Sunday, August 04th | 15:00-16:00
Location: The Palestinian Museum
Language: Arabic

Join us with the researcher and collector George Al-Ama for a reading of the artworks comprising the This is Not an Exhibition space, which includes more than 300 artworks by over 100 Palestinian artists from Gaza. The meeting sheds light on the most prominent features, characteristics, and factors behind the vitality of the visual arts scene in Gaza. By pausing at specific works and their artists, we will delve deeper into the relevant aesthetics, preoccupations, and sensitivities of these productions.

George Al-Ama

A researcher, academic, and collector working in the field of Palestinian heritage and art. Al-Ama is the founder of the Dar Al Sabagh Diaspora Studies and Research Centre, Head of the Culture Unit at the Center for Cultural Heritage Preservation, Member of the Scientific Committee of Terra Sancta Museums, Advisor for Bank of Palestine Group, a lecturer at Dar Al-Kalima University and Bethlehem University, and the honorary consul of Chile to the State of Palestine in Bethlehem.

A partner in The Palestinian Museum’s This is Not an Exhibition, George Al-Ama is considered one of the most prominent collectors in Palestine. His collection documentation is precise and thoroughly cited; he has provided a scholarly ethnographic reference for the history of Palestine in general and the history of his hometown of Bethlehem in particular.

^{*Moeen Hassouna, Tunnel, 2009. Oil on canvas, 118 x 103 cm. Courtesy of the George Al-Ama Collection}