Givon Gallery

{{Short description|Contemporary art gallery in Tel Aviv}}

File:Givon Art Gallery.JPGThe Givon Art Gallery ({{Langx|he|גלריה גבעון}}) is a contemporary art gallery in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The Gallery was founded in 1974 by Sam Givon on Gordon Street in Tel Aviv.{{cite web|title=Givon Art Forum|url=http://www.givonartforum.com/#!about/ccd0|website=givonartforum.com|publisher=Givon Art Forum|accessdate=14 May 2015}} In 1979 his daughter, Naomi (Noemi) opened the Givon Contemporary Art Gallery. Since the founder's death in 2000, the Gallery has been managed by Naomi Givon and is co-owned with her sister, Nurit Wolf, an attorney.

The proprietor is Naomi Givon.{{cite news|last1=Gilerman|first1=Dana|title=Picture imperfect|url=http://www.haaretz.com/picture-imperfect-1.119752|accessdate=14 May 2015|publisher=Haaretz|date=16 April 2004}}{{cite news|last1=Gilerman|first1=Dana|title=Home is where the art is|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/home-is-where-the-art-is-1.169883|accessdate=14 May 2015|publisher=Haaretz|date=15 September 2005}}{{cite news|last1=Lori|first1=Aviva|title=Unknown art collector reveals treasure trove of Israeli paintings|url=http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/unknown-art-collector-reveals-treasure-trove-of-israeli-paintings-1.432386|accessdate=14 May 2015|publisher=Haaretz|date=24 May 2012}} In 2012 Givon completed the architecturally notable renovation of an abandoned 1890 house in Tel Aviv's Neve Tzedek neighborhood.{{cite news|title=The Noemi Givon House|url=http://www.archdaily.com/?p=387830|accessdate=14 May 2015|publisher=Architecture Daily|date=17 June 2013}}{{cite news|last1=Engelhart|first1=Yael|title=From Dawn to Dusk|url=http://yaelengelhart.telavivian.com/2013/05/24/from-dawn-to-dusk-part-two-tel-aviv/|accessdate=14 May 2015|publisher=Telavivian|date=24 May 2013}}

Artists represented by Givon include Pinchas Cohen Gan,{{cite news|title=Top 10 Things To Do|url=http://www.jpost.com/Not-Just-News/Top-10-things-to-do-387823|accessdate=14 May 2015|publisher=Jerusalem Post|date=15 January 2015}} Micha Ullman,{{cite news |last1=Riba |first1=Naama |title=Israel Prize-winning Artist Puts His Home Into a Museum: 'There's a Political Metaphor Here' |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-israel-prize-winning-artist-puts-his-home-into-a-museum-a-political-metaphor-1.6789752 |accessdate=8 July 2019 |publisher=Haaretz |date=30 December 2018}} Moshe Gershuni,{{cite news|title="Der Künstler als Waise" - Moshe Gershuni in der Neuen Nationalgalerie|url=http://www.art-in-berlin.de/incbmeld.php?id=3340|accessdate=14 May 2015|publisher=Art in Berlin|date=13 September 2013}} Raffi Lavie{{cite news |author=Dalia Karpel | url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/misc/1.1068774 | script-title=he:הייתי רשע אבל צודק |language=he |trans-title=I was evil but righteous | newspaper=Haaretz | location=Tel Aviv | date=December 22, 2005 | accessdate=13 May 2015}}

Givon Art Prize

The Shmuel Givon Prize is awarded annually in the founder's memory by the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.{{cite web|title=Shmuel Givon Prize|url=http://www.tamuseum.org.il/israel-art-prizes/9551|website=tamuseum.org.il|publisher=Tel Aviv Museum of Art|accessdate=14 May 2015}}

=Recipients=

  • 2001 Guy Ben-Ner
  • 2002 Karen Russo
  • 2003 Adam Rabinowitz, Shai Zurim
  • 2004 Talia Keinan
  • 2005 Gilad Ratman, Gil Marco Shani
  • 2006 Bat Sheva Ross
  • 2007 Lior Shvil
  • 2008 Orly Sever, Nir Evron
  • 2009 Yoav Efrati
  • 2010 Tamar Harpaz, Yael Efrati
  • 2011 Hila Toony Navok, Efrat Kedem
  • 2012 Nevet Yitzhak, Ester Schneider

References

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