New Exhibit Shows the Complex Relationship Palestinian Artists Have With Their Homeland

An exhibit opening this weekend in Detroit wants to show the complex relationship Palestinian artists have to their homeland.

The show, called “Preoccupations: Palestinian Landscapes,” opens at the Holding House in Detroit on Saturday, January 11.

“Some have never been there, some live there but are under siege, some are occupied, some have this really deep longing to go there, [and] others have this mythical idea of what this place is.” – Kathy Zarur, curator

“There are some many different relationships that Palestinians have with the land,” curator Kathy Zarur says. “Some have never been there, some live there but are under siege, some are occupied, some have this really deep longing to go there, [and] others have this mythical idea of what this place is.”

Click the player to hear the conversation between Zarur and CultureShift’s Amanda LeClaire.

The exhibit runs Saturday, Jan. 11 to Feb. 8 at Holding House. Find info about the exhibit here.

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Amanda LeClaire
Amanda LeClaire is an award-winning journalist and managing editor and lead reporter of WDET's new environmental series, the Detroit Tree Canopy Project, as well as WDET's CuriosiD podcast. She was the host of WDET’s CultureShift and a founding producer of the station’s flagship news talk show *Detroit Today*. Amanda also served as a Morning Edition host at WDET and previously worked as a host, audio and video producer, and reporter for Arizona Public Media.
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