Amir Gross Kabiri

Amir Gross Kabiri

Amir G. Kabiri-2011
Born August 29th 1980
Tel Aviv, Israel
Residence

Paris, France

Tel-Aviv, Israel
Nationality Israeli
Occupation CEO, Chairman
Known for President of The Hermitage Museum Foundation Israel
CEO of Max Steiner Internet Industries
Religion Jewish
Website
www.hermitagefoundation.com www.mtabraham.org

Amir G. Kabiri is an Israeli businessman, art collector, and CEO best known as the President of the M.T. Abraham Foundation and the Hermitage Museum Foundation Israel.

Biography

Amir G. Kabiri (Hebrew: אמיר גרוס כבירי) was born on August 29, 1980. He attended Ironi Daled high school in Tel-Aviv, Israel from 1992 to 1998, where he majored in economics. In 2000 he attended UCLA with a major in business and managerial economics.[1]

From August 2004 to late 2005 he was a partner and shareholder at Charm and More Almaty in Kazakhstan, a company specialized in boutique hotels accommodation. In late 2007 he became a partner and director at Taj-holdings, which focused in commodities trades in the Republic of Tajikistan, leaving that post in March 2010.[1] Starting in March 2011 he became CEO of Max Steiner Internet Industries,[2] a web development company based in Los Angeles and Tel Aviv with English-speaking clients worldwide.[1]

Kabiri became President of the M.T. Abraham Foundation in January 2004.[1] Since the organization's inception he's been adamant about keeping the works of art held by the foundation "in the public domain" via a loan program.[3] In particular, he's overseen the exhibition of 74 Edgar Degas statues in museums such as the Tel Aviv Art Museum,[4] the Valencian Institute of Modern Art,[5][6][7][8] and the Herakleidon Art Museum in Athens, Greece.[9] In May 2012 on behalf of the M.T. Abraham Foundation he took part in a seminar concerning the attribution of bronze statues, and an academic colloquium was held on the issue at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.[10]

He was appointed as the Chairman of M.T.A. Publishing in August 2012.[1] During 2012-2013, he co-directed a book on the Soviet sale of Hermitage paintings, among other topics, titled Selling Russia's Treasures.[11] As of early 2013 he is editing and managing the catalogue raisone of El Lissitzky's "Jewish period",[12] and is often invited to take part in conferences regarding the Russian Avant Garde movements.[13]

In early 2013, Prof. Mikhail B. Piotrovsky, Director of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, agreed to Kabiri heading the Hermitage Museum Foundation Israel,[14] whose main objective is supporting The State Hermitage Museum in its artistic, scientific, cultural and educational activities.[15]

In 2013, as part of “Tel Aviv Days in St. Petersburg”, a cultural event lead by the Israeli General Consulate in St. Petersburg,[16] Kabiri supported the events on behalf of the Hermitage Museum Foundation Israel.[17] He also helped organize an international exhibition titled “White City – Bauhaus Architecture in Tel Aviv”, which portrays Tel Aviv's urban and architectural heritage at the State Hermitage Museum.[18]

In 2013, he co-edited and directed the publication titled White City – Bauhaus Architecture in Tel Aviv.[18] The same year he co-edited and directed the publication Lissitzky – Kabakov, Utopia and Reality at the Hermitage Museum.[19][20]

In 2014, as the head of the Hermitage Museum Foundation Israel, he promoted and supported Dada & Surrealism exhibition from the Israel Museum Collection that took place at the State Hermitage Museum. Earlier that year he supported the Lod Mosaics exhibition that also took place at the State Hermitage Museum.

In 2015 it was reported that he bought Hapoel Tel Aviv soccer club from Israel.

Personal life

He is based in the area of Paris, France.[1] He speaks English, Hebrew, and moderate Russian.[1]

Philanthropy

In 2010 he donated an historical publication to the Yad Vashem Library; Adolf Hitler Album, Copyright 1936 by Cigaretten-Bilderdienlt. In 2011 he contributed to generate funds to the "Healing Through Art" project at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.[1]

Publishing history

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Amir Gross Kabiri". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  2. ↑ "Max Steiner Internet Industries Launches Advanced SEO Platforms". Max Steiner internet industries: PR Release. 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
  3. ↑ "About: The President". M.T. Abraham Center for the Visual Arts. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
  4. ↑ Cashman, Greer Fay (March 23, 2010). "Grapevine: The French connection". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  5. ↑ "Valencian Institute of Modern Art Shows the Sculptural Work of Edgar Degas". artdaily.org. March 5, 2011. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  6. ↑ "The Sculptures of Edgar Degas". IVAM Institut Valencia d'Art Modern. March 2011. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  7. ↑ Burqueno, Maria (March 10, 2011). "Las Esculturas de Edgar Degas en el IVAM". Revista de Arte. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  8. ↑ "El IVAM muestra por primera vez en España las bailarinas de Degas convertidas en esculturas". Las Provincias. March 3, 2011. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  9. ↑ "Edgar Degas Exhibition – The Herakleidon Museum, Athens, Greece.". Firstpost (Video Interview). Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  10. ↑ Bailey, Martin (May 31, 2012). "Degas bronzes controversy leads to scholars’ boycott". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Semenova, Natalia; Iljine, Nicholas, eds. (2013). Selling Russia's Treasures. MTA Publishing. ISBN 978-0789211545.
  12. ↑ "Worlds of El Lissitzky". Retrieved 2013-01-12.
  13. ↑ "Символ русского авангарда — выбор сделан". KSUOnline. 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
  14. ↑ "Amir G. Kabiri Appointed as the President of the Hermitage Museum Foundation Israel". Hermitage Museum. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  15. ↑ "Amir Kabiri President". VPPress. 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  16. ↑ "Openings". Embassy. June 13, 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  17. ↑ "Tel Aviv Days in St. Petersburg". Embassy. 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 "White City- Bauhaus architecture in Tel Aviv Exhibition". Hermitage Museum. 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Lissitzky – Kabakovabakov exhibition goes to the Hermitage in St. Petersburg". Vanabbe Museum. June 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  20. ↑ ""Lissitzky -Kabakov, Utopia and Reality" exhibition"". Hermitage Museum. 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  21. ↑ Consuelo Císcar Casabán; Amir Kabiri; Walter F. Maibaum; Dr. Mordechai Omer; Dr. June Hargrove. Las esculturas de Edgar Degas. ISBN 9788448255336. Retrieved 2013-02-27.

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