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Irit Dallal Zalayet

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Irit Dallal Zalayet is the daughter of abstract painter Nessim Zalayet, who was born in Baghdad in 1923 and fled to Israel in 1951. She honors and extends her father’s artistic legacy by operating ZalayetArt, a gallery that opened in 2017 in the Tel Aviv home where Nessim Zalayet once lived. The gallery regularly features exhibitions of his work, as well as those of guest artists.

This article has been translated from the author’s primary language of Hebrew.
Picture of Irit Dallal Zalayet
Irit Dallal Zalayet is the daughter of abstract painter Nessim Zalayet, who was born in Baghdad in 1923 and fled to Israel in 1951. She honors and extends her father’s artistic legacy by operating ZalayetArt, a gallery that opened in 2017 in the Tel Aviv home where Nessim Zalayet once lived. The gallery regularly features exhibitions of his work, as well as those of guest artists.

This article has been translated from the author’s primary language of Hebrew.
  • / summer 2023 /
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