Ido Bruno
Ido Bruno (born 1963) is an Israeli designer, professor of design at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and former Director of the Israel Museum.
Life[edit]
Bruno was born in Jerusalem in 1963 to Ofra and Michael Bruno.[1][2] Bruno studied industrial design at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem. He joined the teaching staff at Bezalel in 1993, and received a full professorship in 2014.
He is one of Israeli's most prominent designers and has overseen a larger number of important museum exhibitions, including Herod the Great: The King’s Final Journey at the Israel Museum in 2013.[1] His works and exhibitions have been displayed in Israel and around the world, including MoMA, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts, Lausanne; the Design Museum in London; the Tel Aviv Museum of Art; the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities, Jerusalem, and many more.[1]
Bruno was appointed Director of the Israel Museum in November 2017.[3][4] It was announced that he would be stepping down in 2021.[5][6]
Awards[edit]
- Medical Design Excellence Award (2007)
- The Israel Museum’s Sandberg Prize (2008)
- The Minister of Culture’s Prize for Design (2012)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Wecker, Menachem (2018-08-27). "'I'm an Experiment': Why the Israel Museum Hired Ido Bruno, a Tech-Savvy Designer With No Institutional Experience, to Be Its New Director". Artnet News. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ Passell, Peter (1996-12-31). "Michael Bruno, 64, Economist And Israel's Banking Chief". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ "Professor Ido Bruno's address as he takes up his role as Director of the Israel Museum". www.imj.org.il. 2017-11-30. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ "Ido Bruno Named Director of Israel Museum – ARTnews.com". www.artnews.com. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ "Another director steps down from Israel Museum". The Jerusalem Post, jpost.com. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ Steinberg, Jessica. "Israel Museum director steps down after four years". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
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