Published Books

Alek D. Epstein in collaboration with Andrey Kozhevnikov, Expressing the Inexpressible: Surrealist Art after the Holocaust. Artists of the East European Jewish Diaspora in Israel (Jerusalem – Moscow: The Jewish Society for the Encouragement of the Plastic Arts – Center for Research in Modern and Contemporary Art, 2019), 232 pp.

Alek D. Epstein in collaboration with Andrey Kozhevnikov, Expressionism of Tragedy and Revival. Artists of the East European Jewish Diaspora after the Holocaust (Moscow – Jerusalem: The Jewish Society for the Encouragement of the Plastic Arts – Center for Research and Development in Modern and Contemporary Art, 2018), 232 pp.

This Is My Land and Its Fields. A Solo Exhibition of Yehuda Armoni, Recipient of the 2023 Moshe Castel Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Israeli Art / ed. by Alek D. Epstein (Maale-Adumim: The Moshe Castel Museum of Art, 2024), 60 pp. ISBN 978-965-92990-6-5.

To Overcome the Disaster and to Look Forward”. A Solo Exhibition of Zeev Kun (1930–2024), Recipient of the 2023 Moshe Castel Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Israeli Art / ed. by Alek D. Epstein (Maale-Adumim: The Moshe Castel Museum of Art, 2024), 48 pp. ISBN 978-965-92990-7-2.

Self-Portrait: The Image and Soul of the Painter in Israeli Art / ed. by Alek D. Epstein (Maale-Adumim: The Moshe Castel Museum of Art, 2024), 64 pp. ISBN 978-965-92990-4-1.

From Odessa to the Artists’ Quarter in Safed via Paris. An Exhibition in Honor of the 125th Anniversary of Isaac Alexander Frenkel (Frenel) (1899–1981) / ed. by Alek D. Epstein (Maale-Adumim: The Moshe Castel Museum of Art, 2024), 56 pp. ISBN 978-965-92990-5-8.

Israel – Loss of Hope, Resurrection, Heroism and Vision in the Art of Baruch Elron / ed. by Alek D. Epstein (Maale-Adumim: The Moshe Castel Museum of Art, 2024), 52 pp. ISBN 978-965-92990-3-4.

Pinchas Shaar. From the Biblical World to the New World – and Back / ed. by Alek D. Epstein (Maale-Adumim: The Moshe Castel Museum of Art, 2023), 48 pp. ISBN 978-965-92990-2-7.

Jewish Sound and Soul: From Odessa to Maale Adumim. An Exhibition of Artworks by Yosef Ostrovsky (1935–1993) / ed. by Alek D. Epstein (Maale Adumim: The Moshe Castel Museum of Art, 2025), 60 pp. ISBN 978-965-92990-8-9.

To Heal the Wounds, to Rise above the Ordinary: A Solo Exhibition of Dan Livni, Recipient of the 2024 Moshe Castel Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Israeli Art / ed. by Alek D. Epstein (Maale Adumim: The Moshe Castel Museum of Art, 2025), 76 pp. ISBN 978-965-93238-0-7.

Israel and the World: Back to the Surrealist Days: A Solo Exhibition of Jacob Gildor, Recipient of the 2024 Moshe Castel Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Israeli Art / ed. by Alek D. Epstein (Maale Adumim: The Moshe Castel Museum of Art, 2025), 76 pp. ISBN 978-965-93238-1-4.

Survive, in Order to Create: 18 Israeli Artists – Holocaust Survivors / ed. by Alek D. Epstein (Maale Adumim: The Moshe Castel Museum of Art, 2025), 96 pp. ISBN 9978-965-93238-2-1.

Alek D. Epstein and Yael Argaman (eds.), Mark Vcherushanski, A Master of the “Severe Style”. Works from the Artist’s Legacy. Text by Liliya Vcherushanski, Andrey Kozhevnikov and Alek D. Epstein (Jerusalem: Center for Research in Modern and Contemporary Art – Moscow: Creative Union of Artists of Russia, 2018), 80 pp.

Alek D. Epstein and Andrey Kozhevnikov, A Lifelong Commitment to her People, A Lifelong Commitment to Art: The Expressionist Painting of Rivka Chwoles-Lichtenfeld (Jerusalem: Center for Research in Contemporary Art – “Cultural Bridges” Publishing House, 2016), 64 pp.

Alek D. Epstein and Andrey Kozhevnikov, A Poet of Loneliness: The Life and Art of Alexander Rabine (Jerusalem: Center for Research in Contemporary Art – “Cultural Bridges” Publishing House, 2017), 72 pp.

Nostalgic Surrealism: The Art of Yaakov Nowogroder, with a foreword by Alek D. Epstein (Jerusalem: Center for Research in Contemporary Art – “Cultural Bridges” Publishing House, 2016), 48 pp.

        

Alek D. Epstein, The Art of Peter Gluzberg. Developing the Traditions of French Impressionism in Israel  (Jerusalem: Center for Research in Contemporary Art – “Cultural Bridges” Publishing House – World Federation of Bessarabian Jews, 2013), 104 pp.

Alek D. Epstein and Sofia Birina, Kenda and Jacob Bar-Gera and their Unique Collection: The Untold Story of Passion for Art and Dedication to Building Bridges (Jerusalem: “Discovery Routes” – The Association for Jewish History and Culture, 2022), 240 pp.

An Insurmountable Apocalypse: Life and Art of Zeev Kun, with a foreword by Alek D. Epstein (Jerusalem: Center for Research in Contemporary Art – “Cultural Bridges” Publishing House, 2016), 140 pp.

Alek D. Epstein and Andrey Kozhevnikov, Baruch Elron - The Artist-Philosopher (Jerusalem: Center for Research in Contemporary Art – “Cultural Bridges” Publishing House, 2017), 96 pp.