The Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture is awarded annually by the

Tel Aviv-Yafo Tel Aviv-Yafo ( or , ; ), sometimes rendered as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a popula ...

Municipality since 1937. The prize is named after

Meir Dizengoff Meir Dizengoff (; born Meer Yankelevich Dizengof, ); 25 February 1861 – 23 September 1936) was a Zionism, Zionist leader and politician and the founder and first Mayor of Tel Aviv, mayor of Tel Aviv (1911–1922 as head of town planning, 1922� ...

, the first mayor of Tel Aviv. According to the Tel Aviv municipality, the purpose of the prize is to turn Tel Aviv into a centre of

Israeli art Visual arts in Israel or Israeli art refers to visual art or plastic art created by Israeli artists or Jewish painters in the Yishuv. Visual art in Israel encompasses a wide spectrum of techniques, styles and themes reflecting a dialogue with ...

and culture.

Recipients

The following is a table of Dizengoff Prize laureates in their respective art form:

References

{{reflist Arts awards in Israel Lists of Israeli award winners Awards by the municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo Awards established in 1937