2025
From 1962 to Today: Milestones in the Press and The Media Legacy of Abed Abdi
Explore the Abed Abdi Media & Press Archive – 600+ Articles, Interviews & Reviews The newly opened Abed Abdi Art Library is now live online, offering…
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Studies & Scholarly Reflections
Scholarly Studies on Abed Abdi’s Art
Academic research and critical reflections examining Abed Abdi’s artistic practice, visual language, and contribution to Palestinian and Israeli art history.
2025
Abed Abdi in “The Holocaust and the Nakba”
In the groundbreaking volume The Holocaust and the Nakba: A New Grammar of Trauma and History, Tal Ben-Zvi’s chapter “Culture of Memory: Holocaust and Nakba Images…
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2025
Poetry and painting: The Arab visual artists who found inspiration through the timeless literature of Mahmoud Darwish
n honour of Mahmoud Darwish’s 84th birthday, we examine how the Palestinian wordsmith continues to inspire creativity in the region, even after his death Culture Rawaa…
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2022
The wandering museum in the works of the artist Abed Abdi
(1) Academic studies in Germany and its influence on his art During his academic studies in the German city of Dresden, the young artist Abed Abdi…
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Abed Abdi News
Press Releases & Announcements
Announcements, institutional news, and updates relating to Abed Abdi’s exhibitions, projects, and artistic activities.
2025
Explore Over Five Decades of Public Art: The Abed Abdi Interactive Map
We are proud to present the Abed Abdi Public Art Interactive Map, a unique and growing digital archive that traces more than five decades of artistic…
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2025
The Abed Abdi Digital Library Now Online – A Multilingual Archive Spanning Six Decades
The newly launched Abed Abdi Art Library is now available online, offering a rich and structured digital archive that documents over 60 years of creativity, social…
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2024
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…
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2024
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…
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Abed Abdi in the Press
Media, Interviews & Features
Newspaper articles, interviews, reviews, and media coverage documenting the artist and his work.
2024
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,…
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2024
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…
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2024
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…
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2024
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…
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Articles by Abed Abdi
On the World of Art and Artists
More than 70 writings by Abed Abdi, spanning from the 1970s to the present, on art, artists, culture, and society.
2026
Conversation with an American Journalist on the Land Day Monument
I have always, and continue to, engage with my artistic subjects through visual dialogue within my artistic practice. However, in recent times—and due to my frequent…
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1976
Reflections on May Day: Resistance in the Visual Arts
Art is a weapon used by the people in their intellectual and practical struggle to achieve their denied rights. Naturally, this art must be purposeful, organized,…
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1974
David Alfaro Siqueiros: The Flaming Torch of Mexico
By: Abed Abdi In this 1974 article, Palestinian artist Abed Abdi reflects on the life and work of David Alfaro Siqueiros, one of the leading figures…
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1972
Art for All: A Note on Kitsch
We often repeat words of admiration for things that please us and harmonize with our feelings, and we speak about taste in colors and their harmony.…
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Abed Abdi Publications
Catalogues, Monographs & Art Books
Books, exhibition catalogues, monographs, and art publications documenting Abed Abdi’s work and artistic career.
COLLECTION 06
Abed Abdi Exhibitions
Solo & Group Exhibitions
Records and announcements of solo and group exhibitions, tracing the artist’s participation in the cultural life of the region and beyond.
2026
The Lost Paintings in Conversation – a series of online panels
The Lost Paintings: a Prelude to Return was launched in August 2025 in Montreal in collaboration with Montréal, arts intercultureles (MAI) and articule. It has since…
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2026
The Lost Paintings at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery (Group Exhibition)
The Lost Paintings opening is just a few days away at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery.We are delighted to welcome visitors to Bristol for the next…
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2026
Double Distance: Salvage and Presencing (Jaffa)
Al-Mathaneh Gallery in Jaffa invites you to the opening of the exhibition: “Double Distance: Salvage and Presencing”, Featuring the artists: Abid Abdi, Gershon Knispel, and Nardeen…
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Abed Abdi Photo Library
Photographs, Documents & Archival Images
A photographic archive documenting Abed Abdi’s life, exhibitions, artistic practice, and public activities.
COLLECTION 08
Video Library
Films, Interviews & Recorded Events
Films, interviews, recorded conversations, and audiovisual materials related to Abed Abdi and his artistic legacy.
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