Dana Levy | Cabinets of Wonder in Contemporary Art
Curators: Dalia Levin, Daria Kaufmann and Ghila Limon
Sep. 8, 2012 - Dec. 29, 2012
Born in Israel
The Ark of Fort de Tourneville, 2012, 7 photographs.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, cabinets of wonder often included, among other items, stuffed animals and collections of shells and stones. In the 18th century, many of these collections were donated to, or acquired by, various European states. These exhibits came to constitute the core displays of the world’s first museums, among which are the British museum (inaugurated in 1759) in London, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and the Boerhaave Museum in Leiden, Holland.
