From Palestine with Art - Venice's Biennale Arte 2022... images collected from twitter ...etc

"One installation features an olive tree that has keys hanging from the homes of Palestinian refugees, signifying their right to return to those homes one day. There is also an audio program featuring recordings of spoken histories from Palestine and music from there. Faisal Saleh also explained, “Palestinian art is the most effective way to tell the Palestinian story to the world. We hope to show the world that, despite living in exile and under the most difficult conditions under occupation, Palestinian artists are able to excel and produce inspiring works of art that celebrate the beauty of Palestine, the strength of its people, and its rich cultural heritage.”   Check Out The First Ever Palestinian Art Exhibition At The Venice Biennale 2022

FROM PALESTINE WITH ART Palazzo Mora, Room 8, Cannaregio 3659

 

"Palestine: Attempts to bring Palestine to the Venice Biennale have previously proven controversial—in 2002, for example, curator Francesco Bonami proposed hosting a Palestinian Pavilion at the biennial, only to be accused of anti-Semitism in the Italian press. This year, there won’t be a Palestinian Pavilion either, but there will be a collateral exhibition courtesy of the Palestine Museum in Woodbridge, Connecticut. Titled “From Palestine with Art,” the show will be curated by Nancy Nesvet, a curator at the museum, and will feature 19 artists with ties to Palestine, including Ibrahim Alazza, Mohamed Khalil, and Rana Matar. Adding an explicitly political dimension to the show, there will be another presence from Palestine as well: a live tree that will be hung with keys from refugees. " A Guide to the 2022 Venice Biennale National Pavilions, From Futuristic Gardens to AI-Influenced Performance Art

 

Australia-based Palestinian artist @luxeternatv locates her mothers town #Haifa and her fathers #Yafa on the historic 1877 map of #Palestine on the floor of From Palestine With Art official @la_Biennale

A 2020 work by Nabil Anani, 'In Pursuit of Utopia #7', will be on view in Venice as part of the exhibition From Palestine with Art. Photo: Zawyeh Gallery

“From Palestine with Art” #Palestinian #Art is on Display in the 59th #Venice #Biennale painting by Samia Halaby, Venetian Red, 2021

Faisal Saleh, founder and executive director of the Palestine Museum US. The artwork in the background is Yafa by Palestinian artist Shaima' Farouki. The work is part of the museum's collection.

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"The Palestine Museum US made history when it opened as the first institution dedicated to Palestinian art in the Western Hemisphere. It made history again when it celebrated the breadth of a diaspora through its “Palestine Art Week,” which has continued to grow in a pandemic. This spring, it will break another global barrier with its participation in the Venice Biennale.

Palestine Museum Founder and Executive Director Faisal Saleh made that news public this week, as he announced the museum as one of 31 “Collateral Events” to participate in the 59th annual La Biennale di Venezia curated by Cecilia Alemani. Curated by Nancy Nesvet, head curator at the Palestine Museum, the exhibition From Palestine With Art will feature 19 Palestinian artists who are living across the diaspora, from New York, Boston and New Jersey to Kuwait, Jordan, Luxembourg, and Palestine itself. 

The exhibition, a multimedia homage to Palestine’s natural wonder and resilience, runs April 23 through November 27 of this year at Palazzo Mora in Venice. While it is up, Nesvet said, she is hoping to have a virtual component for viewers who cannot physically make it to Italy."

"“The mantra of the exhibition is very optimistic,” Nesvet said on a recent Zoom call with Saleh. “I wanted to show that this is such a beautiful place that is shared by a beautiful people that is still there after 4,000 years … that despite all the violence and destruction that's going on, the connection that people have to nature in Palestine has not been abandoned.”

“We're walking into a place that's ours,” Saleh added of the exhibition. “It's pride of place, it's pride of identity, it’s recognition for people who are Palestinian, but it's also recognition by the world.”"  ... READ MORE, as always please go to the original link to read the article in full.