Ghiora Aharoni Studio

07/17/2026

The golden summer light of July has welcomed into this world an abundance of ground-breaking women who have illuminated our existence...from Amelia Earhart, Frida Kahlo and Malala Yousafzai to Bernice Abbott, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Angela Merkel, all of whom were born in the month of July.
And so, it feels like a moment of kismet that our new series of Hebrabic© sculptures in 24-karat gold, Thank God For Making Me A Woman, has just been completed in the middle of July. The sculpture merges a cross-cultural veneration of women with the materiality and symbolism of gold...its associations as a signifier of the sacred, wisdom and immutability.
The sculpture's structure of Hebrabic©—a phrase-based melding of Hebrew and Arabic I conceived in 1999—engages the shared linguistic root of these two Semitic languages as a lens to consider the collective personal, cultural and spiritual relationships in these two cultures, which are traditionally seen as oppositional. The sculpture alters the daily prayer Orthodox men say, “Thank God for Not Making Me a Woman,” by removing the word “Not.” “Thank God for Making Me A Woman,” subverts the original text’s denigration of women and transforms it into a transcultural veneration. At the same time, it creates a conduit to contemplate gender status in these two cultures, as well as others.
Rendering the sculpture in gold also invokes the radiance of feminine energy. If you’d like more details or information about the sculpture's availability, please email [email protected]
The new work is the latest in a series of aluminum and 24-karat gold sculptures, first created in 2010, in Hebrabic© and Hindru© (my phrase-based melding of Hindi and Urdu). Hebrabic© and Hindru© are integral elements of the studio's work and have been exhibited internationally, including the Asia Society Triennial, the Jerusalem Biennale, Art Mumbai, the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C., the Jewish Museum in Vienna and most recently at the 2026 India Art Fair in New Delhi. Contact Magazine wrote that the work, “…parses the meaning of language, identity, religion…and the imperative of intercultural understanding and respect.”

06/22/2026

We're excited to celebrate our first summer in our new studio: a full-floor loft in a 1912 industrial building in Chelsea/NoMad. Its previous incarnations included a brassiere factory, and the home of a MoMA film curator, who reportedly hosted fabulous cocktail parties, attended by DeNiro and Redford…and we look forward to carrying forward that marvelous energy. After completing the renovation late last year, we're now completely moved in with new work installed alongside sculptures that were in our previous studio. The summer light is brightening our days through windows that stretch across the front of the studio...and it gives the sculptures a magical presence.
Meanwhile, we’re putting the final touches on our latest design project—a full floor condo in One Madison—and producing a new series of coffee tables, which are being fabricated locally, inspired by the material aspects of our renovation. If you’re in our neighborhood or visiting from out of town, please join us for our traditional post-work cocktails when the late day light here is just spectacular. Wishing you a bright and happy Summer!

04/03/2025

We’re thrilled to share that Ghiora has been invited by The University of Virginia to give a public lecture tomorrow evening, in conjunction with an exhibition which includes his work at The Fralin Museum . If you’re in the area, it will be wonderful to have you join us.
Objects, from the sacred to the everyday, resonate with energy and narratives, created by their use, as well as the intent of their makers, and he’ll be exploring that idea as well as the ways in which it has informed his work.

08/16/2024

We're thrilled and honored to share that Ghiora was invited to be the 2024 Belknap Visitor in the Humanities at Princeton University...the centerpiece is an endowed lecture intended to evoke the connection of art and ideas, transcending disciplines and geography. Princeton has just posted Ghiora's lecture: https://www.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/1449362/uiconf_id/52003512/entry_id/1_niyhe6kc/embed/dynamic
As part of a 40-year tradition that includes Richard Serra, Toni Morrison, William Kentridge and Meryl Streep—Ghiora's lecture explored, via his artistic practice and personal history, the malleability of text and time, interwoven with the often-complicated nature of social and cultural relationships.
Our heartfelt gratitude to Professor Esther Schor, Chair of the Princeton Humanities Council and Jeannine Pitarresi, Humanities Council Program Manager, for their superb stewardship of The Belknap Visitor Program, and for making it such an extraordinary, inspiring experience, which was co-sponsored by the Princeton University Art Museum, the Department of Art & Archaeology, the Department of Religion, the Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Program in Judaic Studies.

07/19/2024

Ghiora's personal Facebook and Hotmail accounts have been maliciously hacked. We’ve reported it to Facebook numerous times, though so far, Facebook is of no help. Ghiora can't access his accounts, and many, many people are getting messages from the hacker, posing as him, to invest in Bitcoin schemes. It is a horrible situation.

If you get any messages about Bitcoin or anything else suspicious associated with Ghiora's accounts, it is a hacker scheme. If there is anything you can suggest, please let me know. We feel helpless.

04/23/2024

Ushering in May with enormous gratitude to The World of Interiors, and writer Fred Bernstein for devoting his keen eye and precise prose to our latest residential project in the May issue. His observation that the studio's approach to the apartment's design was "driven by investigation" led him on a parallel exploration into the interplay of geometry, lighting, architectural history, built-in furniture and a limited palette, which he says "...celebrates not just the content, but also the container...which is now a courtyard, a Palladian villa, a Villa Savoye, even a Taj Mahal." Our thanks to Fred, as well as the WOI editors and the superb photographer William Waldron.

The World of Interiors FRed Bernstein

07/07/2023

Our gratitude to curator Marie-Eve Celio-Scheurer and the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire in Geneva for inviting Ghiora to be an artist-in-residence, as well as to give two talks about his work and the ability of art and objects to create connections between cultures. His exploration of their collection—stretching from extraordinary Persian miniatures in the Pozzi Collection to Egyptian and Middle Eastern antiquities—culminated with an inspiring talk to the Friends of Museum that presented the intercultural narratives that resonate across the spectrum of the museum's collection.

07/05/2023

Paris…parting glances💙🤍❤️

05/21/2023

Venetian glimpses….

04/04/2023

As Passover approaches and the protests in Israel surrounding the government’s proposed judicial reform contine, the holiday's timeless narratives—of memory, compassion and perseverance in the face of adversity and oppression—take on a new dimension.
Reading the Haggadah each year—which relates Passover’s story of the future Israelites' Exodus from enslavement in Egypt millennia ago—is a reminder to each generation to see ourselves as if we are coming out of an “Egypt,” that the struggle to overcome obstacles is an ever-present, universal dynamic of humankind.
At this Passover—which commemorates new beginnings—a new, as yet unknown chapter is on the brink of unfolding in Israel, as well as other parts of the world…just as it was for the future Israelites after they crossed through the Red Sea. It’s a reminder that the human spirit possesses an indomitable energy when faced with adversity that exists outside of the boundaries of time or geography—and resides within the collective strata of humankind.

As the protests in Israel surrounding the government’s proposed judicial reform enter their 13th week as we approach Passover, the holiday's timeless…