Beit Castel
The Beit Castel gallery , is a gallery in the Artists' Colony of Safed. The gallery hosts art of a diverse range of artists from the Artists' Quarter of Safed with a special focus on the golden age of art in Safed.
History
Beit Castel used to be the home of the Israeli artist, Moshe Castel whose works are presented in the Vatican and Knesset. Castel was described by Gideon Ofrat in a Jerusalem Post as a singular artist in part due to his Volcanic ash art technique. The house, over time decayed was sold by Moshe Castel to his friend Yakov Hadad. Yakov Hadad as a boy was the court boy of Israeli giants such as Yitzhak Frenkel Frenel and Moshe Castel and used to assist others such as Nahum Gutman in order to make a bit of money for his family. Yakov Hadad has since rebuilt the gallery, turning the house itself into what was described by Israeli Channel 1 as a work of art.In fact, the house itself is located in proximity to the houses of artists such as Shimshon Holzman and Yitzhak Frenkel Frenel in Yitzhak Frenkel Frenel/Moshe Castel streets.