Israeli pavilion explained

The Israeli pavilion houses Israel's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals. Jewish Israeli artists first participated in the 24th Venice Biennale in the Erez Israel, Artisti Palestinesi pavilion. Israel first participated in the 25th Venice Biennale in 1950.^[1]

Organization and building

In 1948 Israeli Jewish painters participated under the Erez Israel, Artisti Palestinesi pavilion sponsored by wealthy Italian Jews. In 1950, Israeli opened its pavilion. The pavilion, designed by Zeev Rechter, was built between 1951 and 1952 and later restored by Fredrik Fogh in 1966.

Representation by year

Art

• 1948 — Yitzhak Frenkel Frenel, Yehezkel Streichman, Moshe Castel, Sionah Tagger, Avigdor Stematsky, Aharon Giladi
• 1950 — Yitzhak Frenkel Frenel, Mordechai Levanon, Leon Fein, Leo Kahn
• 1952 — Marcel Janco, Reuben Rubin, Moshe Mokady^[2]
• 1982 — Tamar Getter, Michal Na'aman
• 1986 — Nubani Ibrahim, Asad azi
• 1988 — Zadok Ben-David
• 1990 — Ya'acov Dorchin
• 1993 — Avital Geva
• 1995 — Joshua Neustein, Uri Tzaig (Curator: Gideon Ofrat)
• 1997 — Yossi Berger, Miriam Cabessa, Sigalit Landau
• 2001 — Uri Katzenstein (Curator: Yigal Zalmona)
• 2003 — Michal Rovner
• 2005 — Guy Ben-Ner (Curator: Sergio Edelzstein)
• 2007 — Yehudit Sasportas (Curator: Suzanne Landau)^[3]
• 2009 — Raffi Lavie (Curator: Doreet LeVitte Harten)
• 2011 — Sigalit Landau (Curators: Jean de Loisy, Ilan Wizga)
• 2013 — Gilad Ratman (Curator: Sergio Edelstein)
• 2015 — Tsibi Geva (Curator: Hadas Maor)
• 2017 — Gal Weinstein (Curator: Tami Katz-Freiman)^[4]
• 2019 — Aya Ben Ron (Curator: Avi Lubin)^[5]
• 2024 – Ruth Patir (Curators: Mira Lapidot, Tamar Margalit)^[6]

Bibliography

• Web site: Russeth . Andrew . The Venice Biennale: Everything You Could Ever Want to Know . . 2019-04-17 . en-US . 2019-04-22 . mdy-all .
• Book: Volpi, Cristiana . Re Rebaudengo . Adele . 2013 . Pavilions and Garden of Venice Biennale . Israel . 184 . Contrasto . Rome . 978-88-6965-440-4 .

Further reading

• Web site: Frearson . Amy . Israeli Pavilion uses 'sand printers' to trace plans of urban sprawl . Dezeen . 2014-06-05 . en . 2019-05-12 . mdy-all .
• News: Hawthorne . Christopher . ART/ARCHITECTURE; The Venice Biennale's Palestine Problem . . 2003-06-01 . en-US . 0362-4331 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Israeli Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale . . 2015-05-04 . en . 2019-05-12 . mdy-all .
• News: Setter . Shaul . Israeli Exhibit in Venice Biennale Expresses the Ruin of Culture . . 2017-05-25 . en . mdy-all .
• Web site: Winston . Anna . Tsibi Geva covers Israel's Venice biennale pavilion in tyres . Dezeen . 2015-05-14 . en . 2019-05-12 . mdy-all .
• https://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/3027947/israels-structures-of-negotiation-at-venice-architecture

Notes and References

1. Web site: Israel Museum Information Center for Israeli Art - Exhibitions Page . 2023-12-23 . museum.imj.org.il.
2. News: CHERNICK . KAREN . 10 May 2019 . How Peggy Guggenheim helped put modern Israeli art on the map . .
3. Dana Gilerman (December 13, 2006), The war changed her plans Haaretz.
4. Alex Greenberger (June 23, 2016), Gal Weistein to Represent Israel, Egill Sæbjörnsson to Represent Iceland at 2017 Venice Biennale ARTnews.
5. https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019/national-participations/israel Israel. Field Hospital X
6. Alex Greenberger (24 October 2023), Israel Moves Forward with Venice Biennale Pavilion as Palestine Museum US Says Its Proposal Was Rejected ARTnews.