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Celebrating Israel's 60th Anniversary of Statehood.
Published in honour of Israel's 60th anniversary of Statehood and officially launched in Israel on 5 May, Australia and Israel: A Pictorial History celebrates the close and enduring ties between our two States. A largely pictorial survey of the bilateral relationship, the book highlights some of the more personal and less well-known facts about the relationship.
Conceived as an Australian Embassy initiative and authored by Australian academic, Dr Leanne Piggott (BA (Hons) Syd. NA Syd. MPhil. Oxford Phd Syd) of Sydney University, the publications canvasses Australia's historical and contemporary military connections to Israel, Australia's and Israel's close and enduring political relationship, the people-to-people links between our two states and the strong and growing trading relationship. The foreword for the book has been penned by the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Stephen Smith MP.
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Perfumed Nudes - at Efrat Gallery
Australian Artist Alastair Gordon Scott will exhibit works from his new series "Perfumed Nudes" at Efrat Gallery (21 Gordon Street) in Tel Aviv from Sunday 7 September until Monday 29 September 2008, having been included in ART TLV's "Tel Aviv International Contemporary Art Exhibition".
A series of oil on canvas works, the paintings constitute studies of women and all works measure 100cm x 70cm.
Born in Australia's desert outback and influenced by Austrian/ Australian Louis Kahan's erotic portraits, Alastair has worked in both Australia and in Europe as an artist, art collector and trader, script writer for film and as an equine event course designer and horse and rider trainer.
ANZAC DAY
On 25 April, the Embassy held a traditional dawn service at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery on Mt. Scops, Jerusalem. The event was attended by around 250 guests, including members of the diplomatic community, Israeli dignitaries, community organisations and Australian and New Zealand expatriates. Members of the Australian and New Zealand defence forces serving in the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai provided a catafalque party. A feature this year was the presence of an honour guard by an ADF contingent visiting Israel to take part in the opening of the Park of the Australian Soldier in Be'er Sheva. A breakfast reception was hosted afterwards by the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation at the spectacular Government House headquaters. The event provided an important opportunity to remember the contribution of ANZAC troops in the region from WW1 until today.
Photograph: Australian and New Zealand members of the Multinational Force and Observers as part of the catafalgue party at Mount Scopus.
Photographer: Cpl Corinne Boer, ADF
The Australian Embassy Tel Aviv is proud to support the current edition of Picnic Magazine. Featuring the works of 12 Australian artists, the Magazine is a text-free publication devoted to contemporary art. Produced in Israel, the current edition of the Magazine is a collaborative Israel-Australia project aimed at building cultural dialogue between our two societies.
Australia and Israel enjoy a growing cultural exchange, which is underpinned by strong people-to-people links and efforts by key cultural partners, including the Australia Israel Cultural Exchange (AICE) to strengthen cultural interactions between our two countries.
As the pieces featured in Picnic Magazine reflect, Australian visual arts are increasingly global in vision and activity and Australian artists, both indigenous and non-indigenous are enjoying unprecedented levels of international attention and recognition. The growing profile of the Australian arts scene internationally reflects Australia’s contemporary reality – its multicultural society with a strong global economic, social and cultural trajectory.
For more information on Picnic Magazine and the current second edition sponsored by the Australian Embassy Tel Aviv, please visit: www.picnicmagazine.net
For information on Australian cultural organizations and resources: Directory of Australian cultural organisations and resources