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Abed Abdi's Online Art Archive

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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Auction / Middle East Paris / Beirut – Online

Abed ABDI (Palestine, 1942) “Mother and her Child at the Refugee Camp”, Oil on canvas 45 x 60 cm, Painted in 1967. Signed in Arabic “Abed Abdi”, signed and dated in Latin “A. Abdi 67” lower left *** H: 45 x L: 60 cm Private collection, Paris. Acquired directly from the artist in the 1970s....
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PalRead – Country of Words Podcast EP6: Abed Abdi

In this episode of PalRead – Country of Words Podcast, we speak with artist Abed Abdi about his book illustrations and periodical cover designs since the 1960s in Haifa. Abdi collaborated with writers such as Emil Habibi, Samih al-Qasim, and Salman Natour, as well as with periodicals such as al-Ittihad and al-Jadid. Abed Abdi was...
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Abed Abdi sitting in his studio

Memories of Nakba inspire Palestinian artist’s work

Abed Abdi, 81, is a Palestinian visual artist who was expelled from Haifa in 1948 and returned three years later. By Zena Al Tahhan Published On 29 May 2023 / Aljazeera During the Nakba, Zionist militias carried out dozens of massacres and destroyed more than 500 Palestinian villages, while three-quarters of the Palestinian population was expelled...
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Material Imagination: Israeli Art from the Collection of Tel Aviv Museum

Tel Aviv Museum of Art is delighted to announce the launch of our new permanent display of the Israeli art collection. The exhibition will include more than 120 works by leading artists, some well-known, others making their debut here. The exhibition Material Imagination departs from the story of Israeli art as a chronological narrative running...
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Restoration of Abed Abdi’s mural at Dresden Academy of Fine Arts

Testimonies of time in the University of Fine Arts. Restorer Valentin Bauer recounts Object Histories Periods: 1971 15.06.2022 Artists: Abed Abdi Valentin Bauer WATCH VIDEO: Restorer Valentin Bauer talks about his work on incised plaster murals by Abed Abdi and Sami Hakki, who studied mural painting at the HfBK Dresden.The interview with Valentin Bauer took...
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Tel-Aviv Museum of Art Adds 2 Abed Abdi Artworks To Its Collection

2 important works of art by Abed Abdi were recently purchased for the collection of Tel Aviv Museum of Art, after voting by the museum’s Art Acquisition Group in September 2022. The special acquisition group had visited Abed Abdi in his studio in the spring of 2022, led by curator Dalit Matityahu from the museum....
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Abed Abdi Artworks To Be Exhibited at Ramallah Art Fair

Zawyeh Gallery is pleased to announce the launch of the third edition of Ramallah Art Fair on Monday, 12 December 2022, after the tremendous success of the previous two editions. In this edition, 40 Palestinian, Arab, and international artists will participate with more than 200 artworks that combine different artistic styles and are specially produced...
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Abed Abdi Artworks To Be Auctioned Off In Paris

We are pleased to announce the public auctioning of 3 artworks by Abed Abdi. One of the artworks is a recently restored, original and very rare oil on canvas piece from 1967. The two other artworks are among the new limited edition prints on canvas. The auction will be held at Millon Auction House in...
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Art in Networks — The GDR and its Global Relations

It is hardly known that the GDR’s (German Democratic Republic) network of contacts and exchange relationships in the field of visual art and architecture spanned almost the entire globe. Forms of this contact could be, for example, exhibition cooperations, artists’ trips, or student exchanges. Against this background, a broad transcultural perspective on artistic production in...
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Recent Posts

Discover Abed Abdi’s Public Artworks with Our Interactive Map
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Group exhibition: “Heartache | מועקה וּוَجَع”
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Abed Abdi in “The Holocaust and the Nakba”
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Poetry and painting: The Arab visual artists who found inspiration through the timeless literature of Mahmoud Darwish
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Auction: Middle East Modern Art / Paris
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Prints & Printmaking
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On Abed Abdi’s Solo Exhibition “Between Two Worlds”
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Solo Exhibition @ Károlyi Palace in Hungary: “Between 2 Worlds”
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Abed Abdi’s Public Talk at Berlin’s House of World Cultures
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THERE IS NO THERE THERE: Group Exhibition at Frankfurt Museum of Modern Art
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