we no longer do, the ways in which we cope with waiting, and also those situations in which urgency is דווקא the only option.

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