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With over 1 600 artworks, the Igal Ahouvi Art Collections is one of the largest private collections in Israel.

RAFFI LAVIE, Untitled, 1982. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
RAFFI LAVIE, Untitled, 1982. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection

The collection, which belongs to international investor Igal Ahouvi, includes some of the world’s biggest names in the art market from Andy Warhol to Christopher Wiliams to Marlene Dumas. The second focus of the collection, the larger portion that includes over 850 works, is dedicated to Israeli contemporary art featuring Sigalit Landau and Elad Lassry.

After moving the collection to Genia Schreiber University in in early 2014, Ahouvi planned a series of twelve themed exhibitions to take place over a period of four years, hoping to offer students and the general public the chance to engage with international and regional contemporary art. In their second online exhibition on IC, the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection presents works and installation views from the permanent collection.

RYAN GANDER, Your present time orientation (Second Act) Random Abstraction, 2011. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
RYAN GANDER, Your present time orientation (Second Act) Random Abstraction, 2011. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
OLAFUR ELIASSON, Your Red Planet, 2012. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
OLAFUR ELIASSON, Your Red Planet, 2012. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
GILBERT & GEORGE, Shag Stiff, 1977. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
GILBERT & GEORGE, Shag Stiff, 1977. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
BRUCE NAUMAN, Double Poke in the Eye II, 1985. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
BRUCE NAUMAN, Double Poke in the Eye II, 1985. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
GEORG BASELITZ, Zurücktreten, die Füße, 2014. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
GEORG BASELITZ, Zurücktreten, die Füße, 2014. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
MARLENE DUMAS, My Plek (My Place), 2000. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
MARLENE DUMAS, My Plek (My Place), 2000. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
MOSHE GERSHUNI, Untitled, 2012. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
MOSHE GERSHUNI, Untitled, 2012. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
MOSHE KUPFERMAN, Untitled, 1989. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
MOSHE KUPFERMAN, Untitled, 1989. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
RAFFI LAVIE, Untitled, 1982. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
RAFFI LAVIE, Untitled, 1982. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
RICHARD PRINCE, Untitled (Three Women with heads cast down), 1980. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
RICHARD PRINCE, Untitled (Three Women with heads cast down), 1980. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
MARTIN KIPPENBERGER, New York zum Russisch Abbinden, 1985. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
MARTIN KIPPENBERGER, New York zum Russisch Abbinden, 1985. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
DAVID HAMMONS, Untitled (Basketball Drawing), 2009. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
DAVID HAMMONS, Untitled (Basketball Drawing), 2009. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
BARBARA KRUGER, Untitled (Your devotion has the look of a lunatic sport), 1981-1983. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
BARBARA KRUGER, Untitled (Your devotion has the look of a lunatic sport), 1981-1983. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
RUDOLF STINGEL, Untitled, 2009. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
RUDOLF STINGEL, Untitled, 2009. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
DAVID HAMMONS, Untitled, 2007. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
DAVID HAMMONS, Untitled, 2007. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
DAVID HAMMONS, Untitled, 2007. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
DAVID HAMMONS, Untitled, 2007. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
ANSELM KIEFER, Der Rhein, 1983. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
ANSELM KIEFER, Der Rhein, 1983. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
TAMAR GETTER, Death and the Maiden, 2001. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
TAMAR GETTER, Death and the Maiden, 2001. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
EGON SCHIELE, Stehendes. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
EGON SCHIELE, Stehendes. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
PABLO PICASSO, Portrait de Mireille, 1951. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
PABLO PICASSO, Portrait de Mireille, 1951. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
RODNEY GRAHAM, Cactus Fan, 2013. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
RODNEY GRAHAM, Cactus Fan, 2013. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
ANDREAS GURSKY, Pyongyang III, 2007. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
ANDREAS GURSKY, Pyongyang III, 2007. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
SIGALIT LANDAU, Dish Washer of Kibbutz Machine, 2007-2009. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
SIGALIT LANDAU, Dish Washer of Kibbutz Machine, 2007-2009. Courtesy the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection

The Igal Ahouvi Art Collection is featured in the Art Guide.