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Protesters march from Viale Garibaldi towards the Arsenale during a demonstration called by the Art Not Genocide Alliance (ANGA) demanding the exclusion of Israel and Russia from the 61st Venice Biennale

Italy

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Conflict inflames tensions at Venice Biennale of Art

Russia's return to the Biennale - from which it had been absent since its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine - has sparked an international outcry

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

09 May, 2026

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Sudanese artist Ahmed Umar and the art of belonging

Alba Nabulsi

28 March, 2026

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Pixels, wool, and faith: The art of Iraqi artist Hussein Shikha

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Elisa Pierandrei

11 March, 2026

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Solin Nirvana on the defiant power of Kurdish hair braids

Zainab Mehdi

29 January, 2026

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Art & Culture Exhibition

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Art of resistance at All Eyes on Palestine exhibition in Athens

Zainab Mehdi

18 December, 2025

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Arts and culture

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Revisiting Dia al-Azzawi's tapestry tribute to Sabra and Shatila

Chloe Lewin

15 October, 2025

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Visual artist Maram Ali's powerful portraits of Gaza's martyrs

Rawaa Talass

17 July, 2025

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Egyptian presenter apologises for claiming artists' work as hers

The New Arab Staff

10 July, 2025

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Art & Culture Exhibition

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Dana Awartani’s show on Middle Eastern heritage lands in Bristol

Farah Abdessamad

Farah Abdessamad

03 July, 2025

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Artist Gianluca Costantini on art, activism, and censorship

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Elisa Pierandrei

10 June, 2025

A view of the United Nations Headquarters building in New York City, United States

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New York Arab Festival concludes fourth edition

Brooke Anderson

08 June, 2025

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Arts and culture

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How rural Egyptian women are reviving the lost art of looming

Azza Guergues

28 May, 2025

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Arts and culture

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New door opens for Palestinian art at Palestine Museum Scotland

Zainab Mehdi

26 May, 2025

Paris exhibition offers glimpse of Gaza’s archaeological treasures

Art & Culture Exhibition

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Gaza’s rescued treasures shine at Paris Arab World Institute

Naima Morelli

10 April, 2025

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Palestinian culture

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Resolute RGL: The sneaker brand empowering Masafer Yatta’s women

Eman Alhaj Ali

27 March, 2025

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Zayneb Haleem’s Dear Moon: Finding peace through faith and art

Eman Quotah

19 March, 2025

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Ten years on, Ai Weiwei’s art is explored in US retrospective

Hadani Ditmars

18 March, 2025