We have closed Alfred.

After 20 years of vibrant, bold, unique, and groundbreaking activity, with heavy hearts and no alternative, we have dropped the final curtain.

Alfred Gallery was started in 2005 as the first cooperative gallery in a small studio in Florentin, Tel Aviv. From there it moved through several spaces until, in 2023, it found its home at 6 Shevil HaMeretz in Kiryat HaMelacha.

Alfred Gallery had an unprecedented impact on the field of art in Israel. As a pioneer of cooperative galleries, Alfred offered opportunities to emerging artists and curators and paved the way for the many cooperative galleries that followed.

Over two decades, we had the honor and pleasure of accompanying, mentoring, and exhibiting hundreds of artists. We produced and brought to fruition exhibitions, performances, and lectures—countless cultural events and initiatives, including the “Po’alot” festival.

We now part ways after many years of relentless volunteer work, driven by love and commitment. Hundreds of gallery shifts, endless meetings and teamwork, a hyperactive WhatsApp group, editing, designing invitations, maintaining the space, cleaning, managing social media, newsletters, budgeting, press releases, translations, website management, open calls, exhibition support, openings, and more. It would be impossible to gauge the never-ending effort required to run an independent cooperative gallery.

Without a doubt, the closure leaves a huge void in the heart of the local art field—and in our hearts—but we are also filled with satisfaction and gratitude. We leave behind us a resounding and profound legacy that will resonate for many years to come.

Thank you to everyone who exhibited with us, curated at the gallery, and of course visited the exhibitions.

Farewell!

Alfred Cooperative Institute for Art & Culture was an alternative art space – home to an active and vibrant artist community aimed at introducing contemporary Israeli art and its young creators to art lovers in the local community. The Alfred Institute was the successor of 'Alfred Gallery', a pioneer in the sphere of cooperative artistic ventures, who's work became a model for numerous cooperative art galleries in Israel. Alfred Institute was active for 20 years from 2005 to 2026, as a space devoted entirely to promoting and supporting Israeli art.