Jerusalem Artists House is an Israeli art gallery and exhibition space in

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that housed the Bezalel Art School, established in 1906. The historic 19th century building, in Jerusalem's

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neighborhood, was the home of

Boris Schatz Boris Schatz (; Russian language, Russian: Борис Шац; 23 December 1866 – 23 March 1932) was a Lithuanian Jews, Lithuanian Jewish artist and sculptor who settled in Palestine. Schatz was the founder of the Bezalel school and would be late ...

, who opened an art school and museum alongside his family residence. The building is now the headquarters of the Jerusalem Association of Painters and Sculptors.

History

Built by a wealthy Arab in the 1880s, with a crenelated stone wall mirroring the wall around Jerusalem's Old City, the building stood empty until 1907, when the complex was purchased by the

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for Boris Dov Schatz, who envisioned opening an art school there. The building became the country's first public museum. Schatz's collection later formed the basis of the

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, which opened in 1965. The Jerusalem Artists House mounts changing exhibitions of

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, featuring the work of both new and established artists. Since 2001 the Biennale for Drawing in Israel has been held there.The Biennale for Drawing in Israel
In May 2019, the Larva Society for Psychical Research relocated temporarily to the Jerusalem Artists House.

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