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Discover Abed Abdi’s Public Artworks with Our Interactive Map

We are pleased to present an interactive map that invites you to explore the powerful legacy of Palestinian artist Abed Abdi through his public artworks created between 1976 and 2025. This growing archive includes mosaic murals, monuments, environmental sculptures, and site-specific installations across a wide range of public and educational spaces.The map showcases all known...
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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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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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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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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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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’s New Limited Edition Prints To Be Auctioned Off In Paris

We are pleased to announce the public auctioning of 2 of the new limited edition prints on canvas by Abed Abdi. The auction will be held at Millon Auction House in Paris , during the Contemporary Middle Eastern Art live auction. The auction will take place on the 19th of December 2022 at 16:00 Paris...
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Talk at the Palestinian Museum

The Palestinian Museum celebrated the artist, Abed Abdi, through a dialogue held at the Museum between the artist and Museum Director General Adila Laïdi-Hanieh, PhD. This dialogue is part of a series of activities accompanying the exhibition “A People by the Sea”, in which the artist has participated with three of his artworks.The celebration of...
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Celebrating the 20th anniversary and the 80th birthday

This year is a special year for us at this website: First, we celebrate Abed Abdi’s 80th birthday! We wish him a very happy birthday and continuous creativity, even if the latter means more work for us at the website 🙂 . Secondly, we also celebrate the 20th anniversary for the existence of the domain...
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