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Invitation: Voices from the Interview Project “Art in Networks” on March 21st at the Albertinum

Voices from the interview project “Art in Networks” Prof. Kerstin Schankweiler (TU Dresden) speaks with artists Abed Abdi (*1942) and Michael Touma (*1956) about their time as international students at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, the influence on their art, and the continuity and impact of networks beyond the time of the German Democratic...
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The Foreign Brothers / Berlin Exhibition Review

Originaly published in German in Junge Welt, Aus: Ausgabe vom 05.03.2024, Seite 11 / Feuilleton By Gerhard Hanloser. From the perspective of the Global South: An exhibition at the Berlin House of World Cultures about good and bad experiences with the GDR No, this GDR exhibition is not a “West German invention.” It is not...
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Echoes of the Brother Countries / House of World Cultures Berlin

What is the price of memory and what is the cost of amnesia? Or: Visions and illusions of anti-imperialist solidarities Workshops, Performances, Film screenings, Podcasts, Narratives, Publications, Exhibition Exhibition 2.3.–20.5.2024, opening 1.3. Artworks by Abed Abdi at the exhibition, photo by Sylvie Kürsten To look at Germany’s historical and contemporary global relations only through the...
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Abed Abdi at the Albertinum in Dresden: “I call for the recognition of Palestine as a second state.”

“Appeals for Friendship between Peoples” form the fundamental motif of the Palestinian-Israeli artist Abed Abdi. His works are on display in Dresden.Sylvie Kürsten09.11.2023 | Berliner Zeitung Actually, he didn’t want to leave at all, not Haifa, and he didn’t want to feel like a refugee again. Like in 1948 when, as a six-year-old, he had...
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Group exhibition in South Africa looks for peace through Israeli and Palestinian art

The Hartbeespoort event will be open to the public to encourage collective thinking about the power of art to shape and reimagine the current social tension 11 December 2023 – 11:08 by Staff Writer / BusinessLive /South Africa An exhibition, Reconciliation Imagined, will be held at Pecanberry Farm in Hartbeespoort during the Reconciliation Day long...
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Auction: MIDDLE-EAST MODERN & CONTEMPORARY – Paris

Thu 30 Nov16H00 PARIS SALONS DU TROCADERO The upcoming auction of modern and contemporary art from the Middle East presents a diverse collection of artworks spanning various mediums. These remarkable creations originate from established and emerging artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, all sharing ties to the expansive regions of North Africa and the...
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Group Exhibition: “On This Land” @ Alserkal Dubai

Exhibition 19 November 2023–26 November 2023 Alserkal Arts Foundation x Barjeel Art Foundation x The Palestinian Museum Part of Alserkal Art Week Bringing together the digital archive of The Palestinian Museum and works from the Barjeel Art Foundation’s collection. Starts 19 November 2023 Ends 26 November 2023 Venue Concrete On This Land originated with the...
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Albertinum: Revolutionary Romances? Global Art Histories in the GDR

After the opening exhibition, a conference on the topic “The Global GDR. A Transcultural Art History (1949–1990)” as well as academic discussion groups and an accompanying program on the online platform voices in 2022, the “KONTRAPOINTS” project will culminate in the exhibition “Revolutionary Romances? Global Art Histories in the GDR” in the Albertinum. Exhibition Site...
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Restoration of Abed Abdi’s Mural in Haifa

The art piece named “Homage to Saliba Khamis,” an environmental sculpture situated on a street wall in Wadi Nisnas, Haifa, underwent restoration during the spring season. The restoration project was sponsored and led by Beit Hagefen, the Jewish-Arab cultural center in Haifa. Originally crafted by Abed Abdi in 2004 as part of the Holiday of...
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The Unusual Collection: A Journey of Colors

New Online Exhibition We are delighted to present an extraordinary collection of recent but unusual paintings by Abed Abdi, all of which have been created in a remote village. This remarkable showcase unveils captivating works of Abed Abdi, who hails from the vibrant city of Haifa in the Middle East, a place with a starkly...
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