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Abed Abdi's Online Art Archive

Auction: Middle East Modern Art / Paris

Abed Abdi is one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Palestinian art. Born in 1942 in Haifa, Palestine, Abdi experienced the traumatic events of exile and loss, themes that have been central to his work throughout his career. After the Nakba of 1948, which led to the mass displacement of Palestinians, he fled his...
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Locals Nowhere: Global Histories of Labor, Art, and Migration, Summer 2024

by Tobias Rosen · Published 12/01/2024 ARTMargins Online: Exhibition Reviews There is no there there, Museum of Modern Art Frankfurt (MMK), April 13 – September 29, 2024 Global contemporary exhibitions have invented a new conceit: they have begun to locate migrants everywhere and nowhere. Both There is no there there at Frankfurt’s Museum of Modern...
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Prints & Printmaking

Curated by Wafa Roz Exhibition from 5 September till 5 December 2024 The Dalloul Art Foundation (DAF) in Beirut presents Prints & Printmaking, a unique exhibition celebrating the artistry of Arab artists-printmakers. The exhibition showcases a rich selection of fine art prints on paper from the DAF collection, some of which have rarely been seen by the...
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Joint Palestinian–Israeli Exhibition Against the War: A Visual Dialogue for Peace

Exhibition Dates: June 15–20, 2024Location: Károlyi Palace, Fehérvárcsurgó, Hungary The inaugural exhibition of the Mozaik Euro-Mediterranean Art Hub opened on June 15, 2024, at the historic Károlyi Palace in Fehérvárcsurgó, Hungary. Titled Identities: A Visual Dialogue, this poignant and timely showcase brings together the works of two distinguished Haifa-based artists—Palestinian painter and curator Abed Abdi,...
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On Abed Abdi’s Solo Exhibition “Between Two Worlds”

Introductory text from the exhibition catalog Presented in this exhibition is an extraordinary collection of recent but unusual paintings by Abed Abdi, most of which have been created in the remote Hungarian village of Chokako. This remarkable showcase unveils captivating works of Abed Abdi, who hails from the vibrant city of Haifa in the Middle...
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Solo Exhibition @ Károlyi Palace in Hungary: “Between 2 Worlds”

We are delighted to present an extraordinary collection of recent but unusual paintings by Abed Abdi, all of which have been created in the remote village of Chokako. This remarkable showcase unveils captivating works of Abed Abdi, a leading Palestinian visual artist who hails from the vibrant city of Haifa in Israel, a place with...
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Abed Abdi’s Public Talk at Berlin’s House of World Cultures

Echoes of the Brother Countries An exhibition and research project at Haus der Kulturen der Welt What is the Price of Memory and What is the Cost of Amnesia? Or: Visions and Illusions of Anti-Imperialist Solidarities Abed Abdi: Conversation with the Artist Fri., 22.3.202417:00 Beatriz Nascimento Hall In German Free entry Abed Abdi boasts a...
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THERE IS NO THERE THERE: Group Exhibition at Frankfurt Museum of Modern Art

In the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s, numerous artists from abroad were working in both the GDR and the FRG. Within the framework of grants and bilateral cultural agreements, and alongside migrant workers, exiles, and refugees, they came to a divided Germany during the Cold War to continue working on their art and to collaborate and...
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The 82-Year-Old Artist from Haifa: “Refugeehood Has Accompanied Me All My Life”

Published in Radio Haifa by Omer Mozer 20 March 2024 / translated from Hebrew Dozens of paintings fill the studio of 82-year-old artist Abed Abdi in Wadi Nisnas. One of them, standing alone in a corner, distills 65 years of artistic creation intertwined with his personal story.“This is the landscape of my childhood: the exit...
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Abed Abdi’s Public Talk at the Albertinum Museum, Dresden

Part of 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...
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