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With a particular focus on the unique meaning of being a collector in—or of—Palestine, a place continually subjected to settler colonial erasure, dispossession, and dispersion, this examination aims to contextualize the practice of art collecting in Palestine in the broader context of loss, preservation, and cultural production. Attention is also drawn to collectors’ subtle, albeit…

While reading Catalogues’ introductions of art exhibitions organized by the Palestinian Plastic Artists’ League in the West Bank and Gaza during the 1970s and 1980s, I noticed that the artists repurposed them as a kind of self-portrait, where they could reflect upon the social and political meanings of their artistic practices. These introductions are similar…

This article traces the emergence and development of youth groups in Palestine as a novel tool of social and political organizing and activism, one that developed in concert with revolutions of the Arab Spring. While occupying public spaces was the main feature of the Arab Spring, the Palestinian response to those revolutions was somewhat different.…

This article examines the representation of space and landscape in the early posters of the Zionist movement (1897-1932). Using the framework of settler colonialism, I examine how Zionist ideologies and settler colonial features manifest themselves in these posters. In particular, I highlight the centrality of the concept of elimination of the native–as understood in settler…

This Article examines Zionism’s art institutions during Ottoman and Mandate Palestine (1906-1939). Using archival material from three Israeli Archives, I examine the genesis behind the transformations in the production and circulation of art in two Zionist art institutions: Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts (established in 1906 as one of the first Zionist institutions in…