Gordon Gallery was established in 1966 on its namesake Gordon Street in
Tel Aviv, and has since held hundreds of exhibitions and published dozens of
catalogues and art books. Gordon Gallery is known for its collection of fine
Israeli art, one of the largest collections of its kind, as well as for
representing today's leading Israeli artists and several important estates. In 1975, Gordon Gallery expanded its operation in order to engage in the
auctioning of Israeli art, and in 1977 became the first official auction house
in Israel, which became one of the corner stones of the Israeli art market. The
gallery and auction house played an instrumental part in building some of the
most prestigious collections of Israeli art, both in Israel and abroad. In 1980, Gordon Gallery moved to its current location on 95 Ben Yehuda
Street, to a four floor space, which includes a room dedicated to screening
video art. In 2012 Gordon Gallery 2 was opened, on neighboring Natan
Hachacham St. Gordon Gallery 2's charming space houses special projects and is
open to the public by appointment only.
In 2016 Gordon Gallery opened its third space marking the
gallery's fiftieth anniversary. The new
space, the gallery's first in south Tel Aviv, was designed by the architectural
firm Gottesman-Szmelcman. It focuses on contemporary art from Israel and abroad and on the
next generation of artists and art lovers, with an emphasis on international
exhibitions, collections and art fairs.
Working with a new generation of artists, as a natural
continuation to the established Gordon Gallery, enables all three galleries to
represent a comprehensive view of art today, with the perspective gained from
decades of exhibiting leading contemporary art.
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