Art in Tel Aviv refers to the history of art in Tel Aviv, Israel, as well as art produced in or depicting Tel Aviv. The first modern artists arrived from Odesa on the Ruslan in 1919, exhibiting the first modern art exhibition in the region in 1920, which was organized by Jacob Pereman. Tel Aviv first gained prominence in the Jewish Yishuv's art scene in 1925 when Yitzhak Frenkel opened the first art school of modern art in Tel Aviv and first brought the influence of the French School of Paris to the region.
In the 1920s, Tel Aviv became a magnet for artists with its art heavily influenced by the French School of Paris. The Histadrut art school pulled students away from Jerusalem's Bezalel. In 1926, in the Ohel theatre exhibition, abstract artwork was exhibited in Mandatory Palestine for the first time. Tel Aviv eventually eclipsed Jerusalem in its cultural role for the Jewish Yishuv.
