The Leviim Art Gallery is interested in buying Yaacov Agam artwork for cash. Yaacov Agam is an Israeli artist who focuses primarily on sculptural and kinetic art. He has trained internationally in his craft, in Jerusalem’s Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and at the KunstgewerbeSchule, where he learned from Johannes Itten and Max Bill in Switzerland. He then moved …
Post from Moshe Frank
A noteworthy post from the owner of Leviim Art Gallery (not Kohanim Art Gallery!), Moshe Frank: (originally posted on Linkedin on 12/15/20) Why do you find beautiful original paintings in the trash can? Because branding is everything in the art world. As in most industries. If you would build a Rolls Royce yourself, you can probably sell it for $15,000, …
We’re Opening a New Gallery!
We have amazing news! After eight months of planning, we’re excited to announce that we will be opening a gallery in the American Dream Mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey! This gallery is 2000 square feet and will first feature an exhibit on Allan Hirsch. The collection will circulate, so you never know what you’ll find. We’re so happy to …
Anna Zarnitsky: An Artist for the Ages
Today I want to do write a feature for Anna Zarnitsky, a famous Judaica artist. Born in Irkutsk, Russia to a creative family, she gravitated towards art her whole life. She studied at the Irkutsk College of Arts and at Senezh Moscow House of Creativity, as well as several other institutions. In a careful blend of realism and abstract, Zarnitsky …
A Look at Lithographs
Let’s switch things up and take a look at some lithographs this week. The simple definition of a lithograph is a type of print in which an image is transfer from a plate to paper. Did you know that most mass-produced printed objects, like books and posters, are created with “offset lithography?” To get more technical, lithography relies on to …
Tishrei is Just Around the Corner
Happy Elul, everyone! Last week, we celebrate Rosh Chodesh Elul– the beginning of the month of Elul! Elul is the last month in the Jewish calendar and commonly used as a time of reflection and teshuva: repentance. While this may seem very mellow, don’t worry! Elul is followed by Tishrei and guess what holidays are in the month of Tishrei? …
Nature in a Pandemic
By Livia Zarge Given that we’re five months into the quarantine for the Covid-19 pandemic, I thought that it would appropriate to bring some nature into our homes. When I was taking an environmental science class I learned about the concept of “biophilia”: the idea that human beings thrive around nature and even something as simple as a picture of …
How We Celebrate Love and Joy
This week, we celebrated Tu B’Av, a holiday of love and joy. While most might immediately think of romantic love, let’s talk about all the different types of love. Judaism teaches us that we must love each other, G-d, and the entire world and the best way to express that is through joy. We show our love of each other- …
Tisha B’Av: A Day of Mourning
This Thursday, we fasted and mourned for Tisha B’Av- a Jewish fast on the 9th day of the month of Av that commemorates the numerous disasters in Jewish history, but most prominently the destruction of both the first and second Beit Hamikdash. Tisha B’Av follows a similar structure as Yom Kippur: a sunset to nightfall duration, no washing or bathing, …
Elena Flerova, a Magnificent Artist
Leviim Jewish Art Gallery is sad to announce the tragic passing of Elena Flerova, a renowned Russian artist. She died at the age of 76. Born in 1943 in Moscow, USSR, Flerova was surrounded by the arts- her father worked as an artist-designer and her mother was a theater director and teacher. She attended the Surikov Fine Arts Institute in …