News
Lebanese Arts Organizations Scramble as Israel Ramps Up Airstrikes
Institutions are closing their doors to the public as a potential ground invasion looms in the violence-stricken country.
Israel
News
Child Shatters 3,500-Year-Old Vase at Israeli Museum
The “priceless” vessel was originally found in a tomb at Ein Samiya in the Occupied West Bank.
News
Israel Announces Settlement Near Palestinian World Heritage Site
The settlement in the Occupied West Bank would be located within the protection zone for the UNESCO-recognized village of Battir.
Opinion
Israeli Chutzpah at the Venice Biennale
Perfectly timed for maximum press attention, the performative closure of the country’s pavilion is opportunistic and cynical.
News
Activists Say “No to the Genocide Pavilion" in Biennale Protest Against Israel
Over 100 artists and art workers called attention to participating nations' complicity in the attacks on Gaza.
News
Israeli Artist Pausing Venice Biennale Show Doesn’t Go Far Enough, Critics Say
The partial closure of the pavilion until a ceasefire is reached is an “empty and opportunistic” gesture, said a group who called for Israel to be excluded from the event.
News
Activists Unfurl Massive Quilt for Gaza on Met Museum Steps
They called for an immediate ceasefire while accusing the museum of complicity in Israel's violence against Palestinians.
News
Lenders Withdraw Works From Barbican Show, Alleging “Censorship”
The London arts center decided not to host a talk that explored connections between the Holocaust and Israel’s attacks on Gaza.
News
Thousands of Art Workers Call for Israel’s Exclusion From the Venice Biennale
Nan Goldin, Michael Rakowitz, and others say that “platforming art representing a state engaged in ongoing atrocities against Palestinians in Gaza is unacceptable.”
Art
Palestine Solidarity Art From Around the World
In response to Israel’s attacks on Gaza, artists share the ways in which they’ve engaged their practice to raise awareness and mobilize action.
News
Faux Apology Lampoons Pro-Israel Manhattan Art Dealers
Dominique Lévy, Brett Gorvy, and Amalia Dayan say their Upper East Side gallery was "vandalized" with a message that decries the "massacre of Palestinians" in Gaza.
News
Writers Protest NYT Gaza Coverage With Posters of Journalists Killed by Israel
Members of the group Writers Bloc staged an action during an awards dinner chaired by New York Times President Meredith Kopit Levien.