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The Painting that will Never Leave Haifa

مراسل حيفا نت | Haifa Net Reporter | 26/11/2021, All photo’s courtesy Haifa Museum of Art The painting that will Never Leave Haifa Last night, the Haifa Museum of Art celebrated an important addition to its art collection: an artwork by Haifa born artist Abed Abdi. A group of Palestinian and Jewish donors recently acquired...

November 29, 2021ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInAbed Abdi News, Reviews

Memorial Monument at the Grave of Dr. Ramzi As’ad designed by Abed Abdi

This memorial monument was designed in 2022 by artist Abed Abdi and sculpted by Hatem Oweidah of Sajur, in honor of Dr. Ramzi Tufik As’ad—a distinguished Palestinian-American physician born in Nazareth in 1942 and raised in Haifa. Dr. Ramzi As’ad was among the first Arab students admitted to a major medical school in Jerusalem, and...

July 16, 2021ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInAbed Abdi News

Barjeel Art Foundation adds more than 30 artworks to its collection

Another highlight is a 1961 work by Palestinian artist Abed Abdi titled Refugees, a muted painting of displaced figures trekking across a grey landscape. Born in Haifa, Abdi also works in graphic design and sculpture, though he is most known for his depictions of the Palestinian occupation.

July 8, 2021ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInAbed Abdi News, Reviews

Sotheby’s first online-only auction for 20th century Middle Eastern art defies COVID-19 to net $2.6m

Success of auction house’s category sale signals hope for sector, confidence in ME art amid virus pandemic DUBAI: A month ago, no one would have imagined that their existence would soon be relegated to the place that they call home. For the latest updates, follow us on Instagram @arabnews.lifestyle The world has had to learn...

April 4, 2020ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInAbed Abdi News

Abed Abdi in Sotheby’s first online-only auction for 20th century Middle Eastern art defies COVID-19

Success of auction house’s category sale signals hope for sector, confidence in ME art amid virus pandemic Updated 02 April 2020, Arab News DUBAI: A month ago, no one would have imagined that their existence would soon be relegated to the place that they call home. The world has had to learn a lot, and...

April 2, 2020ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInAbed Abdi News, Reviews

Story of a painting

In the painting “Father on the Background of Displacement from Haifa April 22nd, 1948” Abed Abdi reconstructs through his and his family’s personal experience the traumatic historical event of the Palestinian people: The Nakba. In 1948, Abdi who was born and lives in Haifa, was uprooted with his mother to Lebanon, where they spent four...

July 13, 2017ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInAbed Abdi News, Reviews

Abed Abdi in Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton’s global art project

Imago Mundi. Luciano Benetton Collection. Map of New Art Five continents, 38 collections, 6930 artists with 10×12 cm artworks In the current climate of arrested utopias, attacks on cultural heritage, assaults on imagination and knowledge, Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton’s global art project, comes to Venice to propose an art without borders that breaks the silence,...

December 8, 2015ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInAbed Abdi News, Exhibitions, Group Exhibitions

Abed Abdi awarded the ministry of culture and sport prize

Abed Abdi has been awarded the Israeli ministry of culture and sport’s prize in art and design for the year 2008. Jury’s Statement: “Abed Abdi is one of the outstanding, and most influential artists on the art and culture of the Arab society during more than forty years. His contribution to the creation of a...

February 18, 2012ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInAbed Abdi News, Reviews

Abed Abdi awarded the “Notable of Haifa” honorary title

In front of a packed audience, Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav awarded Abed Abdi, along with 18 others, the ” notable of the city of Haifa” honorary title, in recognition of his many years of public contribution to the city and the country. The prestigious ceremony wasattended by the Minister of Science and Technology MK...

February 18, 2012ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInAbed Abdi News, Reviews

Pillar for Friendship and Peace (UK)

The Pillar was on display in the City of Liverpool during the Liverpool Biennial Festival of Contemporary Art. Patrons of the Pillar: David and Rosemary Hufton. I have participated in the International Blacksmith Workshop, which was organized by the British Arts Blacksmith Association (BABA), in England in June 2007. The participants were designers from various...

February 17, 2012ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInAbed Abdi News, Exhibitions, Group Exhibitions

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