It provided the population with a symbolic sense of achievement and community. Pomp and Circumstance combines photographs, video films, original music, sound tracks and rare printed media that document the first decade of major events in Israel. The activities will be scattered in and around the kibbutz - at the local gallery, hothouses, pool, fields, sheds etc. Every evening artists and visitors will be engaged in meetings and discussion groups related to the theme. Several artists plan to create works that will last for the entire four-day event.
Visitors are welcome to stay at the kibbutz and, for a fee, use the dining facilities.
The White chapel Gallery is celebrating its 100th anniversary with an exhibition of singular items culled from important shows inaugurated at the gallery. Pay attention to the great painting of horses by Stubbs. Till May 20. Works by Max Beckmann, Max Liebermann and Lovis Corinth are also of major importance. In Paris make sure to view Picasso's Erotic Works, a prodigious display of the master's facility in every medium.