Deganit Berest is one of Israel’s most prominent multidisciplinary artists. She is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes, including the Minister of Education and Culture Prize for Visual Arts (2005) and the Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture (2007). She lives in Tel Aviv.
Embracing couple in ivory inlay, Ugarit, 14th century BCE. This ivory inlay decorated the royal bed from the court of the kings of Ugarit (Syria). The woman has her left arm around the man and with…