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יגאל צלמונה - אמנות בצל הר געש - Yigal Zalmona
Yigal Zalmona (Hebrew: יגאל צלמונה) is an Israeli curator, art critic and historian. He was the chief interdisciplinary curator of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Israel.
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Launch of A Century of Israeli Art
Biography
Yigal Zalmona was born in Tel Aviv. He grew up in the city's Neve Shaanan neighborhood. His father was a dentist. At the age of 20 Zalmona enrolled in art studies at the Sorbonne in Paris, completing a bachelor's degree and a master's degree. He wrote his master's thesis on Jean Dubuffet, a French painter and sculptor who pioneered the theory of "low art" and what is now called outsider art. Zalmona was offered a job as a teaching assistant at the Sorbonne, but chose to return to Israel.
Zalmona wrote his doctorate on the Eastern influences on Israeli art in the early 20th century.
In 1996, he was promoted from Curator of Israeli Art at the Israel Museum to Senior Curator and deputy director of the museum.
He teaches at the art department of the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Ramat Gan.