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Abed Abdi in the Press

Media, Interviews & Features

This page features a selection of press articles, media interviews, and news coverage highlighting the public reception and impact of Abed Abdi’s work. It offers insight into how the media has documented and reflected on his career across decades. This page features articles originally published in English, along with select translations. Links to additional press coverage in other languages is available at the bottom. of page.

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Locals Nowhere: Global Histories of Labor, Art, and Migration, Summer 2024

December 1, 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:...

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Interview with Abed Abdi (1966)

After an absence of two years—which the young painter, Abed Abdi, spent in East Germany for art studies—he...

•August 5, 1966

Painter Abed Abdi Returns to the Country

The painter Abed Abdi has returned to the country after spending a period of study in the German...

•January 21, 1972

Abed Abdi’s Solo Exhibition Opening / Haifa

In the presence of a large audience of painters, artists, intellectuals, and writers, painter A. Awkshi and poet...

•November 10, 1972

Echoes: Abed Abdi’s Exhibition in the Israeli Press

The art exhibition of painter Abed Abdi drew the attention of both the public and art critics in...

•December 1, 1972

The Orphan Plow and the Municipal Consultant: A Memorial for the Victims of Land Day

Published by Yehoshua Sobol — the well-known Hebrew playwright, whom we recently came to know through Al-Ittihad newspaper...

•April 22, 1977

Guest of the Month: Artist Abed Abdi on his Pioneering Journey

The interview was conducted and prepared by Hanna Ibrahim, published in Al Ittihad newspaper on 24 February 1978...

•February 24, 1978

Interview with the Artist Abed Abdi

Conducted by the artist Karim DabbahPublished in Al-Tali’a Newspaper, June 22, 1978 I was born in Haifa in...

•June 22, 1978

The Violence of Attendance … The Violence Of Stay!

A layer of sand lying randomly on a flat surface of cloth carrying a sea flavor almost inhaled...

•February 27, 2006

Abed Abdi: 50 years of creativity

The life of the creative artist is measured by the years of his gift rather than the years...

•February 27, 2010

Meeting With Abed Abdi

On January 31st the Palestinian artist Abed Abdi came to meet the children at school. Abed Abdi is...

•February 16, 2012

Wonderland – Israeli and Palestinian Artists – Political Conflict in Art, Chagall Artists House, in Haifa, Israel

29/09/2012 source Author: kelise soixante-douze ‘Wonderland’ ran simultaneously in two galleries: Chagall Artists House and Grand Art New...

•September 29, 2012

Abed Abdi: An Essential Episode In The History Of Israeli Art

Abed Abdi’s retrospective at the gallery of Umm al – Fahm shows his important contribution to the visual...

•November 17, 2012

Abed Abdi: Retrospective Exhibition

This comprehensive retrospective exhibition of the works of Abed Abdi is the third of its kind to be...

•November 17, 2012

A Visit to Abed Abdi’s Studio: Muses from the Wadi

In his studio Abed Abdi, a leading Palestinian artist, is showing works of local residents. He also recalled...

•February 6, 2013

Arab-Israeli In Haifa Uses Art To Help Palestinian Refugee Sister

The struggle to save Lutfia, an 84 year-old Palestinian refugee, is being conducted by her brother Abed Abdi,...

•February 22, 2013

One Tragedy Among Hundreds Of Thousands

Historical crises always have a human face. Although we may have become numbed by the daily reports of...

•March 26, 2013

A Retrospective In Haifa: “The Struggle To Save Lutfia”

A retrospective exhibition of well-know Arab painter Abed Abdi, “Secrets, Drawers and Identities: Homage to My Sister Lutfia,...

•May 20, 2013

Palestinian Artist Dedicates Exhibition To Sister Living In Syrian Refugee Camp

Palestinian artist pays tribute to his sister, who has lived in a Syrian refugee camp for more than...

•October 8, 2013

On barely scratching the surface of art and politics in Israel / Exhibition Review

by ArtReview I spent last week in Israel, my first-ever trip to that country, and I had intended...

•February 17, 2014

Tel Aviv Art Show Exposes the Aesthetic of the Occupation

It’s rare to see an exhibition in which equal weight is given to both the Palestinian-Israeli narrative and...

•July 13, 2017

In Controversial New Exhibit ‘1948,’ Fusing Palestinian and Jewish Narratives

A Haifa art show presents work by both Jews and Palestinians depicting the ongoing trauma of the 1948...

•December 16, 2018

Selections / The Diary of An Artist in Interesting Times

Abed Abdi interviewed by Selections art magazine Taking up this issue’s theme of ‘The Diary of an Artist...

•October 8, 2020

After Israel’s Jewish-Arab Unrest, Haifa Museum Opens ‘Exhibition of Healing’

Huge new show celebrates museum’s 70th anniversary and includes works of 128 Israeli and Palestinian artists. Palestinian artist...

•June 18, 2021

Opinion | Israel’s Moment of Truth Is Approaching – Will It Choose to Be Jewish or Democratic?

Gideon Levy Jun. 27, 2021 12:31 AM HAARETZ NEWSPAPER On Wednesday, we’ll know whether the Knesset wants a...

•June 29, 2021

Haifa Museum of Art new exhibits explore physical and social interfaces

New exhibits have been added that bring attention to the Haifa Museum of Art. By BARRY DAVIS The...

•August 10, 2022

In The Month Of Ramadan, We Honour Abed Abdi

Abed is a generational talent that uses his art to be a bridge builder for peace As we...

•March 28, 2023

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...

•June 21, 2023

Abed Abdi at the Albertinum in Dresden: “I call for the recognition of Palestine as a second state.”

“Appeals for Friendship between Peoples” form the fundamental motif of the Palestinian-Israeli artist Abed Abdi. His works are...

•January 5, 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....

•March 5, 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...

•March 20, 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...

•May 13, 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...

•December 1, 2024

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