A FUTURE FOR THE PAST: Petrie’s Palestinian Collection

9 January to 24 March 2007
Admission Free
Brunei Gallery
School of Oriental and African Studies
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London WC1H OXG
Tel. 02078984046/4915
www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/future-past

This unique exhibition celebrates the diversity of ancient Palestine. It also illustrates the deep rich heritage of a region repeatedly portrayed in today’s media as a place of conflict and suffering.

The exhibition highlights the extraordinary finds made by the archaeologist Sir Flinders Petrie, who was Professor of Egyptology at University College London and spent many years working in the area around modern Gaza in the 1920s and 1930s. The sites he dug are now divided between the modern states of Israel and the Palestinian Authority. They include major towns and trading centres which flourished over 5000 years ago. He found beautiful pottery and jewelery and a huge variety of tools. This is the first time that many of these unique artifacts-housed in UCL’s Institute of

50,320 Names: Installation by Khalil Rabah

25 January – 24 March 2007

Brunei Gallery
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG

Private view
25 January 2007 6PM – 8PM

ArtSchool Palestine is delighted to present the first solo exhibition of work by artist Khalil Rabah entitled 50,320 Names. Rabah, a major figure in Palestinian contemporary art, will create a unique installation of new works, specially conceived for Brunei Gallery, which include video, photography and text based piece 50,320 names.

PARANOIA - Exhibition at the Freud Museum

Jan 10 – March 11, 2007
(also at Swiss Cottage Library NW3 and the The Arts Club W1)

20 Maresfield Gardens
London NW3 5SX
tel: +44 (0)20 7435 2002
fax: +44 (0)20 7431 5452
email: info@freud.org.uk

Featuring the work of over 40 international artists including: Rana Bishara, Khaled D. Ramadan, Jackie Salloum, Larissa Sansour and Akram Zaatari

The proximity of art and life against the backdrop of contemporary politics, exploring issues of distrust, suspicion, delusion, fear and terror.

Artists exhibiting in PARANOIA are from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, many from the world’s areas of conflict. The exhibition incorporates digital technology, conceptual work, performance, photography, video, installation and drawing.

For more information visit:
http://www.freud.org.uk/paranoia.htm