Ahlam Shibli Bears Witness For, and With, Palestinian LivesSarah JilaniArtReview11 June 2024What is an image of Palestine? What can any image say about a continuous history of occupation, violence, identity and displacement?
Why We Need to Change the Art-Repatriation DebateSarah JilaniArtReview17 March 2023The recent weaponisation of ‘universality’ in the debate reveals that the old colonial lie of European exceptionalism is alive and well
Jala Wahid Exposes Imperialism’s CoverupsSarah JilaniArtReview Asia27 February 2023The artist’s work speaks to how imbalances of industrial power and wealth have shaped all of our lives
Cecilia Vicuña’s Incomplete ElegySarah Jilaniartreview.com13 October 2022The Chilean artist’s Turbine Hall commission is an assertion of cultural resilience and ecological emergency – but leaves something to be desired
Work of the Week: Mona Hatoum’s ‘Kapan Iki’ (2012)Sarah Jilaniartreview.com28 July 2022The Lebanese-born Palestinian artist’s sculpture invites us to do away with false distinctions between the psychic and the political
David Graeber & David Wengrow’s History of Humanity Asks: When Did We Get Stuck?Sarah JilaniArtReview17 February 2022Why do we assume that we are more capable of critical inquiry, free will, imagination or cognitive skill than our ancient ancestors?
The Catharsis of Zehra Doğan’s Art Behind BarsSarah JilaniArtReview Asia09 June 2021‘In sexist discourses, the earth is personified as a woman’s body – something to be possessed. I draw and paint women who oppose this fate’
