The mayor of Perpignan, Louis Aliot, has reopened four municipal museums in the southern French city, in defiance of national Covid-19 restrictions. The mayor, who is the deputy leader of the far-right National Rally party, issued a decree to reopen the museums on Monday 9 February; the local police prefecture promptly filed a motion to block the order. A summary hearing will be held in the administrative court of Montpellier on 15 February.
Palestinian art is travelling far beyond the places where it was created. From Ramallah to Dubai, and onward to collectors across Europe, the United States and beyond, a new generation of Palestinian artists is finding an increasingly international audience — while continuing to negotiate questions of memory, identity, displacement and belonging.