Mordechai Omer

Mordechai Omer (Hebrew: מרדכי עומר; April 1941 - 10 June 2011) was an Israeli art historian and museum administrator who served as Director of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

[2] Omer lived in the United States from 1967–1972, studying and working at the Museum of Modern Art New York.

Omer was guest curator for the Saõ Paulo Biennial (1987 and 1989) and the Commissioner of the Israel Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2003).

[3] He served as Director and Chief Curator of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art from 1995 until his death in 2011 and was instrumental in the commissioning of the Herta and Paul Amir Building.

[4] Omer died from cancer after a short period of illness and was buried in Har Hamenuchot cemetery, Jerusalem.