Tamar Mayer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3860903 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tamar Mayer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tamar |
| FAMILY NAME | Mayer |
| SIGNATURE | MAYER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middlebury College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1557-4387 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Curating the Unexpected
A monumental work by French artist Stéphane Thidet became the nexus for an unexpected interaction between an art installation and wildlife. “Weeping Stones,” which presents a desert‐like world, devoid of greenery, was featured in an exhibition we co‐curated at the Genia Schreiber University Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel, in January 2020. During a year of recurring lockdowns, we decided to keep the installation running—even though our gallery was empt…
Curatorial Re-Action in Israel Post October 7th
This article analyzes responses of museums and art institutions in Israel to the events of October 7th. It stresses the public role of museums in times of crisis, and the ways that diverse curatorial choices reflect upon their institutions’ pursuits. It focuses on the case study of curatorial empathy, enacted at the Tel Aviv University Art Gallery, noting its aptness at times of crisis and trauma. The article claims that in a society that experie…
Displacement, Belonging, and Migrant Agency in the Face of Power
Growing with Covid
This essay proposes an alternative curatorial approach in response to the Covid-19 crisis that has shaken the art world and its institutions. It analyzes an exhibition that opened shortly before the pandemic and reflects on the curators’ choice to consider Covid not merely a limitation or constraint, but also as an opportunity to reevaluate curatorial practices within a university gallery.The exhibition Plan(e)t focuses on the relationships betwe…
Gender Ironies of Nationalism
Heightened Palestinian Nationalism
Women and the Israeli Occupation
Women and the Israeli Occupation
Women and the Israeli Occupation
Gender ironies of nationalism
Women in the Middle East
Growing with Covid
This essay proposes an alternative curatorial approach in response to the Covid-19 crisis that has shaken the art world and its institutions. It analyzes an exhibition that opened shortly before the pandemic and reflects on the curators’ choice to consider Covid not merely a limitation or constraint, but also as an opportunity to reevaluate curatorial practices within a university gallery.The exhibition Plan(e)t focuses on the relationships betwe…
Women in the Middle East
Gender ironies of nationalism
Women and the Israeli Occupation
Women and the Israeli Occupation
Heightened Palestinian Nationalism
Women and the Israeli Occupation
Gender Ironies of Nationalism
Displacement, Belonging, and Migrant Agency in the Face of Power
Growing with Covid
This essay proposes an alternative curatorial approach in response to the Covid-19 crisis that has shaken the art world and its institutions. It analyzes an exhibition that opened shortly before the pandemic and reflects on the curators’ choice to consider Covid not merely a limitation or constraint, but also as an opportunity to reevaluate curatorial practices within a university gallery.The exhibition Plan(e)t focuses on the relationships betwe…
Curatorial Re-Action in Israel Post October 7th
This article analyzes responses of museums and art institutions in Israel to the events of October 7th. It stresses the public role of museums in times of crisis, and the ways that diverse curatorial choices reflect upon their institutions’ pursuits. It focuses on the case study of curatorial empathy, enacted at the Tel Aviv University Art Gallery, noting its aptness at times of crisis and trauma. The article claims that in a society that experie…
Curating the Unexpected
A monumental work by French artist Stéphane Thidet became the nexus for an unexpected interaction between an art installation and wildlife. “Weeping Stones,” which presents a desert‐like world, devoid of greenery, was featured in an exhibition we co‐curated at the Genia Schreiber University Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel, in January 2020. During a year of recurring lockdowns, we decided to keep the installation running—even though our gallery was empt…
Political science (4 works) · History (3 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Social conditions (3 works) · Social Science (3 works) · Activité politique (2 works) · Arab (2 works) · Exhibition (2 works) · Feminism & Feminist Theory (2 works)