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| Hezi Cohen Gallery | |
|---|---|
| Name | Hezi Cohen Gallery |
| Established | 1997 |
| Location | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Founder | Hezi Cohen |
| Type | Contemporary art gallery |
Hezi Cohen Gallery is a contemporary art gallery founded in 1997 in Tel Aviv by curator and dealer Hezi Cohen. The gallery has played a central role in promoting Israeli contemporary art through exhibitions, international collaborations, and participation in art fairs, engaging with institutions, collectors, and cultural events across Israel and abroad. Over its history it has been associated with pivotal moments in Israeli visual culture and with artists who have exhibited at museums, biennials, and major international collections.
Founded in 1997, the gallery emerged during a period of institutional expansion in Tel Aviv alongside institutions like the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel Museum, Mishkan Museum of Art, Ashdod Museum of Art, and Haifa Museum of Art. In its early years the space collaborated with curators linked to Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Tate Modern, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Centre Pompidou, and curatorial figures associated with the Venice Biennale, São Paulo Art Biennial, and Istanbul Biennial. The founder, Hezi Cohen, established programming that intersected with educational initiatives at institutions such as Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Tel Aviv University, and Hebrew University of Jerusalem, while engaging collectors connected to Tel Aviv Stock Exchange circles and patrons similar to those supporting Jerusalem Biennale projects. The gallery’s timeline includes collaborations with private foundations and municipal arts programs in Ramat Gan, Jaffa, Rothschild Boulevard cultural zones, and municipal galleries.
Located in central Tel Aviv, the gallery occupies a space consistent with commercial and nonprofit venues near neighborhoods associated with cultural life like Neve Tzedek, Florentin, and the Kerem HaTeimanim district. The facilities include exhibition rooms equipped for media installations, photographic prints, and sculptural works, accommodating works similar to those installed in venues such as Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Museum of Modern Art, and Whitney Museum of American Art. The site also supports storage and conservation practices that correspond with standards used by institutions like National Gallery, London, Louvre, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. The gallery’s location enables access to regional transport hubs including Ben Gurion Airport and municipal cultural circuits that link to sites such as Cinematheque Tel Aviv and Habima Theatre.
Programming has ranged from solo shows to group exhibitions addressing themes present at biennials and international surveys like documenta, Manifesta, and the Venice Art Biennale. The gallery has mounted exhibitions of painting, sculpture, installation, video art, and performance, engaging with artists whose work resonates with collections at the Getty Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Centre Georges Pompidou. Curatorial partnerships have included guest curators and critics affiliated with publications like Artforum, Frieze, and ArtReview, and collaborations with art fairs such as Art Basel, Frieze Masters, Armory Show, and Art Dubai. Educational programming has involved talks, panels, and publications featuring academics from Oxford University, Harvard University, Columbia University, and local scholars from Bezalel Academy and University of Haifa.
The gallery represents a roster of Israeli and international artists whose careers intersect with institutions such as the Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and international museums. Artists shown at the gallery have participated in exhibitions at the Venice Biennale, São Paulo Biennial, Kassel documenta, and regional exhibitions like the Jerusalem Biennale. Many have works collected by municipal and private collections akin to those of Tel Aviv Museum of Art Collection, Israel Museum Collection, and corporate collections similar to those at Deutsche Bank Collection and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The represented artists have been reviewed in outlets including Haaretz, The New York Times, The Guardian, and Le Monde.
The gallery’s curatorial approach emphasizes dialogues between local contexts and global contemporary art trends, paralleling methodologies employed at institutions like Tate Modern, Museum of Modern Art, and Centre Pompidou. Exhibitions often foreground conceptual frameworks and social histories that intersect with scholarship from universities such as Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University, and align with curatorial discourses presented at conferences organized by organizations like International Council of Museums and Association of Art Historians. Its influence is evident in the careers of artists who have advanced to museum retrospectives, academic appointments, and international residencies affiliated with programs at Cité internationale des arts, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program.
The gallery and its artists have received recognition in forms comparable to institutional awards and grants such as those from the Israel Lottery Council for Culture and Arts, Ministry of Culture and Sport (Israel), Getty Foundation, and international prizes akin to the Turner Prize nominations and biennial awards. Artists represented by the gallery have been shortlisted for national honors and have been included in lists and surveys by publications such as ARTnews, ArtReview Power 100, and regional cultural rankings. The gallery’s contribution to the Israeli art ecosystem has been acknowledged by municipal cultural programs and professional networks including the Israeli Artists Association and local arts councils.
Category:Art galleries in Israel