"Artists will go on creating, even under the most extreme and inhumane of conditions. This truism is part of the message and the power of the Gaza Biennale, which is currently working to exhibit the art of dozens of Palestinians around the world including in New York City, where the abolitionist arts non-profit Recess hosts an exhibition of work from more than 25 of these artists."
"Part of the conception of the Gaza Biennale is the notion of displacement due to the ongoing war, it is not possible to host the Biennale in Gaza, nor is it possible to transport the artwork to places around the world in order to exhibit it. So the organizers have had to find ways to showing the work in displaced formats."
"We discussed with each artist that we didn't know how their work is going to be exhibited, said the Forbidden Museum. We don't know exactly how we're going to reinvent it, recreate it not make a copy so that the work can exist in this displaced state.' Ashraf Sahweil Remains of Waiting (A Branch). (2025). Photograph: Courtesy of the artist and the Gaza Biennale Many of the artists participating in the Bien"
The Gaza Biennale organizes exhibitions of dozens of Palestinian artists in displaced formats because warfare and blockade make a Gaza-based biennale impossible. The Forbidden Museum, located in Gaza, coordinates contributions and emphasizes artists' need to create even amid genocide and extreme conditions. Recess in New York hosts more than 25 participating artists as part of international showings. The Biennale reinvents the biennale model so that the world experiences Gaza rather than Gaza hosting the world. Work has been shown in Edinburgh, Valencia, London and Padua, with planned exhibitions in Istanbul, Athens, Sarajevo, Berlin and Toronto. Organizers adapt presentation methods when transport and reproduction are not feasible.
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