The Israeli pavilion houses Israel's national representation during the Venice Biennale 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, 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, Sionah Tagger, Avigdor Stematsky, Aharon Giladi 1950 — Yitzhak Frenkel Frenel, Mordechai Levanon, Leon Fein, Leo Kahn 1952 — Marcel Janco, Reuben Rubin, Moshe Mokady 1982 — Tamar Getter, Michal Na'aman 1986 — Nubani Ibrahim, Asad azi 1988 — Zadok Ben-David 1990 — Ya'acov Dorchin 1993 — Avital Geva 1995 — Joshua Neustein, Uri Tzaig (Curator: Gideon Ofrat) 1997 — Yossi Berger, Miriam Cabessa, Sigalit Landau 2001 — Uri Katzenstein (Curator: Yigal Zalmona) 2003 — Michal Rovner 2005 — Guy Ben-Ner (Curator: Sergio Edelzstein) 2007 — Yehudit Sasportas (Curator: Suzanne Landau)Dana Gilerman (December 13, 2006), The war changed her plans Haaretz. 2009 — Raffi Lavie (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)Alex Greenberger (June 23, 2016), Gal Weistein to Represent Israel, Egill Sæbjörnsson to Represent Iceland at 2017 Venice Biennale ARTnews. 2019 — Aya Ben Ron (Curator: Avi Lubin)Israel. Field Hospital X 2024 – Ruth Patir (Curators: Mira Lapidot, Tamar Margalit)Alex Greenberger (24 October 2023), Israel Moves Forward with Venice Biennale Pavilion as Palestine Museum US Says Its Proposal Was Rejected ARTnews.
References
Bibliography
Further reading
https://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/3027947/israels-structures-of-negotiation-at-venice-architecture