Igal Ahouvi - Entrepreneur and an Art collector
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Igal Ahouvi - Entrepreneur and an Art collector



Igal Ahouvi resides in Tel Aviv in Israel where his efforts in entrepreneurship are felt. Igal Ahouvi who owns a degree in Accounting and Economics from Tel Aviv University is the current chairman of the Board of Blenheim Properties Group Limited as well as Ravad Limited. He has also earned qualifications as a certified public accountant. He is also a well-known Israeli art collector and a business person who has ventured into the real estate industry. In art collection, he is known to have one of the greatest private collections in Israel which have several artworks done by artists based both internationally and in Israel. From his experience of over 17 years in art collection, Igal Ahouvi has been made part of a board of trustees in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. His real estate firms are mainly located in Israel, Vietnam and others in Europe. Nielsen Innovate Fund is also privileged as a firm to have him as a director. Other businesses which Igal Ahouvi runs include Property and Financial Holdings that are located in countries like Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom, Russia and Ireland. The art collection is one of his ventures that makes him a well-known individual globally.

Throughout his career, he has been able to portray exemplary performance in his endeavors. At the Fresh Paint Art Fair, Igal Ahouvi Art Collection has been in the frontline and has presented the most promising Artist Award. His art collection features around 700 works by globally known artists from Malene Dumas. Picasso, Andy Warhol together with about 800 works done by artists from Israel. Some of the artists in his country include Sigalit Landau as well as Elad Lassry. Which spans from paints as well as illustrations together with sculptures and installations, the compilation which ever grows is the mix of both Israeli and international art. The major focus at hand is usually conceptual art. The larger part of the collection is taken by minimalist and post-minimalist pieces. Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery of Tel Aviv has been home to the art Igal Ahouvi which has twelve exhibitions planned for a period of the next four years, since 2014. The university has hosted several exhibitions since then with the first being known as the “Towering Inferno”. It looked into a series of Urban peeks like Eiffel Tower as well as communication towers.
The next exhibition which was the second one known as “Potent Wilderness”, focused on a similar topic. The difference was that this time around it revolved around the possibilities of making use of the remains from urban projects.

Igal Ahouvi’s art has also been linked with efforts of finding out the changing face in portraiture in both modern as well as contemporary art. From this diversity, it gives an opportunity to cover the overall theme through several means like drawings, paintings and sculptures. Photography, video works as well as installations are also not limited. A topic that has been discussed widely in this case is the topic known as Portraiture. However, there is evolution in portraits in terms of make as well as how people understand them. Igal Ahouvi art works are seen to draw approaches to portraiture from a couple of contemporary artworks from global artists as well as from Israel. Some of the artists are as follows: Andy Warhol, Richard Price, Chuck Close, Igael Turmakin, Hans-Peter, Michael Gross as well as Thomas Ruff.

Igal Ahouvi's life in business and entrepreneurship is interesting and he can be eyed as a role model by many. From him being brought up from a humble background where they did not have money but still he appreciated both cultural and artistic endeavors it is true to say he is a collector by nature. His accumulation of wealth can be traced back to the baby steps he took in an attempt of ensuring that he collected contemporary art. Igal Ahouvi made several attempts to travel and get to watch an important show. He has also shown interest in both emerging as well as renowned artists. His artworks history behind with his arts being from artists who are well-known as well as those who recently graduated from art schools. This shows that he enjoys both parties and this makes him relate well with artists in Israel and Internationally. Igal Ahouvi also owns a website where he posts all his purchased artworks and from there, people are able to reach them. Other arts from him are also lent to museums. In summary, Igal Ahouvi; s art is in exhibitions with the first released in 2014 and up to five released by 2018. He also encourages students to venture into contemporary art in academic, critical as well as reflective ways.










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