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Sommer Contemporary Art Sommer Contemporary Art, founded by Irit Fine Sommer, a renowned art gallery located in the artistic hub of Tel Aviv, and in Zurich.

Sommer Contemporary Art, founded by Irit Fine Sommer, opened its doors in 1999. After over two decades of working to discover and promote a new generation of artists in Israel alongside a careful selection of international artists, Sommer Contemporary Art has become a prominent art institution, committed to carrying out far-reaching artistic projects on an ever-growing scale. Represented artists include: Saadane Afif, Naama Arad, Yael Bartana, Guy Ben Ner, Rineke Dijkstra, Karl Haendel, Omer Halperin, Tamar Harpaz, Lyle Ashton Harris, Michal Helfman, Gregor Hildebrandt, Tal R, Muntean/Rosenblum, Ugo Rondinone, Yehudit Sasportas, Lihi Turjeman, Sharon Ya'ari, Rona Yefman and Thomas Zipp

In ‘Half Turn’, Hilla Toony Navok explores the relationship between architecture, space, and the domestic environment.Dr...
14/10/2026

In ‘Half Turn’, Hilla Toony Navok explores the relationship between architecture, space, and the domestic environment.

Drawing on the architectural language of postwar modernism in Israel, Navok transforms familiar elements such as shutters, curtains, and windows into sculptural interventions.

Don’t miss this beautiful exhibition, on view in Zurich until October 31!

Hilla Toony Navok | Half Turn
Sommer Salon, Zurich
September 17 – October 31, 2026
By appointement
Theaterstrasse 18, 6th floor, Zurich

• Hilla Toony Navok • Irit Fine Sommer

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Alexander Hanna

New perspectives, new connections.Our summer exhibition ‘Summertime’ at Sommer Contemporary Art brings together works by...
09/10/2026

New perspectives, new connections.

Our summer exhibition ‘Summertime’ at Sommer Contemporary Art brings together works by Jonathan Gold and Adam Rabinowitz, two artists whose practices reveal a distinctive sensitivity to materials and the process of making.

Jonathan Gold explores everyday interactions through painting, creating his own colors from pigments, wax, and glue. Adam Rabinowitz moves between painting, sculpture, and installation, incorporating self-made frames as an integral part of some of his works.

Through their individual approaches to color, material, and form, both artists bring fresh perspectives into the gallery space.

Summertime
On view at Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv

Adam Rabinowitz Jonathan Gold Irit Fine Sommer

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1 - Adam Rabinowitz, Phases of Nibiru 5, 2025, Printed transparencies, LED lighting, artist frame, 100 x 70 cm,
Edition of 3.
2 - Jonathan Gold, Untitled, 2026, Wax and pigment on canvas, 50 x 35 cm.
3 - Installation view by Daniel Hanoch

An exciting fall season ahead for Yehudit Sasportas! On October 12, Yehudit will present a new installation at the Tower...
25/09/2026

An exciting fall season ahead for Yehudit Sasportas!

On October 12, Yehudit will present a new installation at the Tower of David, as part of ´Mishpat Mokesh’ at the Jerusalem Biennale. Her work will also be featured at the Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod, this October.

Later this fall, Yehudit’s work will be included in two much-anticipated exhibitions at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and the Bat Yam Museum of Art. Stay tuned!

In the meantime, discover a selection of Yehudit’s beautiful drawings in our current exhibition ´Summertime’ at Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv.

Yehudit Sasportas Irit Fine Sommer

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1 - Yehudit Sasportas, Adam-Haya 09, 2023, charcoal on canvas, 184 x 127 cm.
2, 3, 5, 6 - Installation views, Summertime, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv.
4 - Yehudit Sasportas, Adam Heder 05, 2025, charcoal on canvas, 66 x 49 cm.
All images by Daniel Hanoch.

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From visual art to words, from words to music.Music, interpretation and circulation are at the heart of Saâdane Afif’s p...
23/09/2026

From visual art to words, from words to music.

Music, interpretation and circulation are at the heart of Saâdane Afif’s practice, moving between sculpture, text, sound and performance.

In his recently closed exhibition ´Five Preludes’ at Hamburger Bahnhof Museum, poetic “Lyrics” written in response to the works became the starting point for live performances across Berlin. This dialogue between art and music continues this fall with a live concert at LAVINIA, Rome.

Meanwhile, ´Reading No. 9´ is currently on view at Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv.

Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart LAVINIA Irit Fine Sommer

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1 - Federico Bisozzi and Simone Alessandrini at the Loggia dei Vini practicing their compositions based on texts selected by Saâdane Afif for his most recent album ´Live’, June 2026. © Eleonora Cerri Pecorella.
2 - Saâdane Afif, Reading NO.09, 2010, porcelain,H 29 cm, detail. © Saâdane Afif Studio
3 - Installation view, Summertime, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, © Daniel Hanoch.
4 & 5 - Saâdane Afif, The Old (Something), 2025, Lyrics by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster. Installation view, Five Preludes, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin.

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Hilla Toony Navok | HALF TURNNow open at Sommer Salon, ZurichFollowing last night’s opening, we are pleased to present ´...
18/09/2026

Hilla Toony Navok | HALF TURN

Now open at Sommer Salon, Zurich

Following last night’s opening, we are pleased to present ´Half Turn’, Hilla Toony Navok’s new solo exhibition at Sommer Salon.

Responding specifically to the intimate setting of the Salon, Navok intervenes in its architecture, displacing familiar elements from their expected contexts: curtains are caught behind locked panels, shutters become freestanding structures, and works unfold throughout the space.

The exhibition moves between opening and closing, access and containment, retreat and approach — captured in the half turn of a key, a movement whose direction remains unresolved.

September 17 – October 31, 2026
Sommer Salon
Theaterstrasse 18, 8001 Zurich, 6th floor, at the rooftop

Open today, Friday, 11:00–18:00 & by appointment.

• Hilla Toony Navok • Zurich Art Weekend Irit Fine Sommer



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📷 : © Hilla Toony Navok

A week in Berlin with Sommer Contemporary Art artists - Gregor Hildebrandt opened his new solo exhibition ´Park by POCO’...
16/09/2026

A week in Berlin with Sommer Contemporary Art artists -

Gregor Hildebrandt opened his new solo exhibition ´Park by POCO’ at Wentrup, while his work could also be seen in ´Griechischer Wein’ at KWADRAT Berlin and ´Hallen 07´at Wilhelm Hallen.

At Hamburger Bahnhof, we caught the final days of Saâdane Afif’s ´Five Preludes’, centered around his ongoing ´The Fountain Archives’ project.

Tal R is currently on view at Haverkampf Leistenschneider in ´From the Sleep Side’, a three-person exhibition bringing together several generations of painting.

At the Jewish Museum Berlin, Yael Bartana presented her new film ´The Birds’as part of ´The Opposite of Now’, alongside ´Generationship’ — followed by a visit to her Berlin studio.

And finally, a studio visit with Nadine Schemmann, following her recent site-specific installation at St. Matthäus-Kirche, and looking ahead to some very exciting new projects in the making…

A few moments from a busy week across Berlin.

.artist Yael Bartana Nadine Schemmann Berlin Art Week Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart Jüdisches Museum Berlin Irit Fine Sommer

As we enter the Jewish holiday season - a time marked by rituals of reflection, renewal and new beginnings - we are plea...
11/09/2026

As we enter the Jewish holiday season - a time marked by rituals of reflection, renewal and new beginnings - we are pleased to share Yael Bartana’s new film, « The Birds », recently premiered at the Jewish Museum Berlin and at the Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck as part of the exhibition « To The Stars ».

Throughout her practice, Yael Bartana has explored the power of ritual, ceremony and collective gestures. In « The Birds », she once again turns to Jewish history and tradition to imagine a possible future.
Discover where this journey takes her this time…

Yael Bartana Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck Irit Fine Sommer

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Yael Bartana, The Birds, 2026, video and sound installation.

Last days of summer in Paris — and a first look inside Moshe Roas’ studio at the Cité international des arts. Over the p...
04/09/2026

Last days of summer in Paris — and a first look inside Moshe Roas’ studio at the Cité international des arts.

Over the past months, Moshe has been collecting objects and fragments found across the city - from flea markets, streets and gardens - and bringing them back to the studio, where they are taken apart, combined and transformed into new works.

A first look at what has been taking shape in the studio: unexpected encounters between stone, lace, brass, fur, broken mirrors and found objects, alongside new photographic works developed during his time in Paris.

The works will be presented for the first time at Moshe Roas’ Open Studio on September 23.

A glimpse before the doors open.

Moshe Roas Cité internationale des arts Irit Fine Sommer



📷: ©️ Moshe Roas

The body, on view.Summer is a season of heightened visibility. In Summertime, the body appears exposed and concealed, wh...
02/09/2026

The body, on view.

Summer is a season of heightened visibility. In Summertime, the body appears exposed and concealed, whole and fragmented, posed and transformed.

Across photography, painting and drawing, works by our gallery artists and guests explore the ways bodies are looked at, represented and constructed.

On view in Summertime at Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv.

Argov Porat Rona Yefman Lea Nikel Estate Official .artist Hanna Sahar חנה סהר Elad Lassry Omer Halperin Ofir Dor Irit Fine Sommer



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All photos by Daniel Hanoch.
©️ Michael Argov, La Femme de Loth, 1967, acrylic on wood.
©️ Ronit Porat, Woman with a Fan, 2025, photocollage.
©️ Rona Yefman, Shanghai Kate, 2009, c-print.
©️ Installation View, Summertime at Sommer Contemporart Art, 2026.
©️ Installation View, Summertime at Sommer Contemporart Art, 2026.

Focus on Tal R.’s works currently featured in Summertime at Sommer Contemporary Art Tal R’s work brings together images,...
13/08/2026

Focus on Tal R.’s works currently featured in Summertime at Sommer Contemporary Art

Tal R’s work brings together images, references and memories without settling into a single meaning. Flowers, animals, night scenes and everyday objects move freely across his paintings and drawings, where color and instinct often come before interpretation.

He has described this way of gathering images through the Hebrew word « kolbojnik, » literally meaning a plate for leftovers, collecting fragments from different places, high and low, and allowing them to come together on paper or canvas. As he puts it: « I do painting a bit like people make a lunch box (…) I constantly have this hot-pot boiling and I throw all kinds of material into it. »

In Summertime at Sommer Contemporary Art, four works from 2024 reflect this approach, moving between flowers and night hours through drawing, color and repetition. Rather than simply depicting their subjects, the works turn them into recurring elements within a visual language that is distinctly his own.

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© Installation View, Daniel Hanoch © Tal R. The Wolf Hour, 2024, crayon on painted paper, 40 × 30 cm. © Tal R. Untitled Flowers, 2024, crayon and oil pastel on paper, 77 × 57 cm. © Tal R. Midnight, 2024, crayon and oil pastel on paper, 30 × 21 cm. © Tal R. Untitled Flowers, 2024, oil on canvas, 137 × 113 cm.

Courtesy of the artist and Sommer Contemporary Art.

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