The Tel Aviv Municipality presented today (Sunday) a new outline for the opening of the cultural halls, which includes allowing entry only to those who present a vaccination certificate against Corona and holding performances in small halls and restricting movement, while maintaining the purple character guidelines. The outline was presented at two cultural institutions – the Tel Aviv Museum and the Cameri Theater in the Habima Arts Center.
Preparations have already begun for the museum to hang a new exhibition – “Big Yellow Sun” by the artist Alexander Cald, and the Chamber Theater has shown an excerpt from the return of the comedy drama “Plague and Love” about the lives of those staying at the Corona Hotel.
Reading at the “Cameri” club (Photo: Guy Yechieli)“There is no reason in principle not to partially open the cultural institutions to civilians and artists, which have already been vaccinated twice. There are already about one million citizens in Israel who are completely vaccinated, they long for culture and there is no danger of infection or contagion. The second vaccine, “said the mayor of Tel Aviv Ron Huldai He added that “among the vaccinated there are also thousands of artists, creators and staffs who are already waiting to return to work. We are ready to open shows and events that can be held immediately in solo performances at the Cameri and Alley Theater, museum exhibitions, cinematheque films, classical and contemporary music at the Einav Center and library openings.”
According to him, the cultural model can also be applied in the fields of sports and street business. “There is no point in waiting. Hundreds of thousands of cultural fans and tens of thousands of workers in the cultural industry have been waiting for a year for the halls to open and the audience is thirsty for it.”
Hanging an exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum (Photo: Guy Yechieli)Tanya Cohen Uzieli, The director of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, noted that the museum is preparing to reopen its gates to the general public, immediately after the closure.
According to her, the museum is one of the safest places to visit. “We adhere to all the guidelines of the Ministry of Health. The museum was open to the public between closures on the purple mark regulations, which include online ticket booking, heat testing, keeping distance and regulating the number of people in the exhibition spaces and halls.