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Winter collection 2009/2010 of Dorin Frankfurt
The new winter collection 2009/2010 of Dorin Frankfurt is out today! Dorin says: “…I am an Israeli fashion designer, who designs and manufactures in Tel Aviv. The unique experience of live in my chaotic country, is a source for inspiration. My colorful-talented harmonious team, come from all religions and ethnic groups”. In Tel Aviv, you will find the boutique of Dorin Frankfurt on Dizengoff Street 164. For more information go to: http://www.dorinf.com … Read entire article »
Why add an upper-floor??
On the Ben Yehuda Street no. 8 you find a beautiful building, designed in the Eclectic-style in 1926 by Joseph Berlin. The building was in a bad state and restored (real nice) in 1998…but then the restoration/renovation architect got a black-out!! He added a glass-upper floor on this historic building, totally destroying the design of Joseph Berlin. I can’t understand this urge from some of the Israeli restoration ‘architects’ to add upper glass-floors or glass-curtain walls on top of historical buildings. Did they ever heard (or – preferably – learned) about the word aesthetic?? … Read entire article »
Filed under: architecture, restoration
Hotel with Fine Art
Yesterday, I did find this article in the Jerusalem Post (August 27th) by Ruth Beloff about the beautiful, new boutique-hotel: ART+Hotel at the Ben Jehuda Street no.35. She wrote: “…It was food for thought as I entered the hotel and began to absorb the bold colors, soft Jazz and pleasant scent of the lobby…” … Read entire article »
Filed under: architecture, art, life, personal
Visual masterworks from a small office
You have to go one stair down on the Nordau Boulevard for the Mozer Films Ltd. of Yariv Mozer. From his small, dynamic office came masterpieces as the international awards winning documentary, directed by Yariv: My First War, Jerusalem Moments/09 (it left me speechless!!) from artistic-director Yael Perlov and produced by Yael and Yariv, and the soon to be released documentary There Must Be an Other Way, about the Jewish and Arab singers Noa and Mira Awad. On the walls, you will find posters from documentaries made or produced by Yariv and the tables are full with film-boxes, ready to be send to festivals all over the world by Hila, Yair’s charming co-worker. You can feel the vibrations in this place and you know that more award winning documentaries will … Read entire article »
Crowded opening at the Shem Zmani Gallery
Last Friday, August the 21st it was crowded at 12:00 at the opening of the Shem Zmani Gallery were 8 young Israeli artist were showing there unique art-works. You will find the gallery at the Dizengoff Center, 2nd floor (the fashion zone) between Nike and Mango. The exhibition will close this coming Friday at 10:00. So…rush to see something really special!! … Read entire article »
Filed under: art, exhibitions
The “House of Jars”
On no.16 at the Nahalat-Binyamin Street, corner Rambam Street, you will find a beautiful large building designed in 1925 by Zeev Rechter: the House of Jars. On the Rambam Street the building is designed with half-domes. The facade on each side is symmetrical, using Greek amphora’s as decoration. Taller then the surrounding buildings and more exposed, the building has been declared as dangerous and all the tenants moved out. It needs badly a restoration!!! … Read entire article »
Filed under: architecture, restoration
What is ‘hot’ in Tel Aviv??
The Association for Tourism Tel Aviv-Yafo published a new pocket-size English guide, called: Visit Tel Aviv-Yafo. The guide divides Tel Aviv-Yafo in five districts areas-the North, City Center, the Heart, the South and Jaffa. You will find maps, adresses, web site information and phonenumbers, each section is illustrated by photographs and a short introduction to each Tel Aviv area. The guide unearth the secrets of Tel Aviv’s mystique. The guide is available ( NIS 60) at the Ass. for Tourism (Herbert Samuel Street no.46, Tel Aviv’s Boulevard) or at Steimatsky bookstores. … Read entire article »
Intermediate Space Video Installation in Neve-Tsedek
On September 10th at 20.30 there will be large “Intermediate Space Video Installations” on the square in front of the Inbal Dance Theatre in the Neve-Tsedek neighborhood. This outdoor video-installation adress the space between ‘black and white’, between Tel Aviv “the White City” of Bauhaus modern architecture and its adoption of European ‘modernism’. It continues with a look at Tel Aviv of the Middle-East, including Jaffo and the southren neighborhoods. Curators are : Carmel Gottlieb Kimhi and Tali Navon. The video-artist, who are taking part in this unique video-art installation are: Ronen Eidelman, Batya Argov, Yael Bartana, Doron Golan, Ela Zaharano, Delight, Meir Tatti, Yulie Cohen, Itay Finkelstein, Yifat Libny, Sagit Geirman, Tali Navon, Doron Solomons, Yael Omer, Dafna Shalom and Micha Simchon. More information: 03-5173711 … Read entire article »
Filed under: architecture, art, video
Being there
A long, interesting article I did found in Haaretz Magazine (August 14 ) written by Ariel Hirschfeld about the new movie: Ajami, directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani. The movie, about a neighborhood in Yafo, won the Wolgin Prize for best feature film this year at the Jerusalem Film Festival and a ‘”honorable mention” at the Cannes Film Festival 2009. The movie is in the race to be send to next year’s Oscar celebrations. … Read entire article »
Filed under: movies
Video-art night at Tel Aviv Museum for the third time
On Thursday, September 17th at 21:00 there will be for the 3rd time a video-art night: Aman Bagan in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (27, Shaul Hamelech Blvd.), this time with installation/video-art artist Sigalit Landau (+ DJ). Sigalit Landau (born in 1969 in Tel Aviv) had exhibitions all around the world ,e.g Birmingham, New-York, Berlin, Venice, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Vienna and Dublin. In 1993 she received the Sculpture Prize awarded by the JNF. Tickets: NIS 40.- Information: 03-6077020 … Read entire article »
Movie about Tel Aviv at Toronto Festival
Danny Lerner‘s new film: Kirot (“Walls”) will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month. It will be screened in the so called City to City section, that will feature 10 films focusing on the cinema in Tel Aviv in honor of the city’s 100th anniversary. Kirot stars Bond girl Olga Kurylenko and Israeli singer Ninet Tayeb as two woman living across the hall from each other in an old apartment building in Tel Aviv. The film will be screened in Israel later this year. … Read entire article »
Filed under: centennial, events, movies
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