The Farkash Gallery (Hebrew: גלריית פרקש) is an art gallery in Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel.
History
editFarkash Gallery houses the largest collection in the world of vintage historical Israeli posters.[1] The collection contains posters from Palestine as well as modern-day Israel. 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.[2]
The collection includes military posters,[3] political posters, advertisements and movie promotions.
Published works
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ Peleg, Yaron (2008). Israeli Culture Between the Two Intifadas: a Brief Romance. University of Texas Press. pp. 136–9.
- ^ Art Museums and Galleries in Israel: Israel Museum, Ein Harod, Bauhaus Center, L. A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Textstream. 2010.
- ^ Press, Sarah (October 10, 2003). "Yom Kippur War Exhibit Opens". The Jerusalem Post.