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Following the events of October 7th and the war that we are in the midst of,
The Bruce and Ruth Rappaport Foundation, in collaboration with the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, decided to dedicate the 2024 Rappaport Prize in Art to support a new video creation that evidences or echoes the questions and concerns that arise at this time.
The proposed works may refer to any aspect of the events of Oct 7th and its aftermath, directly or indirectly.

The call for applications is intended to allow a wide range of artistic responses and the use of any narrative or abstract artistic means may be acceptable: documentary, scripted and staged, animation, etc.

Laureates will be awarded a Prize of NIS 25,000 & Budgetary coverage to produce the work up to a total of NIS 75,000.

The artistic proposals may be for a new work or for a work in progress that has not yet been completed nor presented.

To the Award Foundation site >

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Solo exhibitions and annual monetary reward
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In 2006, the Bruce and Ruth Rappaport Foundation founded a prize that is awarded annually to two Israeli artists – established and young, respectively. The aim of the award is to highlight current trends in artistic practice in Israel, and to make the general public aware of fresh creative forces. Exhibitions of the two winners’ works are held at the same time, approximately a year after the award ceremony (Winners' exhibitions for the year 2024 will be presented during 2026).

The winner must commit to donating one work to the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Collection of Israeli Art at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

The monetary reward for an established artist is $35,000, and for a young artist (up to the age of forty) $15,000.

To the Award Foundation site >

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The Haim Shiff Prize is awarded each year to an Israeli painter for a figurative-realistic body of work, with the aim of cultivating this genre.

Awarded since 2008, the prize was founded by Mr. Dubi Shiff in memory of his father—the late Haim Shiff, an Israeli businessman and art collector.

The prize comprises a $10,000 grant, a solo exhibition at the Museum, and a catalogue.

The winner commits to donating one artwork to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art’s collection.

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The Rywkind Ben Zour Prize for graduates of the Master’s Program in Fine Arts at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, was founded in 2024 in collaboration with the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. It is awarded annually to foster the personal, artistic, and professional development of fresh graduates of the MFA program at Bezalel. The award aims to support their work at a unique juncture in their career, as they embark on their independent paths as artists. In doing so, it seeks to encourage excellence in the field of contemporary art, with an emphasis on original and innovative output.

The prize includes a monetary grant—courtesy of Iris Rywkind and Eran Ben Zur—in the amount of NIS 40,000, and the selection of an artwork by the award’s recipient for inclusion in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art’s collection. In addition, the selected work will be exhibited at the Tel Aviv Museum—in a group exhibition, in a group or solo exhibition—within three years of the award’s presentation to the recipient.

To the prize page on the Bezalel website >

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Exhibition and annual monetary reward
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The Lauren and Mitchell Presser Photography Award for a Young Israeli Artist was founded in 2015 by Lauren and Mitchell Presser, with the goal of promoting Israeli artists in the field of photography.

The award consists of a $5,000 grant and a solo exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

The award is offered to candidates aged between 25 and 45, who hold a degree in art or photography.

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The Nata Dushnitsky-Kaplan Foundation Prize is awarded to an Israeli artist for the purposes of research and production of an exhibition catalogue.

The award bears the name of the Israeli painter Nata (Netanya) Dushnitsky-Kaplan (1918—2005). Instigated by her son, Lior Dushnitsky, it has been awarded since 2006 by the Nata Dushnitsky-Kaplan Foundation and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

The award consists of a $10,000 grant.

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The Mendel and Eva Pundik Foundation Prize for Israeli Art was established in 1980 for the purpose of purchasing works by Israeli artists for the Tel Aviv Museum of Art’s collection. The award, which is a monetary reward in the amount of NIS 10,000, seeks to pay tribute to the work of a prominent Israeli artist.

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The Kolb Foundation was established by the Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Organization (headed then by Ms. Hani Bergman) in memory of Eugene Kolb, the Museum’s director from 1952 to 1959. Given Kolb’s great fondness for line and paper art, it was decided to dedicate the award to Israeli graphic arts, in a bid to cultivate local artists in the fields of drawing and printing.

The prize is a monetary reward in the amount of NIS 5,000.