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Jacob Baal-Teshuva (Jerusalem, 1929)[1] is an Israeli-American author, journalist, art critic, appraiser, collector, and curator.

Selfie of Jacob-Baal-Teshuva
Jacob-Baal-Teshuva

He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and New York University. He is an art specialist, with writings, exhibitions, and collection building regarding artists such as Marc Chagall, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Mark Rothko, Yves Klein, Joan Mitchell, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Louis Comfort Tiffany, and Andy Warhol among others.[2] Jacob maintains one of the biggest private art libraries in the world.

Private life

Jacob was married to artist Aviva Baal-Teshuva (born Heilvig Hilde Schmidt in Berlin, 1940) until her death in 2016. Both amassed a collection of works, the majority of which were sold in a single collection sale at Sothebys, called "An Artistic Home".[3]

He currently lives and works in New York and Paris.[4]

Published books

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