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2024 in review: the biggest stories and the best shows - podcast

From the devastating war in Gaza to art attacks in museums, our editors analyse the year's biggest stories

Could Israel’s shuttered embassy in Dublin become a gallery for Palestinian art?

Fresh off a pop-up show in Ireland, the director of the Connecticut-based Palestine Museum US hopes the former Israeli Embassy could become a permanent European outpost

Artist withdraws from Miami-area exhibition over anti-BDS language in contract

“It was disheartening to experience this level of institutional complacency and complicity,” says the artist Les Gomez-Gonzalez

Gaza Biennale seeks to provide support and relief for Palestinian artists

More than 50 Palestinian artists are participating in the worldwide event

Candida Gertler steps down from Outset Contemporary Art Fund citing 'alarming rise of antisemitism' in cultural spaces

Move comes after 1,100 art workers sign an open letter demanding Tate cuts ties with the philanthropic organisation, which she co-founded in 2003

Artists protest at Toronto Arts Foundation gala over funding from Israeli real estate company’s charitable foundation

The protests are part of a broader campaign pressuring Canadian arts organisations to cut ties with the Azrieli Foundation

Pro-Palestine boycott of Goldsmiths CCA ends after gallery cuts ties with donors

Students ended the action, which had led to the London institution’s temporary closure over the summer, after the names of Candida and Zak Gertler were removed from one of the CCA’s galleries and its donor list

Nan Goldin supported by protesters as she pleads for Gaza at Berlin opening

In an impassioned speech at the Neue Nationalgalerie, the artist accused Germany of gagging artists and conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism

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Photobook exploring the suffering of families in Gaza awarded top prize at Paris Photo

Taysir Batniji’s ‘Disruptions’ has been named Photobook of the Year at this year's Paris Photo-Aperture PhotoBook Awards

Popular digital artist Mahasen Al-Khateeb killed in Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza

The death of Al-Khateeb, who had more than 100,000 followers on Instagram, has sparked questions about why she was not more widely recognised by the arts community during her life

Exhibition at Columbia University seeks to bring renewed attention to war in Gaza

Two-day exhibition organised by student activists and outside collaborators comes sixth months after the height of the campus encampment movement

Hate crime charges for three suspects in vandalism at Brooklyn Museum leaders’ homes

The alleged vandals are said to have targeted the homes of board members with “Jewish-sounding names”

Artist demands Stedelijk Museum remove his work amid row over 'refused' loan request

Ahmet Ogut claims a request to loan ‘Bakunin’s Barricade’ to Gaza protesters was denied by the Amsterdam museum

Students at School of the Art Institute of Chicago hold walkout in support of Palestine

SAIC students continue to protest the school’s ties to defence contractors

Sonia Boyce, Jeremy Deller and more donate works to a charity auction for Gaza

More than 200 artists have given works to an auction and exhibition in London, with all proceeds going towards the work of Médecins Sans Frontières UK/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) UK

'We have been able to act as a safe space': amid war in Gaza, London's Mosaic Rooms announces major expansion plans

The non-profit space dedicated to Arab culture has been a vocal supporter of a ceasefire, and now aims to increase its space and income streams

Artist sues US city that cancelled her residency over a pro-Palestine painting

Danielle SeeWalker and the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado are suing the town of Vail, alleging its decisions violated her free speech rights

Two arrested after Picasso painting targeted by protestors at London's National Gallery

Members of campaign group Youth Demand covered the painting with an image of a Gazan mother and children

'It’s always important to have constructive dialogue': Gaza-focused works get prime spot at newly designed Frieze London

At the Experimenter stand, Bani Abidi is showing subtle pieces inspired by the fallout from the Israel-Hamas war

Students at multiple US art schools face tougher policies on protests this autumn

After a spring semester defined by widespread pro-Palestine demonstrations, some top art universities have imposed new restrictions

7 October survivor’s show at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art marks painful anniversary

Tal Mazliach’s exhibition reflects on her personal experience of Hamas’s attack on Kibbutz Kfar Aza and the war that has raged since

Israeli archaeology bill raises fears of West Bank annexation

Experts warn that the bill, which expands the Israel Antiquities Authority’s jurisdiction, violates international law and could lead to sanctions against Israel

Palestinians begin preservation of Gaza’s heritage with help from $1m fund

Support includes the evacuation of artefacts, surveys of damage to buildings and training to bolster safeguarding of historical sites

Police investigate after Berlin culture senator’s home attacked with red paint

Joe Chialo has come under fire from artists and pro-Palestinian factions over state policies

‘Symbols of innocence and comfort’: Qatar art installation brings together 15,000 teddy bears in tribute to children killed in Gaza

The work, by the Lebanese artist Bachir Mohamad, was inspired by footage of a child in Gaza crying while holding a cuddly toy

After its Gaza ‘censorship’ row, London’s Barbican to host Palestinian literature festival

Voices of Resilience, which was temporarily cancelled earlier this year by Home, Manchester, is touring to the capital for the first time

Israel museums close amid general strike over Gaza hostage deaths

Thousands take to streets following news that six bodies were recovered in a tunnel in Rafah

Noguchi Museum workers walk out in protest against keffiyeh ban

Workers claim the dress code is “not in the best interest of the institution”, while leaders stated their desire to “foster a safe, inclusive and welcoming environment”

Activist and journalist charged with hate crimes over vandalism at Brooklyn Museum leaders’ homes

The charges stem from incidents in June, when activists sprayed red paint on the museum officials’ homes as a pro-Palestine protest

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Gaza’s historic Greek Orthodox church sustains second Israeli strike

Saint Porphyrius, believed to be the third-oldest church in the world, is a key sanctuary for the local Christian community and is emerging as a symbol of resilience amid the ongoing war