Nova community to get proceeds of exhibit showcasing Israeli art
Bank Hapoalim’s annual ‘Israeli Art’ event will donate 75% of proceeds from sales to helping survivors, the bereaved and families of hostages taken from rave on October 7
Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
“Israeli Art,” an annual art exhibition in Tel Aviv sponsored by Bank Hapoalim, is dedicated this year to the Nova Tribe community — the survivors and families of those taken hostage or killed at the rave by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023.
Three-quarters of the proceeds of the art sales will be donated to the Nova Tribe Community. Participating artists will receive the other 25% of the sale of their works.
Bank Hapoalim’s community department is pairing with the Nova Tribe Community, which works with 3,750 Nova survivors, 22 families of hostages taken from the Nova, and families of 411 people killed by Hamas terrorists at the rave.
The Nova Tribe organization offers financial help, emotional and social assistance, access to communal and cultural projects, employment help and aid accessing government grants and agencies.
It’s the 25th year of the annual art event that celebrates Israeli artists, both veteran and new, and 600 artworks will be displayed on six floors of the bank’s Tel Aviv headquarters.
Participating artists include Sigalit Landau, Zoya Cherkassky, Yair Garbuz, Ziv Koren, Miriam Cabessa, Yonatan Ullman and Moshe Tarka.
The event also includes an exhibit called “Kind Eyes,” with 25 photos about reservists serving in Gaza and their spouses.
The exhibit opens February 15-17; from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on February 15, and from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on February 16 and 17.
A pop-up branch of Cafe Otef, benefitting evacuees from the communities of the south, will be operating in the lobby alongside the exhibit store.
