Israel-Hamas war

Ai Weiwei faced vote about his Royal Academy of Arts, London membership after Gaza tweet

After discussions, the institution voted to retain the artist as an Academician

Bill aimed at giving Israel control over all West Bank heritage sites sparks concern

Campaign groups have claimed the proposal violates international law, while Israel maintains it is about taking responsibility for and protecting Jewish heritage

Photomontage of Israel bombing Gaza will go on show at Art Basel Qatar

Proceeds from the sale of Rashid Rana's work will benefit Palestinian relief funds

Antony Gormley and Brian Eno donate works to auction for Gaza health workers

The pair are among 21 artists to take part in a charity gala auction in London this February

South Africa’s Venice Biennale artist appeals to president after pavilion cancelled by minister

Gabrielle Goliath’s video-based project Elegy was pulled by Gayton McKenzie, seemingly over a planned Gaza-related segment

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Banksy’s Bethlehem hotel, closed following 7 October attacks, reopens as ‘cultural platform that carries the narrative of Palestine’

The Walled Off Hotel, which opened in 2017 directly opposite the West Bank barrier, has been described by the street artist as having “the worst view of any hotel in the world”

Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ planned exhibition on displacement of Palestinians sparks outpouring of support and criticism

The museum's upcoming “Palestine Uprooted: Nakba, Past and Present” has the support of Canadian Palestinian organisations and some Jewish groups, but has been denounced by others who fear it “will ignore key issues”

More than 160 artists selling their work to raise funds for medical, humanitarian aid in Gaza

Kara Walker, Wolfgang Tillmans, Peter Doig and Olafur Eliasson are among the artists raising funds for Médecins Sans Frontières' efforts in Gaza

'I never imagined we'd get here': Beirut gallery Marfa' Projects turns ten

As she opens an anniversary show drawing on her global gallerist network, Marfa' founder Joumana Asseily recounts a decade of major challenges and milestone achievements

‘Hope within the ruins’: Gaza's culture workers on rebuilding after the ceasefire

As the truce between Israel and Hamas takes hold, Gazans begin to focus on reconstructing their homes and heritage

Family of graffiti artist Inbar Haiman, who died in Hamas captivity, demand return of her remains

Known as Pink, the Israeli design student was abducted from the Nova Music Festival on 7 October 2023

‘I want to haunt people’: Palestinian artist's London exhibition interrogates myth, history and the erasure of heritage

Opening as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas takes effect, Dima Srouji's show shares stories of a lifetime under occupation

Documentary captures the war in Gaza through the eyes and lens of a Palestinian photographer

In “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk”, showing this month at the New York Film Festival, the film-maker Sepideh Farsi follows Fatima Hassouna’s struggle to stay alive, optimistic and creative amid total devastation

Photographer among scores of activists detained by Israeli forces on Gaza aid flotilla

Shahidul Alam was taking part in the Thousand Madleens flotilla on behalf of the Palestinian Arts and Culture Solidarity Collective

Fleeing Gaza: how Palestinian artists continue to make a difference abroad

From continuing their practices to supporting peers back home, the community embodies resilience

Two years on from 7 October attacks, Israeli museum directors are in ‘complete isolation’

As the Israel-Hamas war enters its third year, institution leaders discuss cancelled collaborations, working amid trauma and the art world's “deafening silence”

More than 1,500 arts workers in Italy sign letter demanding government takes action against Gaza assault

The letter picked up traction as Italians joined a nationwide strike in solidarity with Gazans on Friday

‘People power will overcome’: photographer in Gaza aid flotilla calls on arts workers to show solidarity

Shahidul Alam is taking part in the Thousand Madleens flotilla on behalf of the Palestinian Arts and Culture Solidarity Collective

Participants withdraw from Chicago Architecture Biennial over sponsor’s investment in weapons manufacturer

In a letter to the biennial’s organisers, more than 20 participants wrote that Crown Family Philanthropies’ “sponsorship is incompatible with the values of our work”

After a turbulent period of reorganisation, the 18th Istanbul Biennial favours futurity over futility

Despite Turkey's increasing censorship, and against a background of war in the Middle East, curator Christine Tohmé takes a liberating approach to this beleaguered biennial

Letter calls on Judy Chicago and Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolakonnikova to cancel Tel Aviv exhibition

More than 50 artists and cultural figures, many of them based in Israel, have signed the letter

Jasleen Kaur, Michael Rakowitz, Jeremy Deller and Massive Attack among 77 creatives to join Gaza fundraiser poster campaign

The posters, being sold as part of a book, are “a tribute to Palestinian resilience and a tool for global solidarity”

How one Swiss museum helped to evacuate thousands of Gaza artefacts ahead of an Israeli strike

Despite the Geneva Museum of Art and History’s efforts, an expert says 30% of artefacts were left behind and destroyed in the attack on Gaza’s main archaeological storage facility

Yemen’s National Museum damaged by Israeli strikes, Houthi authorities say

The building’s windows and doors were shattered by the attack on 10 September—while one local professor has expressed concerns that the collection could now be at risk

Cultural workers in Tel Aviv stage silent protest against ‘the destruction of Gaza’

Activists, dressed in black, held banners and handed out pamphlets, calling for cultural institutions and thinkers not to “remain merely on the sidelines”

Artist reaches settlement with US city that cancelled her residency over a pro-Palestine message

The terms of the settlement between artist Danielle SeeWalker and the town of Vail, Colorado, include cultural sensitivity training for municipal employees and an annual powwow

Pro-Palestine mural boarded up overnight at University of North Carolina

The resistance mural, created by students and volunteers, was concealed by facilities workers on chancellor's orders with no prior warning, says arts department faculty

Israeli art spaces and workers join nationwide strike and protests, calling for hostage deal and end to war in Gaza

The director of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art said it is “important for us to express outrage at the humanitarian crisis in Gaza”