Artis is supporting the establishment and development of the Center for Knowledge and Research of Palestinian Art at the Umm el-Fahem Museum of Art—a growing digital archive presenting the practices and careers of Palestinian artists across Israel, Gaza, the West Bank, and in the diaspora. The Center is dedicated to the research, collection, and mapping of a wide range of information and archival materials, which are then sorted, catalogued, and systematically documented in Arabic, Hebrew, and English. The archive is accessible to the public online and in a dedicated reading room at the museum.
The Center for Knowledge and Research of Palestinian Art at the Umm el-Fahem Museum of Art, Umm el Fahem, Israel. From left to right: Sham Mahameed, Resercher, Haifa Awisat, Researcher, and Dr. Tal Frankel-Alroy, Director.
Artist Suleiman Mansour, whose work is archived in the Center for Knowledge and Research of Palestinian Art, working on a painting he later donated to the Umm el-Fahem Museum of Art’s collection. Image courtesy of the Umm el-Fahem Museum of Art.
Haifa Awisat, a researcher at the Center for Knowledge and Research of Palestinian Art at the Umm el-Fahem Museum of Art, meeting with artist Suleiman Mansour at the Palestinian Museum in Birzeit, August 24, 2026. The meeting took place as part of the Center’s ongoing work to document Palestinian artists.