On video: The 23rd Israeli Art Exhibition/Editor: Gilad Mann Mannheim
Bank Hapoalim also hosted the 23rd Israeli Art Exhibition this year, which salutes Israeli artists.
This year the exhibition was dedicated to those dealing with mental health, mental limitations and traumas following the war.
The exhibition included many works, with all the proceeds going to the Anush association, the Israeli association for mental health.
In the exhibition, about 600 works of leading artists in Israel were displayed alongside young artists at the beginning of their career on the six floors of the Bank Hapoalim management building in Tel Aviv.
Among the leading artists who took part in this year's exhibition: Siglit Landau, Miriam Kabsa, Yonatan Ullman, Moshe Tarka, Zoya Nadi Cheraksky, Shimon Pinto, Ziv Koren, Amir Tomshov, Yana Stop, Chen Ziv, Philip Renzer, Yoni Gold, Michel Platnik and more .
The 23rd Israeli Art Exhibition
"It is a great privilege to host artists from the Otaf," said Naama Halevi Farr, director of the Center for Social Banking at Bank Hapoalim.
"Mainly to allow the public to consume art and purchase works and all for a social purpose, and this time for the mentally challenged. October 7th put us all into existential anxiety and a large part of the public reports mental and emotional difficulty, and now is the time to help the transparent injuries."
"We didn't really hesitate whether to hold the exhibition," admitted Reuven Krupik, chairman of Bank Hapoalim. "We have been holding this event for years, which is all sacred to the social mission we have adopted for ourselves.
There is nothing like art to express what words cannot."
Michal Herzog, wife of the President of the State of Israel Yitzhak Herzog, added: "These are the days when the spirit and soul need to be encouraged, also through culture and art."
"The cooperation with Bank Hapoalim has been going on for years," she said. Dr. Hela Hadas, CEO of the Anush Association. "We are engaged in promoting awareness, normalizing the discourse on mental health and providing services to people who need guidance and assistance on a mental basis.
We will use the proceeds from the exhibition to develop services for teenagers and young people.
It's a huge blessing for us to be here."
"We have over 650 works," said Samar Beshara, a worker manager in the community. "A variety of artists from all over the country - old and new alike, including some artists from the surrounding area who brought their story to this exciting complex.
It's just a pleasure to walk around here."
The 23rd Israeli Art Exhibition
"This year the connection between art and contribution to the community is particularly strong, because in the end you put on art what you feel, and we are all in a storm of emotions, so everything is intensified," added the actor Amos Tamm.
It was a record year for the exhibition.
Over NIS 1.2 million was raised from the sale of works at the exhibition and more than 6,000 male and female visitors visited the bank's management building, to view the works of art and participate in an event full of recognition and support for those who do for mental health.
Dov Kotler, Michal Herzog Hella and Hadas and Reuven Krupik/Itzik Biran
Anush is the leading and largest organization in Israel that provides groundbreaking prevention, treatment and rehabilitation services based on a trauma-oriented professional concept and recovery to the general population, to people facing mental disabilities and their families, and to teenagers and young adults.
The association operates nationwide and provides services to approximately 16,000 people dealing with mental disabilities in 85 activity centers and to thousands of family members
since the first day of the war, Anoush operates in many places where her expertise is needed.
As an organization deployed all over the country and prepared to work in an emergency, Anush immediately adjusted the work of the teams to provide answers to the thousands of contestants and their families in the various sectors and led moves for the general public and targeted populations in dealing with trauma including post-trauma on a military background
In cooperation with Bank Hapoalim
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