Palestinian art

Sliman Mansour in his studio in Al-Bireh, occupied West Bank, July 25, 2024. (Thomas Dallal)

Farewell to the artist who connected Palestinians to themselves

Sliman Mansour was more than a painter: He created the visual language through which we learned to imagine our land, history, and peoplehood.

By Abed Abou Shhadeh August 27, 2026

The creation of Shareef Sarhan's Minarat Gaza, seen in Gaza City's port, 2016. (Courtesy)

Archiving as resistance: The battle to save Gaza’s cultural heritage

A new book documents efforts to preserve millennia of culture, refusing to surrender to the enclave’s destruction while laying foundations for its future.

By Samah Salaime July 31, 2026

Faisal Saleh stands beside the exhibition he co-curated at the 61st Venice Biennale, titled “ _____________” * * Gaza - No Words - See the Exhibit.” (Oren Ziv)

‘How do you curate a genocide?’

Marred by protests over Israel’s inclusion, the Venice Biennale is hosting an exhibit with 100 works of Palestinian embroidery based on harrowing images from Gaza. Curator Faisal Saleh discusses how it came to life.

By Oren Ziv May 21, 2026

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Paintings from Gaza on display at "This is Not an Exhibition" in the Palestinian Museum, Birzeit, occupied West Bank. (Fatima AbdulKarim)

‘You could be looking at the last surviving works by Gaza’s artists’

An exhibition in the West Bank attempts both to capture and counteract the erasure of Palestinian life and culture in Gaza, even as its artists are killed.

By Fatima AbdulKarim May 16, 2024

Two of Doniana Al-Imoor's paintings shared from her Facebook page in July 2021. (Courtesy of the Al-Imoor family)

She was a promising young artist in Gaza. Israel killed her while she painted

Doniana Al-Imoor dreamed of the day she would graduate from art college. After Israel shelled her family's home last week, that day will never come.

By Mohammed R. Mhawish August 12, 2022

Fida’a Ataya. (Courtesy)

‘The occupation is trying to uproot us. Art can bring us back’

Palestinian storyteller Fidaa Ataya uses art as a means of resisting the Israeli settlers and military who have taken over the landscape of her childhood.

By Suha Arraf December 1, 2021

Nur Garabli in "The Occupiers." (Ilan Besor)

A life in Jaffa, shared through dance

For Nur Garabli, dance is a way to untangle her identity and shake up the political power imbalance of being a Palestinian citizen of Israel.

By Natalie Alz October 12, 2021

Palestinian children play on an empty street during a strike in Jenin, West Bank, in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, September 11, 2021. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

‘Children in Jenin Refugee Camp end up as prisoners, martyrs, or with a disability’

After years of resisting the ‘bitter reality’ of Israel’s occupation, last week's prison break offered some hope to Palestinians in Jenin, says Freedom Theater's artistic director.

By Yuval Abraham September 13, 2021

Untitled, from the series 'Islam Played the Blues' by Toufic Beyhum. (www.tbeyhumphotos.com)

A case of the Palestinian blues

Recording under quarantine, a musical trio gives a classic blues song an Arabic twist, exploring new depths for Black-Palestinian solidarity.

By Henriette Chacar September 3, 2021

‘A defiant aesthetic’: The Palestinian fashion brand trashing stereotypes

Using art and fashion to highlight diverse voices in Palestinian society, tRASHY's clothing illustrates the challenges Palestinians face in freely expressing their identities to the world.

By Samar Hazboun November 17, 2020

With their cultural center bombed, Gaza’s artists are now picking up the pieces

Al-Meshal was long considered one of Gaza's premier cultural institutions, home to cutting edge, highly politicized art. That all came to a halt last week, when the center was bombed by Israeli missiles. Now the Strip's artists are coming together to remember and rebuild.

By +972 Magazine August 14, 2018

People walk by a mural depicting a combination of the Israeli and German flag on the Berlin wall, March 13, 2016. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Are litmus tests on culture spreading from Israel to Berlin?

Pro-Israel journalists and politicians in Germany target a Palestinian arts and culture festival, its curators and the venue hosting it. By Inna Michaeli A celebration of Palestinian arts and culture in the city of Berlin has sent a few German journalists and local politicians over the edge. “After the Last Sky,” a first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary and international…

By +972 Magazine October 25, 2016

Culture Minister Miri Regev speaks at the 2016 Ophir Awards. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

Palestinian culture is flourishing — thanks to Miri Regev

Each attempt to silence Palestinian artists only makes our voices grow louder. It’s time to admit that Miri Regev is the best thing to happen to Palestinian culture since Israel’s founding. Period. I generally do not tend to write about the Mizrahi struggle and what kind of effect Regev is having on it. But in my eyes…

By Samah Salaime October 18, 2016