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Kaliner Gallery Brings a Bit of Tel Aviv to New York City 

JL;DR SUMMARY Maryana Kaliner, an Israeli gallerist born in Russia, has opened the Kaliner Gallery on New York City's Lower East Side, an area steeped in Jewish history. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Tel AvivLower East SideJewish ArtContemporary ArtIsraeli ArtistsFemale ArtistsArt ExhibitionsKaliner GalleryNew Barbizon GroupMaryana Kaliner

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New York City, New York, United States
"When Maryana Kaliner first saw the street block and raw space on the Lower East Side of New York City that would house her namesake gallery, Kaliner, she knew it was just right."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"It reminded her of the Florentin neighborhood in Tel Aviv."
Volgograd, Russian Federation
"Born in Volgograd, Russia, Kaliner moved with her family to Israel when she was 11."
Haifa, Haifa District, Israel
"Her family settled in Haifa, where Kaliner loved going to the Haifa Museum of Art as well as the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art."

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