Maria Saleh Mahameed, Rappaport Prize for a Promising Israeli Artist, 2023
Monitor, 2021
Collection of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Installation view, Artport, Tel Aviv
Photo: Lena Goman
The Museum confers a variety of awards in the field of art, usually in conjunction with foundations or donors. Some are designed to stimulate artistic endeavor, and others were created to help expand and enrich the Museum’s collection.
Each of the awards has its own policy that sets out how the winner or winners are decided, the formal and substantive conditions for conferring it, and the frequency and manner in which it is awarded.
The lists of award winners present a rich and diverse mosaic of several generations of Israeli art.
2024 Rappaport prizes for Art
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Monetary reward
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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.
Rappaport Prize for a Young Promising & Established Israeli Artist
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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.
List of Winners of the Rappaport Prize for an Established Israeli Artist
| 2023 | Hannan Abu-Hussein |
| 2022 | Eti Jacobi |
| 2020 | Drora Dominey |
| 2019 | David Ginton |
| 2017 | Yitzhak Golombek |
| 2016 | Zvi Goldstein |
| 2015 | Yair Garbuz |
| 2014 | Ido Bar-El |
| 2013 | David Reeb |
| 2012 | Deganit Berest |
| 2011 | Asaf Ben Zvi |
| 2010 | Sharon Poliakine |
| 2009 | Tal Matzliach |
| 2008 | Avner Ben-Gal |
| 2007 | Jan Rauchwerger |
| 2006 | Nurit David |
List of Winners of the Rappaport Prize for a Young Promising Israeli Artist
| 2023 | Maria Saleh Mahameed |
| 2022 | Avi Sabah |
| 2020 | Hilla Toony Navok |
| 2019 | Eran Naveh |
| 2017 | Gil Yefman |
| 2016 | Yifat Bezalel |
| 2015 | Shai Yehezkelli |
| 2014 | Alma Itzhaky |
| 2013 | Iva Kafri |
| 2012 | Elad Kopler |
| 2011 | Michael Halak |
| 2010 | Oren Eliav |
| 2009 | Melanie Daniel |
| 2008 | Jossef Krispel |
| 2007 | Netally Schlosser |
| 2006 | Eli Petel |
Hannan Abu-Hussein, Rappaport Prize for Established Israeli Artist, 2023
In Between Destruction of the father, 2019
Photo: Lora Lachman
Maria Saleh Mahameed, Rappaport Prize for a Promising Israeli Artist, 2023
The Last Pill, 2022
Installation view, Maya Gallery, Tel Aviv
The Haim Shiff Prize for Figurative-Realist Art
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Solo exhibition, catalogue, and annual monetary reward
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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.
Open Call: The Haim Shiff Prize for Figurative-Realist Art, 2024 (in Hebrew) >
List of winners
| 2023 | Netta Lieber Sheffer |
| 2022 | Roni Taharlev |
| 2021 | Shira Zelwer |
| 2020 | Yisrael Hemed |
| 2019 | Tigist Yosef Ron |
| 2018 | Samah Shihadi |
| 2017 | Matan Ben Cnaan |
| 2016 | Fatma Shanan |
| 2015 | Ofer Rotem |
| 2014 | Leonid Balaklav |
| 2013 | David Nipo |
| 2012 | Eldar Farber and Sigal Tsabari |
| 2011 | Orit Akta Hildesheim |
| 2010 | Eran Reshef |
| 2009 | Maïa Zer |
| 2008 | Amnon David Ar |
Netta Lieber Sheffer, The Haim Shiff Prize for Figurative-Realist Art, 2023
Photo: Avi Amsalem
Roni Taharlev, The Haim Shiff Prize for Figurative-Realist Art, 2022
Bird's Milk, 2020
Photo: Yoram Buzaglo
Nata Dushnitsky-Kaplan Foundation Prize
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Monetary reward
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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.
List of winners
| 2023 | Shalom Sebba |
| 2019 | Maayan Elyakim |
| 2018 | Yonatan Vinitsky |
| 2017 | Avraham Ofek |
| 2014 | Ori Gersht |
| 2011 | Yair Garbuz |
| 2010 | Gabriel Klasmer |
| 2009 | Robert Baser |
| 2008 | Alima |
| 2007 | Avigdor Stematsky |
| 2006 | Yudith Levin |
Shalom Sebba (1897-1975), Nata Dushnitsky-Kaplan Foundation Prize, 2023
Sheep Shearing, 1947
Collection of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Eugene Kolb Prize for Israeli Graphic Art
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Monetary reward
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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.
List of winners
| 2021 | Ron Chen |
| 2017 | Dfus Golem Publishing |
| 2014 | Hilla Ben Ari |
| 2011 | Hadas Hassid |
| 2009 | Shai Zurim |
| 2006 | Yaacov Dorchin |
| 2003 | Khen Shish |
| 1999 | Shosh Kormosh |
| 1998 | Moshe Kupferman |
| 1997 | Asaf Ben Zvi |
| 1996 | David Reeb |
| 1995 | Ra'anan Levy |
| 1992 | Sharon Poliakine, Meira Shemesh |
| 1991 | Pinchas Cohen Gan |
| 1989 | Moshe Gershuni |
| 1987 | Alima |
| 1984 | Jerusalem Print Workshop |
| 1983 | Uri Lifschitz |
| 1981 | Menashe Kadishman |
| 1975 | Uri Stettner |
Ron Chen, Eugene Kolb Prize for Israeli Graphic Art, 2021
A Searcher ,2020
Gift of the artist on the occasion of winning the Eugen Kolb Prize for Israeli Graphic Art, 2021
Photo: Avi Amsalem
Mendel and Eva Pundik Foundation Prize for Israeli Art
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Monetary reward
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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.
List of winners
| 2022 | Nevet Yitzhak |
| 2020 | Angela Klein |
| 2018 | Etti Abergel |
| 2016 | Boaz Arad |
| 2015 | Tal Matzliah |
| 2012 | Miki Kratsman |
| 2011 | Ido Bar-El |
| 2010 | Tamar Getter |
| 2009 | Miri Segal |
| 2008 | Michal Na'aman |
| 2007 | Larry Abramson |
| 2006 | Deganit Berest |
| 2005 | David Reeb |
| 2004 | Tsibi Geva |
| 2003 | Yitzhak Livneh |
| 2002 | Gabi Klasmer |
| 2001 | Moshe Kupferman |
| 2000 | Yechiel Shemi |
| 1999 | Pinchas Cohen Gan |
| 1998 | Yudith Levin |
| 1997 | Philip Rantzer |
| 1996 | Raffi Lavie |
| 1995 | Moshe Gershuni |
| 1992 | Yair Garbuz |
| 1991 | Nahum Tevet |
| 1989 | Asaf Ben Zvi |
| 1987 | Buky Schwartz |
| 1985 | Micha Ullman, Menashe Kadishman |
| 1981 | Avigdor Stematsky |
Angela Klein, Mendel and Eva Pundik Foundation Prize for Israeli Art, 2020
Untitled, 2013
Gift of the artist on the occasion of winning the Mendel and Eva Pundik Foundation Prize for Israeli Art, 2020
Lauren and Mitchell Presser Photography Award for a Young Israeli Artist
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Exhibition and 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.
List of winners
| 2023 | Ronen Zien |
| 2022 | Netta Laufer |
| 2021 | Vera Vladimirsky |
| 2020 | Efrat Hakimi |
| 2019 | Eli Singalovski |
| 2018 | Daniel Tzal |
| 2017 | Ronit Porat |
| 2016 | Mark Yashaev |
| 2015 | Rami Maymon |
Ronen Zien, The Lauren and Mitchell Presser Photography Award for a Young Israeli Artist, 2023
Khan al-Akhdar #1, 2019
Tel Aviv Museum of Art Collection, purchased through the generosity of Voting for Art Group for Acquisition of Israeli Art, 2023