General Exhibition of Safed

General Exhibition

Art Gallery

The General Exhibition is a nonprofit organization exhibiting work by 50 different Israeli artists working and living in Safed.

All artists are approved by the Israeli Painters and Sculpters Association. Many of the most prominent artists in Israeli art history began their careers in the General Exhibition of Safed which dates back to 1952.

Members of the early Artist Quarter Association included some of Israel’s greatest artists of the 20th century including [Moshe Castel], [Frenel Frankel Gallery Safed|Yitzhak Frenel], Lea Nikel, Yossl Bergner and Menachem Shemi, Mordechai Levanon, Samson Holtzman, Aryeh Merzer and Ziona Tajar.

These artists, together with other Tzfat artists, banded together to create the Safed Artists Quarter Association and establish a General Exhibition which would exhibit the works of all the Quarter’s artists.

The General Exhibition of the Artists Quarter is located on Alorzoroff Street below the Judith Gallery on the edge of the Artist Quarter. It borders the tourist bus parking lot and the Maalot HaGardom Great Stairs Safed|Big Stairs which separate the Artist Quarter from the Old City Safed|Old Jewish Quarter.

It is open Sunday-Thursday from 10 am to 6 pm.

Friday and Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm.

The exhibited works in the General Exhibition include paintings and sculptures. The Artist Quarter Association only includes fine art and does not invite craftspeople to join the association or exhibit their work in the General Exhibition. The association employs staff who maintain the General Exhibition throughout the year.

The General Exhibition displays originals and lithographs of dozens of Tzfat artists, including artists who once worked in Tzfat but have since passed away. Visitors are encouraged to explore the exhibited art which is also available for purchase. The General Exhibition only exhibits the works of artists who are, or were during their lifetime, members of the Safed Artists Quarter Association.