Editing Tel Aviv (section)

=== Arts and museums ===
{{See also|Visual arts in Israel}}
[[File:PikiWiki Israel 15282 Tel Aviv Museum of Art.jpg|thumb|[[Tel Aviv Museum of Art]], the Herta and Paul Amir Building]]

In the 1920s Tel-Aviv gradually became the center of art in Israel. In 1919, several prominent Olim from [[Odesa|Odessa]] arrived in the [[Ruslan (ship)|Ruslan ship]].<ref name="Museum of the Jewish People">{{Cite web |title=תערוכת אודסה - תל אביב {{!}} אנו - מוזיאון העם היהודי |url=https://www.anumuseum.org.il/he/odesa-tel-aviv/ |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=Museum of the Jewish People |language=he-IL |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029184618/https://www.anumuseum.org.il/he/odesa-tel-aviv/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1920 some of these set up the [[Ha-Tomer|HaTomer]] art cooperative as well as opened the first modern art exhibition in Israel.<ref name="Museum of the Jewish People" /><ref name=":032">{{Cite news |last=Ofrat |first=Gideon |date=23 November 1979 |title=Enough with all the Frenkels! |pages=28, 29, 30 |work=Haaretz Weekly}}</ref> In the 1925 following the return of [[Yitzhak Frenkel|Isaac Frenkel Frenel]] from [[Paris]] and his opening of the [[Histadrut Art Studio|Histadrut art studio]], and the introduction of [[School of Paris|École de Paris]] influence; Tel Aviv grew to supplement [[Jerusalem]] in its cultural importance in the visual arts; especially in respect to modern art.<ref name="Hecht Museum-2013">{{Cite book |last=Hecht Museum |title=After the School Of Paris |year=2013 |isbn=9789655350272 |location=Israel |publisher=Muzeʼon Maneh-Kats, muzeʼone Ḥefah |language=en, he}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2011-01-01 |title=יצחק פרנקל: "חיבור ללא עצמים" |url=https://gideonofrat.wordpress.com/2011/01/01/%d7%99%d7%a6%d7%97%d7%a7-%d7%a4%d7%a8%d7%a0%d7%a7%d7%9c-%d7%97%d7%99%d7%91%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%9c%d7%9c%d7%90-%d7%a2%d7%a6%d7%9e%d7%99%d7%9d/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=המחסן של גדעון עפרת |language=he-IL |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102121455/https://gideonofrat.wordpress.com/2011/01/01/%d7%99%d7%a6%d7%97%d7%a7-%d7%a4%d7%a8%d7%a0%d7%a7%d7%9c-%d7%97%d7%99%d7%91%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%9c%d7%9c%d7%90-%d7%a2%d7%a6%d7%9e%d7%99%d7%9d/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=טרכטנברג |first1=גרסיאלה |last2=Trajtenberg |first2=Graciela |date=2002 |title=The Pre-State Jewish Bourgeoisie and the Institutionalization of the Field of Plastic Art / בין בורגנות לאמנות פלסטית בתקופת היישוב |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23442346 |journal=Israeli Sociology / סוציולוגיה ישראלית |volume=ד |issue=1 |pages=7–38 |jstor=23442346 |issn=1565-1495 |access-date=1 December 2023 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027073855/https://www.jstor.org/stable/23442346 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-02 |title=Alexandre FRENEL |url=https://ecoledeparis.org/alexandre-frenel/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=Bureau d’art Ecole de Paris |language=en-US |archive-date=7 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207133505/https://ecoledeparis.org/alexandre-frenel/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/display/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00068047 |title=Frenel, Yitzhak or Isaac, Alexandre; real name Isaac Frenel-Fraenkel |website=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00068047 |date=2011 }}</ref> In the late 1920s to 1940s Tel Aviv painters were heavily influenced by the [[School of Paris|École de Paris]], painting Tel Aviv's urban landscape, people and cafes in a manner influenced by [[Chaïm Soutine|Soutine]], [[Jules Pascin|Pascin]], [[Yitzhak Frenkel|Frenel]], [[Marc Chagall|Chagall]] and others from the [[School of Paris]].<ref name="fr.timesofisrael.com">{{Cite web |title=Les peintres juifs de " l'École de Paris " imposent leur génie au MahJ |url=https://fr.timesofisrael.com/les-peintres-juifs-de-lecole-de-paris-imposent-leur-genie-au-mahj/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=fr.timesofisrael.com |language=fr-FR |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028084608/https://fr.timesofisrael.com/les-peintres-juifs-de-lecole-de-paris-imposent-leur-genie-au-mahj/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://kotar.cet.ac.il/kotarapp/index/Chapter.aspx?nBookID=99380671&nTocEntryID=99383120 |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=kotar.cet.ac.il |title=אמנות ואמנים בצפת גדעון עפרת |archive-date=6 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106092905/https://kotar.cet.ac.il/kotarapp/index/Chapter.aspx?nBookID=99380671&nTocEntryID=99383120 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Hecht Museum-2013" /> Tel Aviv's bohemian culture was characterized by cafes such as [[Café Kassit|Kassit]] which attracted numerous writers and painters.<ref name="fr.timesofisrael.com" /><ref>{{Cite news |title=Cafe Society |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/2010-05-26/ty-article/cafe-society/0000017f-dbf8-df62-a9ff-dfff73fb0000 |access-date=2023-12-01 |archive-date=2 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302153744/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/2010-05-26/ty-article/cafe-society/0000017f-dbf8-df62-a9ff-dfff73fb0000 |url-status=live }}</ref> Numerous exhibitions were held in the [[Ohel Theater|Ohel theatre]] and the [[Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium]] prior to the opening of museums. [[Reuven Rubin|Reuben Rubin]] and [[Nachum Gutman|Nahum Gutman]] also worked and painted in the city, painting in the naive style.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reuven Rubin {{!}} His paintings reflect the Eretz Israeli light {{!}} Tiroche Auctions |url=https://www.tiroche.co.il/paintings-authors/reuven-rubin/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=לתירוש |language=en-US |archive-date=11 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211092430/https://www.tiroche.co.il/paintings-authors/reuven-rubin/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-29 |title=Nachum Gutman and His Art - Kings Gallery - Jerusalem |url=https://kings-gallery.com/nachum-gutman-and-his-art/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |language=en-US |archive-date=2 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002080219/https://kings-gallery.com/nachum-gutman-and-his-art/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Tel Aviv hosts the [[Tel Aviv Museum of Art|Tel Aviv museum of art]], established in 1932 in [[Meir Dizengoff]]'s house, since having moved to a new larger location in 1971, as well as numerous galleries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History \ Tel Aviv Museum of Art |url=https://www.tamuseum.org.il/en/about/history/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.tamuseum.org.il |language=en |archive-date=12 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012113540/https://www.tamuseum.org.il/en/about/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Israel has the highest number of museums per capita of any country, with three of the largest located in Tel Aviv.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visit-tlv.co.il/eng.html |title=Museums and Galleries |publisher=Tel Aviv Municipality |access-date=22 September 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071011022740/http://www.visit-tlv.co.il/eng.html |archive-date= 11 October 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Governing Israel: Chosen People, Promised Land and Prophetic Tradition |last=Sharkansky |first=Ira |author-link=Ira Sharkansky |year=2005 |publisher=Transaction Publishers |isbn=978-0-7658-0277-4 |page=22}}</ref> Among these are the [[Eretz Israel Museum]], known for its collection of archaeology and history exhibits dealing with the [[Land of Israel]], and the [[Tel Aviv Museum of Art]]. In 2023, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art was ranked 48th on ''[[The Art Newspaper|The Art Magazine]]''{{'}}s list of the 100 most popular museums in the world. Housed on the campus of [[Tel Aviv University]] is [[ANU - Museum of the Jewish People]], a museum of the international Jewish diaspora that tells the story of Jewish prosperity and persecution throughout the [[Jewish diaspora|centuries of exile]]. Batey Haosef Museum specializes in [[Israel Defense Forces]] [[military history]]. The [[Palmach]] Museum near Tel Aviv University offers a multimedia experience of the history of the Palmach. Right next to [[Charles Clore Park]] is a museum of the [[Irgun]]. The [[Israel Trade Fairs & Convention Center]], located in the northern part of the city, hosts more than 60&nbsp;major events annually. Many offbeat museums and galleries operate in the southern areas, including the Tel Aviv Raw Art [[contemporary art]] gallery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/English/culture/museums/index.htm |title=Treasure of the State |access-date=26 January 2008 |publisher=Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911073600/http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/English/culture/museums/index.htm |archive-date=11 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/English/culture/museums/list.htm |title=The Museums of Tel-Aviv-Jaffa |access-date=26 January 2008 |publisher=Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080114035243/http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/English/culture/museums/list.htm <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archive-date=14 January 2008}}</ref>