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𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗹 𝗥𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗵, 𝘐 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘠𝘰𝘶, on view until November 16, 2024, at Brief Histories, New York.

The exhibition brings together the artist's seminal early works and considers a pivotal period in Rabah’s conceptua

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𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗹 𝗥𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗵
𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 1995.

"some of the works that you think are like an environment on their own, or self-contained stand-alone works, are rewoven into a new space and start to perform something else in that space&quot

𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗹 𝗥𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗵
𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵, 1997.

𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗹 𝗥𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗵
𝘐 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘠𝘰𝘶
October 5 - November 16, 2024
Brief Histories, New York
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@khalilrabah

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𝑲𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒍 𝑹𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒉 is the most avant-garde and influential Palestinian artist and art organizer living in Ramallah. Rabah’s artistic practice involves performative actions that investigate histories of erasure, removal, displacement, and m

When I was young, I was terrible at math. My mom would get upset with me because my grades were so bad. So, for the next exam, she worked a lot with me to prepare and when the grades came out, I had gotten an A+. I remember being so happy. I rushed b

𝑰 𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑩𝒆 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒀𝒐𝒖 by Khalil Rabah opens this Saturday, October 5, 2024 from 5 to 8 PM.

Image:
Khalil Rabah
Body and Sole (1995)
Video, color, silent
2’35’’ Loop

@khalilrabah @thepalestinianmuseumof @sfeirseml

Last day to view Fia Backström’s exhibition 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 🏔

Backström has been returning to Buffalo Creek since 2017 in search of a photographic ethic. Working within folded spaces of resistance, she uses photogra

Last week to see Fia Backström's The Great Society. Tomorrow, Thursday at 7pm, join us at 115 Bowery for a conversation with Fia Backström and A.L. Steiner.

Through the lens of Backström’s current exhibition, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 ?

Joe Namy is back in town with the exhibition, 𝙅𝙤𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙢𝙮: 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 opening at the Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library on Monday, June 17, 6pm! There will be a live music performance by Zafer Tawil on qanoun and walkthrou

𝘐’𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.
𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?
𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 ‘𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵’ 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘥
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤

The Great Society takes as its point of departure the historic sites and coal mines around Buffalo Creek, West Virginia. On February 26, 1972, a coal slurry dam broke and buried the coal camps lining Buffalo Creek, killing hundreds, making thousands

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☀ Join us this Saturday, May 18 at 6pm for the book launch of 𝙐𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, featuring a discussion with the book’s editors CCS Bard Graduate Students Clara Prat-Gay, Aïda Sidhoum, Thalia Stefaniuk, Pallavi

Opening today 6-8pm 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮 by Fia Backström. This new body of work investigates issues of class, race, labor, and their entwinement with environmental degradation. Backström uses photographs as empirical data to im

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 by Fia Backström opens Saturday, May 11, 2024 from 6 to 8pm at Brief Histories ⛏️ ⛰️

Image:
Fia Backström, 5079 Days Without Lost Time Accident, February 6, 2024 (2024)

@fiafiabackstromcom #fiabackstr&oum

📢📢📢 Next @makhzin session:
𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙄 𝙍𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙚: 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮

Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, modernism’s promotion of “art for art’s sake” has curtailed wha

In the sound installation, 𝙄 𝙂𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙎𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙈𝙚 (2023), composed by Noise Diva (Yara Said) for the upcoming episode 2 of You May Own the Lanterns..., Haig Aivazian considers the sticky ambi

In 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙨 (2024), Haig Aivazian continues his long-standing work with found imagery, cropping out and reproducing etchings of torch bearers and smoke from colonial expedition illustrations. It is unclear whether the torc

In 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙨 (2024), Haig Aivazian continues his long-standing work with found imagery, cropping out and reproducing etchings of torch bearers and smoke from colonial expedition illustrations. It is unclear whether the torc

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