Galleries


Gallery 79
(42 Al-Nahda St., Al-Bireh, tel. 02 995 1462 Sat-Thur 9am-1pm)

Isam Bader, ceramist and painter, established this gallery during the Year of the Child, 1979, with the aim of providing artistic training and inspiration to the Palestinian youth. The gallery invites international artists to use the on-site workshop and run courses in various creative mediums such as ceramics, glass and jewelry making. Set away from the main road, in a cool and atmospheric old building, the gallery exhibits the work of local and foreign artists, currently including a collection of beautiful ceramic tiles and utensils.


M. Sayem Gallery
(third street on the right off Radio Boulevard, Monday-Saturday)


This recently opened gallery is situated underneath the Palestinian Ministry of Culture's offices and houses regular exhibitions. Though its opening times appear to be a little erratic, it has so far exhibited work by Baha Bokhari, a Palestinian painter and cartoonist, and a press photographer working for the Al-Ayam newspaper as well as various news agencies.


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