Three artists, all born in Israel whose art, among many newly opened shows, caught my attention, don’t directly relate to the current situation. They are a bridge between before and now.
His father was partisan and poet Abba Kovner, the man who coined the famous phrase 'Let us not go like sheep to the slaughter,' and a key witness in the Eichman trial. In an interview to mark the opening of his new solo exhibition, artist Michael Kovner discusses his parents' legacy, and explains what happened to his former army comrade, Benjamin Netanyahu
Selected works by 58 Israeli artists will be purchased by a $250,000 acquisition fund
Tchelet Ram, True Love Leaves No Traces, 2013. Bed, closet, rope, 195 x 140 x 90 cm. Photo: Ariel Reichman.
TEL AVIV
.-The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Foundation, which has been awarding an annual prize of approximately $120,000 to two artists since 2006, has decided, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, to reconfigure the prize this year as a dedicated $250,000 fund for the purchase of art works.
The art works will be purchased for the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Israeli Art Collection at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, which comprises works by Rappaport Award winners over the years, and will be on display at a special exhibition to be opened at the Museum in August 2021.