Sommer Contemporary Art Explained

Established:	1999
Location:	16 Herzel St., Tel Aviv, Israel
Type:	Art gallery
Founder:	Irit Fine Sommer

Sommer Contemporary Art is a contemporary art gallery, owned by Irit Fine Sommer and based on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, Israel.^[1]

The gallery is considered to be among the most influential in Israel for contemporary art.^[2] It was first opened in a small space on Rothschild 64 in 1999. Since its opening the purpose of the gallery was the promotion of contemporary Israeli artists in the international art scene, as well as representing and exhibiting international artists in Israel and abroad.^{[3] [4]} In November 2005 the gallery moved to a new space on Rothschild 13, in one of the historic buildings of Tel Aviv.^[5] Sommer Contemporary Art is representing such artists as Adi Nes, Yehudit Sasportas, Yael Bartana, Thomas Zipp, Greogor Hildebrandt, and Ugo Rondinone.^{[6] [7]}

Artists

Artists shown in the gallery include:^[8]

• Saâdane Afif
• Darren Almond
• Naama Arad
• Yael Bartana
• Guy Ben Ner
• Tom Burr
• Rineke Dijkastra
• Karl Haendel
• Peter Halley
• Lyle Ashton Harris
• Michal Helfman
• Gregor Hildebrandt
• Chris Martin
• Adi Nes
• Tal R
• Muntean/Rosenblum
  • Ugo Rondinone Wilhelm Sasnal
  • Yehudit Sasportas Efrat Shvily
• Wolfgang Tillmans
• Paloma Varga Weisz
• Sharon Yaari
• Rona Yefman
• Thomas Zipp

External links

• sommergallery.com

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Contemporary Israeli Art at Irit Fine Sommer AMA Art Media Agency . en.artmediaagency.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141105125707/http://en.artmediaagency.com/79408/contemporary-israeli-art-at-irit-fine-sommer/ . 2014-11-05.
2. News: Goff. Robert. Is Tel Aviv Ready to Crash the Global Art Party?. 2014-11-02. New York Times. 2008-11-02.
3. Web site: Sommer ContemporaryArt. Artspace. 2014-11-02.
4. Web site: Sommer Contemporary Art Galleries, Art Galleries, Tel Aviv, Israel Trip Planner, Tel Aviv | Israel trip planner. 14 August 2022 .
5. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-11-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141103115812/http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/tel_aviv/ . 2014-11-03 .
6. Book: Harris. Jonathan. Art, Money, Parties: New Institutions in the Political Economy of Contemporary Art. limited. 2004. Liverpool University Press. 0853237190. 94.
7. News: Kaufman. David. Tel Aviv: Ten Things To Do: The Gallery Scene. 6 November 2014. Time Magazine.
8. Web site: Sommer Contemporary Art Official Website.