The Israeli pavilion houses Israel's national representation during the

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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.

Background

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 Ze'ev Rechter (; 1899–1960) was a pioneering architect of Mandatory Palestine and later Israel, who designed many of Israel's iconic buildings. He migrated to Palestine from the Russian Empire. He is considered one of the three founding fathers ...

, 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 Moshe Castel (; 1909 – December 12, 1991) was an Israelis, Israeli painter. Biography Moshe Elazar Castel born in Jerusalem, History of Palestine#Ottoman period, Ottoman Palestine, in 1909, to Rabbi Yehuda Castel and his wife Rachel. The ...

, Sionah Tagger,

Avigdor Stematsky Avigdor Stematsky (; 1908–1989) was a Russian-born Israeli painter. He is considered one of the pioneers of Israeli abstract art. Biography Stematsky was born in 1908 in Odessa, Russian Empire (now Odesa, Ukraine). He studied under Isaac Frenk ...

, Aharon Giladi * 1950 — Yitzhak Frenkel Frenel,

Mordechai Levanon Mordechai Levanon (; 1901 - 1968) was an Israeli painter. He was one of the foremost Israeli landscape painters. He was the winner of the Dizengoff prize in 1940 and 1961. He was enchanted by Erez Israel's light, and the cities of Safed and Jeru ...

, Leon Fein, Leo Kahn * 1952 —

Marcel Janco Marcel Janco (, ; common rendition of the Romanian language, Romanian name Marcel Hermann Iancu ; 24 May 1895 – 21 April 1984) was a Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist. He was the co-inventor of Dadaism and a leading ...

, Reuben Rubin, Moshe Mokady * 1982 — Tamar Getter, Michal Na'aman * 1986 — Nubani Ibrahim , Asad azi * 1988 —

Zadok Ben-David Zadok Ben-David (Hebrew: צדוק בן-דוד; born 1949) is an Israeli artist working in London. He was born in Beihan, Yemen; his family immigrated to Israel when he was an infant.Ya'acov Dorchin 220px, ''Tuba Merum'', sculpture by Ya'acov Dorchin, 1994, Tefen Sculpture Garden, Galilee Ya'acov Dorchin (; born 12 March 1946), also known as Yaacov Dorchin, is an Israeli Sculpture">sculptor and painter. Biography Dorchin was born in Haif ...

* 1993 — Avital Geva * 1995 — Joshua Neustein, Uri Tzaig (Curator: Gideon Ofrat) * 1997 — Yossi Berger, Miriam Cabessa, Sigalit Landau * 2001 —

Uri Katzenstein Uri Katzenstein (; February 17, 1951 – August 24, 2018) was an Israelis, Israeli visual artist, sculptor, musician, builder of musical instruments and sound machines, and film maker. Background Uri was born in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1951 and w ...

(Curator: Yigal Zalmona) * 2003 — Michal Rovner * 2005 — Guy Ben-Ner (Curator: Sergio Edelzstein) * 2007 —

Yehudit Sasportas Yehudit Sasportas (; born 1969) is an Israeli artist. She is active in Israel and Germany. In 1997 she was awarded the Ingeborg Bachman Scholarship for her work and in 1999 the Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation prize. Biography Yehudit Sasportas ...

(Curator:

Suzanne Landau Suzanne Landau (; born 1946) is an Israeli art museum curator. She was appointed the Director and Chief Curator of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in August 2012. She had previously been Curator of Contemporary Art at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem st ...

) * 2009 —

Raffi Lavie Raffi Lavie (; 23 February 1937 – 7 May 2007) was an educator and music/art critic. Lavie's work is a cross between graffiti and abstract expressionism. Biography Rafael (Raffi) Lavi was born in Tel Aviv, During the British Mandate. He began t ...

(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) * 2019 — Aya Ben Ron (Curator: Avi Lubin) * 2024 – Ruth Patir (Curators: Mira Lapidot, Tamar Margalit)Alex Greenberger (24 October 2023)
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Organization and building

Representation by year

Art

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