The Three-Legged Cat—Istanbul's 18th Biennale Amidst a society in turmoil, and the city's mayor in jail, the 18th Istanbul Biennial resonates with the disquiet in the land.

Thrilled to have my first piece published on
@markaz-review.bsky.social. A review of the 18th Istanbul Biennial, The Three-legged Cat.
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Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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As scholars of genocide, we demand an end to Israel’s atrocities | Open letter Within weeks, 400 colleagues joined our organization. We say: it is not too late to save lives. End the genocide now

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Gaza is starving. So are its journalists | Jodie Ginsberg A desperate situation has become catastrophic. If we do not act now, there will be no one left to tell anyone’s story

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Israel Says It Will Hand Over Hebron Mosque to Settlers Israeli authorities reportedly plan to strip the Palestinian municipality of control over the Ibrahimi Mosque, where a Zionist extremist massacred 29 Palestinians in 1994.

Israeli authorities in the Occupied West Bank are planning to seize control of the Ibrahimi Mosque, stripping the Palestinian-run Hebron Municipality of administrative responsibilities over the historic holy site.

Khaled Sabsabi reinstated as Australia's representative at the 2026 Venice Biennale An external review found that Creative Australia was unprepared for the risk of controversy in an atmosphere of antisemitism and Islamophobia

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Israel is building a tunnel to cut off Palestinians from the heart of the West Bank Israel is constructing tunnels that Palestinians will be required to pass through in the heart of the West Bank, making large parts of the occupied territory accessible only to Israelis. The aim is to...

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'The Walls Have Ears' – Sound Studies Writing Residency Sonic Acts and De Ateliers/Woonhuis present The Walls Have Ears – a fully funded sound studies writing residency taking place in Amsterdam in February 2026.

Apply for a fully funded sound studies writing residency taking place in Amsterdam in February 2026. Open to one established artist, researcher or scholar working in the field of sound studies. Deadline to apply: 14 June sonicacts.homerun.co/the-walls-ha...

THREAD: While students across the US celebrate graduation, Israel is erasing entire generations of Palestinian students—with weapons funded by American tax dollars.

The MESA Board of Directors has issued a statement condemning unlawful visa revocations and intimidation targeting international students and scholars.

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Sign the Petition In Defense of Art Research: A Call to Support ACPA, PhDArts, and docARTES

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Glad @kunsthalkade.bsky.social exhibits renowned Lebanese-Palestinian artist Mona Hatoum, however it felt a little underwhelming. The urgency and visceral aspects that so typify her oeuvre did not fully come across. Lost opportunity to contextualise her practice amid the ongoing violence in 🇵🇸 🇱🇧.

On 21 April, Germany will deport me – an EU citizen convicted of no crime – for standing with Palestine | Kasia Wlaszczyk Four of us have received letters from the state telling us to leave or be removed. This is a terrifying illustration of Germany’s lurch to the right, says Kasia Wlaszczyk

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Politicians want to normalise what’s happening in Gaza. Our moral outrage won’t let that happen | Nesrine Malik The more shocking the carnage becomes, the more people are punished for speaking out. This just makes it clear how much is really at stake, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

‘The demand is that to be safe from persecution, you must pluck out your eyes. Instead of ejecting Gaza from domestic politics, Israel’s allies have brought the war home.’

This week’s column

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Four reasons why Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the West Bank is being accepted by the world Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign in the West Bank is being accepted by the international community because it has already allowed genocide in Gaza and the forced displacement of Palestinians since…

Israel's ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the West Bank isn't being ignored by accident—it's part of a deliberate global acceptance of ongoing genocide and displacement.

4 reasons why the world remains complicit—and how a new generation might finally change that. mondoweiss.net/2025/03/four...

Cultural journalism is a dying industry.
It's not our fault, but it needs admitting.
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Excellent show ‘Stitch Witch’ by Dutch-American artist Lara Schnitger at Museum Kranenburgh. Love her ‘Slut Sticks’ that performatively repurpose lingerie and are intended to be sculptural as well as be actively used during protest marches.

‘We’re Witnessing the Last Gasp of Israeli Violence’: In Conversation With Avi Shlaim | Novara Media Professor Avi Shlaim speaks to Sebastian Shehadi about his latest book, western complicity in the genocide in Gaza and how Israel’s own archives turned him into an anti-Zionist.

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Israel ramps up settlement and annexation in West Bank with dire human rights consequences GENEVA – The Government of Israel last year ratcheted up settlement of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, transferring its own population into the territory and unlawfully demolishing P...

Armed Israeli settlers are violently destroying Palestinians homes in the West Bank and forcing families into homelessness to steal more land for Israeli settlements.

This is systematic ethnic cleansing.

Amen!

Vandaag gaat de estafettestaking tegen de bezuinigingen op hoger onderwijs en wetenschap verder. Aan 50% van de Amsterdamse universiteiten wordt gestaakt. Succes aan de UvA-collega's! 💪🏽

Impressive in situ screening at The Hague’s Hofvijver of @margitlukacs.bsky.social & Persijn Broersen’s video Het Hof Van De Leeuw. A fable as opera, a power struggle between different ideologies, all set at the ruinous heart of Dutch politics, Het Binnenhof. Apt and prescient.

Mahmoud Khalil will remain detained in Louisiana following brief court hearing In a hearing in New York City on Wednesday, Mahmoud Khalil’s attorney’s said they have not been allowed to have contact with him since his detention. Meanwhile, the Trump administration’s rationale fo...

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Gaza’s Eltiqa collective holds show in exile in Dubai

As a retrospective at Jameel Arts Centre gathers together two decades of work from around the globe, a co-founder describes his personal flight to safety

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A lot of this will resonate with freelance art workers, not independent, but often dependent on the systemic bad practices of institutions.

Stunning Berlinde De Bruyckere show at Bozar,Bxl. Viscerally serene, solemnly estranging, monstrously creepy and therefore mesmerizing.

Immigration agents arrest Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.

This is insane. Arrested and green card threatened to be revoked because you oppose a genocidal slaughter. apnews.com/article/colu...

Azza El-Hassan, The Afterlife of Palestinian Images: Visual Remains and the Archive of Disappearance (New Texts Out Now) The Afterlife of Palestinian Images is part of a series of acts I have engaged in since 2017, which together explore if something anew can emerge out of ruins.

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“No Other Land” for Whom? The Palestinian-Israeli documentary indulges in a familiar kind of wishful thinking.

Very important points being made in this article. This should not diminish the achievements of the film in what is, politically and culturally, a very hostile climate. mubi.com/en/notebook/...

The Oval Office meeting today between Trump and Zelensky “reeked of a planned attack,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes.

“The Ukrainian leader did his best to stand up to the bullying, but Trump and Vance were playing to the cameras and the MAGA gallery at home.” theatln.tc/5tozgdyn