Rubin in exhibitions

Selected solo and group exhibitions

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participates in a Judaica exhibition at the Zionist Club Libertate, Bucharest

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exhibits at the Anderson Gallery, New York, together with Arthur Kolnik

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Solo exhibition at the Tower of David, Jerusalem

Solo exhibition at the Herzliya Gymnasium, Tel Aviv

Solo exhibition at the Regina Maria Gallery, Bucharest

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Solo exhibition at the Marcel Bernheim Gallery, Paris

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Solo exhibition at the Druet Gallery, Paris

Solo exhibition at the Guarino  Gallery, New York

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Solo exhibition at the Arthur Tooth Gallery, London

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First solo exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum

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Solo exhibition at the Steimatzky Gallery, Jerusalem

Solo exhibition at the Bach Gallery, Tel Aviv

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Second exhibition at the Arthur Tooth Gallery, London

Solo exhibition at the Bezalel Museum, Jerusalem

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Solo exhibition at Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles

Solo exhibition at Gumps Galley, San Francisco

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Solo exhibition at the Bignou Gallery, New York

Participates in the exhibition "Twentieth Century Portraits" at the MOMA, New York

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Solo exhibition at the Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles

Participates in a traveling exhibition in the U.S.

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Retrospective exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum

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Exhibits in the Israeli Pavilion at the Venice Biennale

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Two solo exhibitions at the Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York

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Solo exhibition at Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles

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Retrospective exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum

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Solo exhibition at the O' Hana  Gallery, London

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Participates in a group exhibition "Contemporary Art in Israel" at the Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris

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Retrospective exhibition at Wildenstein Galleries, New York

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Retrospective exhibition at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Retrospective exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum

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Solo exhibition at the Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, Florida; the museum acquires Musical Interlude in Caesarea

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"Homage to Rubin", Paintings 1921-1974, at the Ida Kimche Gallery, Tel Aviv

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"Rubin - a memorial exhibition", at the Arta Gallery, Jerusalem

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"Sculpture in Glass after Reuven Rubin" by Egidio Costantini, an exhibition at the Goldman Gallery, Haifa

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"Rubin – Selected Paintings", a retrospective exhibition at the Parke Gallery, Tel Aviv. An exhibition of Rubin's paintings at the Knesset building, Jerusalem

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Rubin's paintings are included in the exhibition "The 1920s' in Israeli Art", Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

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"Rubin – Jerusalem Landscapes"  curated by the Rubin Museum in celebration of Israel's 40^th anniversary is exhibited at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem

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Rubin's paintings are included in "From Chagall to Kitaj – The Jewish Experience in Twentieth Century Art", an exhibition at the Barbican center, London (Curator Prof. Avram Kampf)

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"Rubin in New York", an exhibition at Christie's New York in celebration of Israel's Golden Jubilee

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Included in the exhibition "Die Neuen Hebraer – 100 jahre Kunst in Israel"  at the Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, (curators Dorit LeVitee Harten and Yigal Zalmona).

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Two solo exhibitions:

"Prophets and Visionaries: Rubin's early years 1914-1923" at the Israel Museum (curator Amitai Mendelsohn)

"Dreamland: Reuven Rubin and his encounter with the Land of Israel in his paintings from the 1920s and the 1930s" at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (curator Carmela Rubin)

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Included in "Israele Arte e Vita – 1906-2006" an exhibition at the Palazzo Reale, Milano (curator Amnon Barzel)

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Included in "Sacred Places – Pilgrimages in Judaism, Christianity and Islam" at the MAS – Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp (curator Chris de Lauwer)

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Included in "Moise – Figures d'un Prophet" at the Musee d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaism, Paris"

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Included in the exhibition "Bar Kokhba: Historical Memory and the Myth of Heroism at Musa Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv.

Other events:

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Friends plant the Rubin Forest in the Jerusalem hills in honour of Rubin's 75^th birthday

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Designs three stained-glass windows for Israel's new Presidential Residence.

Rubin's autobiography My Life, My Art is published in New York by Sabra Books

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Publication of three lithograph portfolios: The Story of King David, by Mourlot, Paris, with an introduction by Joseph Kessel; The Prophets, published by Mourlot, with an introduction by Dr. Haim Gamzu; Visions of the Bible, published by Harry N. Abrams, New York, with an introduction by David Ben Gurion

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Reuven Rubin, a monograph by Sarah Wilkinson is published by Harry N. Abrams, New York. Rubin is awarded the "Artist of the Year" prize by the University of Judaism

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Awarded the "Israel Prize"

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Dies in his home in Tel Aviv on October 13th. Interred at the old Trumpeldor cemetery in Tel Aviv

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The Rubin Museum opens to the public

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A street in Tel Aviv named after Rubin

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Rubin Medal issued on the centennial of his birth by The Israeli Government Coins and Medals Company

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A square in Jerusalem is named after Rubin