"The Israeli art scene is very interesting and multi-layered," says Roni Gilat-Baharaff, Managing Director of Christie's Israel and International Senior Director at Christie's. "Life here is complicated, and it generates artistic energy which you rarely see elsewhere. The local art market, on the other hand, is not very sophisticated yet, it is based mainly on contemporary Israeli art. In the public sphere, eventhough there are excellent Museums, there is not much funding for the arts..