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Which heritage sites have been damaged or destroyed in Gaza?

Plus, the life and work of the pioneering Indigenous Australian artist Emily Kam Kngwarray, and a revealing manuscript by Paul Gauguin

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Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack, Julia Michalska and Alexander Morrison
1 December 2023
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Al Qarara Cultural Museum, in southern Gaza, suffered serious damage, losing much of its pottery collection from the Byzantine period

Mohammad Abulehia; Al Qarara Cultural Museum

Al Qarara Cultural Museum, in southern Gaza, suffered serious damage, losing much of its pottery collection from the Byzantine period

Mohammad Abulehia; Al Qarara Cultural Museum

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From breaking news and insider insights to exhibitions and events around the world, the team at The Art Newspaper picks apart the art world’s big stories with the help of special guests. An award-winning podcast hosted by Ben Luke.

This week: damage to historic sites in Gaza. The tragic human cost of the bombardment of the Gaza Strip in the Israel-Hamas war is well documented. What is now becoming clear is how many historic buildings and sites have also been destroyed. We talk to Sarvy Geranpayeh, a correspondent for The Art Newspaper in the Middle East, about the fate of heritage in Gaza.

Emily Kam Kngwarray, Anmatyerr people, Untitled (around 1977)

© Emily Kam Kngwarray/Copyright Agency, 2023

As a huge exhibition of the work of Emily Kam Kngwarray, perhaps the most celebrated of all Indigenous Australian artists, opens at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, we speak to the show’s curators Kelli Cole and Hetti Perkins, about her life and work.

Gauguin's Racontars de Rapin

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And this episode’s Work of the Week is a manuscript written by Paul Gauguin just months before he died in French Polynesia—Martin Bailey, our London correspondent, tells us more about the document, which has been acquired by The Courtauld in London.

  • Emily Kam Kngwarray, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2 December-28 April 2024
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