Art
Samia Halaby’s Abstractions Map Displacement and Home
The trailblazing artist’s abstract paintings, on view in her first US museum retrospective, are luxurious fields of color and form, each one pulsating with its own energy.
Samia Halaby
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Artist Emily Jacir Calls Suppression of Palestinian Voices "Part of Genocide"
In a recent Democracy Now! segment, Palestinian artists Jacir and Samia Halaby decry the widespread stifling of pro-Palestine expression.
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Indiana University Cancels Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby’s Exhibition
Supporters are calling on the school to reinstate what would have been 87-year-old artist's first retrospective in the US.
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Dozens of Arab Artists Boycott UAE for Normalization Deal With Israeli Government
Samia Halaby and Rachid Koraichi are among the signatories of a letter reaffirming support for “the Palestinian struggle for liberation, self-determination and the return of refugees.”
Art
From Palestine to New York and Back Again: On the Life and Work of Samia Halaby
In the purportedly liberal realm of the art world, an artist like Samia Halaby is certainly deserving of closer attention.
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Another Hidden Chapter of ’70s Abstraction
The nine artists in 1970’s: 9 Women and Abstraction infuse their art with an unexpected warmth, humanity, and quirkiness that feel all the more invigorating when compared with the cerebral objectification prized by their male Minimalist counterparts.