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Eating from the Tree of Knowledge
Yesterday, October 19th) I did find an interesting article in Ha’aretz about the sculptor Ya’acov Agam (81 years old) written by Ellie Armon Azoulay: Eating from the Tree of Knowledge. Ya’acov Agam, not one of the easiest guys in the world, become famous e.g. with his sculpture on the Western facade of the Dan-Hotel (HaYarkon Street) in Tel-Aviv (1970) and the (hated or loved!!) notoriuos fountain on Dizengoff Square (1986). … Read entire article »
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Window shopping on Dizengoff
An article, full of nostalgia, I found in the Jerusalem Post, friday June 26th, written by Bracha Stock: “Window shopping on Dizengoff”. This was the ‘good old days’ without (!) this ugly small viaduct they build (in the 70s) over the once most beautiful (and only square in the world designed completely in the Internationale Style!!) square in Tel Aviv, with a fountain in the middle. An other assault on a historic place in Tel-Aviv!! … Read entire article »
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Nachum Gutman’s mosaic to Rothschild
The famous mosaic made by Nachum Gutman, once on Bialik Square, will find a place now on the western edge of Rothschild Boulevard near the ‘Africa Israel’ building. Pieces of the mosaic were temporarily placed in a Tel Aviv garbage truck parking lot (!!) due to the renovation of the Bialik square. The mosaic will be laid around a fountain in an area open to the public. … Read entire article »
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