To criticize the Vatican’s nativity with a now-removed Jesus in a keffiyeh would be to dismiss the artistic history of crèches centering marginalized people.
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Vatican Removes Baby Jesus With Keffiyeh From Nativity
The Nativity scene, crafted by two Palestinian artists, drew online criticism about the headscarf’s inclusion from pro-Israel entities.
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A Gaza Biennale Takes Shape Amid Loss and Ruin
The show will center “the Palestinian narrative, the Palestinian story, and the Palestinian cause,” said artist Tasneem Shatat.
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“Why Can’t I Speak, Germany?” Says Nan Goldin in Searing Speech
At the opening of her Neue Nationalgalerie retrospective, the artist expressed solidarity with Palestine and lambasted the German government’s support for Israel.
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Reclaiming Palestinian Beauty, One Wall Label at a Time
On a visit to the Brooklyn Museum on October 7, 2023, I felt proud to see a Palestinian “thobe” like the ones I study. But then I saw the wall label.
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Iranian-German Photographer Asked to Apologize for Saying “Free Palestine”
The German Photographic Society called Shirin Abedi’s award acceptance speech “dogmatic fanaticism” and “anti-Israeli agitation.”
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Canadian Cultural Center Shutters Exhibition Over Palestine References
The move by the Aurora Cultural Center “contributes to the consistent dehumanization of Arabs in general,” said artist Hala Alsalman.
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Palestinian Artist Mahasen Al-Khatib Killed in Israeli Airstrike on Gaza
The 32-year-old digital illustrator, who had amassed a following on social media, was among dozens of people killed at the Jabalia refugee camp.
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Israeli Authorities Censor Film About 1948 Depopulation of Palestine
Lyd (2023), produced by Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters, explores a future without Israeli occupation through archival footage and sci-fi elements.
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Nan Goldin Among 200 Jewish Activists Arrested at NYC Protest for Palestine
Artist Molly Crabapple and filmmaker Laura Poitras were also arrested at a massive sit-in outside the New York Stock Exchange.
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Gaza Photo Pasted on Picasso Painting at UK’s National Gallery
Activists stuck the image of a Palestinian mother and child to the protective glass over “Motherhood” (1901) and called for an arms embargo on Israel.
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LA Artists Drape Keffiyeh on Noguchi Sculptures in Protest
David Horvitz and Ali Eyal’s subversive action was a response to the Noguchi Museum’s new policy banning staff from wearing the Arab headscarves.