Netanyahu: I’ve told Trump I won’t evacuate ‘a single person’ from settlements
PM says all communities over the Green Line must be under Israeli sovereignty, vows this will eventually happen; hints at progress, with US support, in his next term
In three floors of galleries, “Fake News,” a new exhibit at the Haifa Museum of Art, explores the definition of news, truth and realism in the era of US President Donald Trump.
“Donald Trump is our poster boy, he’s the ultimate example of fake truth, of alternative facts,” said Svetlana Reingold, chief curator at the museum.
The American president has repeatedly used the term “fake news” to describe reports from particular media outlets as well as the outlets themselves.
“We’re living in something that couldn’t have happened before,” said Reingold. “This entire period of fake news, of social media and its effects, has changed the whole concept of news. It’s a state of mind that didn’t previously exist.”
It’s an era in which “two plus two equals four, but could also be equal to five,” she added.
The exhibit, which opened March 30, gave 48 artists from Israel and around the world the opportunity to create a reality — or a work that brings forth a lie based on reality — said Reingold.
On the top floor, 15 works of celebrated British artist Damien Hirst embody the creation of art based on a questionable reality. Hirst readily lent his sculptures to the museum, the curator noted.
Josyane Vanounou and Dov Or Ner’s “Jesslyn Fax Stories,” a massive print on canvas of dozens of Time magazine covers from the 1960s and 1970s of world leaders, leads the exhibit. Its title refers to the French movie star who acted in Albert Hitchcock’s “Rear Window,” as well as to the fax machine that reproduces texts for distribution.
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