The Palestinian Museum in Birzeit. Courtesy The Palestinian Museum. By: Hili Perlson Source: ArtNet The Palestinian Museum in Birzeit—located just north of Jerusalem, in the West Bank—is opening its inaugural show this Sunday after a 15-month delay. The museum’s $24 million building was completed in May 2016, and has stood empty ever since due to … Continued
The house is located close to the Israel-Palestine border wall. Photo: Kickstarter. By: Henri Neuendorf Source: Artnet News The Palestinian artist Emily Jacir has launched a crowdfunding campaign to transform her family’s historic 19th-century home in the West Bank into an independent exhibition space and community art center. The space will focus on visual … Continued
By: Marguerite Dabaie Source: The Electronic Intifada Palestinian culture is in itself a dangerous act, a reason to be caged. So suggests a cartoon in a new anthology of work by Mohammad Sabaaneh. The panel shows a group of men and women in traditional dress dancing the folkloric dabke while shackled together. A checkpoint … Continued
Kamal Boullata Press release: Arab American Institute On Thursday, April 27, 2017, Palestinian artist and writer Kamal Boullata will receive a Special Recognition Award for his lifetime of work and dedication to bettering humanity through art at the Arab American Institute Foundation’s 19thannual Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Awards in Washington, DC. Boullata, who began … Continued
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