Yair Garbuz

Yair Garbuz (; 29 September 1945 – 29 April 2026) was an Israeli visual artist, writer, author, humorist and opinion journalist. He was a recipient of the 2004 EMET Prize in painting and was director of the HaMidrasha Art School at Beit Berl College for 12 years.

Early life and education

Yair Garbuz was born in Givatayim, Mandatory Palestine on September 29, 1945. His parents were immigrants from Poland. His siblings included Aharon Harel, who went on to serve as a member of the Knesset from 1981 to 1988, and Alon Garbuz, the manager of the Tel Aviv Cinematheque.

Death Garbuz died on 29 April 2026, at the age of 80, as a result of a prolonged illness.

Awards and recognition Garbuz was described as "adept in the poetics of loneliness, constantly lighting fires that signal from one mountaintop to the next an ironic wish to belong."

Sokolov Prize for journalism (1993) Expected Changes in My Distant Past (2020) Terribly Beautiful (2025)