The Farkash Gallery ( he, גלריית פרקש) is an art gallery in
Jaffa
Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo ( he, יָפוֹ, ) and in Arabic Yafa ( ar, يَافَا) and also called Japho or Joppa, the southern and oldest part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, is an ancient port city in Israel. Jaffa is known for its association with the b ...
,
Tel Aviv,
Israel.
History
Farkash Gallery houses the largest collection in the world of vintage historical Israeli
poster
A poster is a large sheet that is placed either on a public space to promote something or on a wall as decoration. Typically, posters include both typography, textual and graphic elements, although a poster may be either wholly graphical or w ...
s. The collection contains posters from time period ranging from pre-state Israel (the
Yishuv) to the present day. 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.
The collection includes military posters,
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
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Visual arts in Israel
References
External links
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Art museums and galleries in Israel
Art galleries established in 1948
1948 establishments in Israel
Old Jaffa