Farkash Gallery Explained

The Farkash Gallery (he|גלריית פרקש) is an art gallery in Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel.

History

Farkash Gallery houses the largest collection in the world of vintage historical Israeli posters.^[1] The collection contains posters from Palestine as well as modern-day Israel. The collection was founded in 1948 by the Farkash family and is located in Old Jaffa. Today the Farkash Gallery is run by Aharon Farkash.^[2]

The collection includes military posters,^[3] political posters, advertisements and movie promotions.

Published works

• REVOLUTION OR TERROR? VINTAGE POSTERS AND ARTICLES BY LEADING ACADEMY AND PUBLIC FIGURES. Farkash Gallery Publish 2002.
• COLLECTION OF VINATGE POSTERS OF MAY 1ST IN ISRAEL (HEBREW). Farkash Gallery Publish 2003.
• VINTAGE PHOTOS BOOK OF YOM KIPPUR WAR BATTLES IN SINAI (HEBREW). Uri Dan And Farkash Gallery 2003.
• THE ROAD TO ISRAEL’S INDEPENDENCE, COLLECTION OF ISRAELI MEMORABILIA ITEMS (HEBREW). Haatzmaut Road Publish 2008
• HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS ALBUM OF ISRAEL’S OLD CITY OF JAFFA. Farkash Gallery Publish 2015.
• TEL AVIV, ONCE UPON A TIME, HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS ALBUM OF THE FIRST HEBREW CITY. Farkash Gallery Publish 2015.
• HAIM BSERET The album of Israeli cinema 1913 To 2014. Farkash Gallery Publish 2016

See also

• Visual arts in Israel

External links

• Farkash Gallery

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Notes and References

1. Book: Peleg, Yaron. 2008. Israeli Culture Between the Two Intifadas: a Brief Romance. University of Texas Press. 136–9.
2. Book: Art Museums and Galleries in Israel: Israel Museum, Ein Harod, Bauhaus Center, L. A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Textstream. 2010.
3. News: Yom Kippur War Exhibit Opens. Press, Sarah. October 10, 2003. The Jerusalem Post.