Amnon Barzel

Amnon Barzel (Hebrew: אמנון ברזל, born 1935, in Tel Aviv) is an internationally known art curator and author.

He earned his post-graduate degree in Art History at the University La Sorbonne in Paris.

Barzel was appointed Curator at the Venice Biennale for the Israeli Pavilion in 1976 and 1980 where he presented the work of Dani Karavan, Menashe Kadishman, Micha Ullman and Moshe Gershuni.

Other international posts Barzel has been appointed to include being Artistic Director of The European Sculpture City (Unesco), Turku, Finland (1992–95); Artistic Director of the Targetti Art Light Collection, Florence, Italy; Consultant for the Phoenix International Art Collection, Tel Aviv (1985); Consultant of the Leube Foundation, Gartenau, Salzburg (1985)[1][2] Artistic Director of the Mercedes Benz Prize for Contemporary Art, Monte Firidolfi, Italy (1997); Artistic Director of Artostrada (1998); and Curator of the International Project of Environmental Sculpture in Israel (1997–98).

[3][4][5] Barzel authored and edited more than 100 art books, monographs and exhibition catalogues, including: Menashe Kadishman Dani Karavan Centro D'arte contemporanea Pecci Prato Villa Celle