In 2002, shortly after shifting his focus from dance to art, Tino Sehgal created Kiss: a choreography based on a series of hugs and kisses inspired by famous works from the history of art, such as those by Rodin, Munch, Klimt, Brâncuși, Koons. Over the past two decades, Kiss has been featured in many art spaces throughout the world, each time performed by local dancer couples, who each time demonstrated what Sehgal terms ‘constructed situations’: live encounters between viewers and ‘interpreters’, as Sehgal refers to the dancers.

Featuring the work in TAMA’s foyer enables an encounter not only between dancers and audience but also between two contemporary classics: the Museum’s iconic architectural space and a work of art that has redefined the way in which art can be present in a museum.
Tino Sehgal was born in 1976 in London; he lives and works in Berlin. He is one of the world’s leading live art artists, and one of prominent figures responsible for the entry of the living body into museums in the 21st century.

Participants in the exhibition:
Nelly Agassi — Nir Amit — Or Ashkenazi — Bat Sheva Dance Company — Beit Avi Chai — Gaga - Ofri Cnaani — Creatures of Dance: Yali Nativ & Iris Lana — Noam Holdengreber — Tamar Katz — Alit Kreiz — Dalia Kreid — Tami Lebovitz and the Youth Ensemble — Mor Leedor — Public Movement — Gal Nissim — Ariel Reichman — Tai Rona — Dana Ruttenberg — Michal Samama — Tino Sehgal — Noa Shadur — Shamans of Sound — Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor — Idit Suslik — Merav Svirsky — Vacuum Service — Yasmeen Godder Company — Sharon Zuckerman Weiser

The exhibition was made possible thanks to the support of:
Tel Aviv Municipality – Digitel; YBOX; MART Foundation; Ann and Ari Resenblatt; The Art Library in Memory of Meir Arison donated by the Ted Arison Family Foundation; Israel Lottery Council for Culture and Arts; Outset Contemporary Art Fund; Emma and Philippe Cohen; Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Tel Aviv; Israel Ministry of Culture and Sports; and The Choreographers’ Association