When I walked into artist Samia Halaby’s Manhattan studio, I was immediately greeted by art. Maybe that seems obvious, but I hadn’t been to a studio like hers — or met an artist like her — before.

At her longtime studio in Tribeca, the Palestinian-American painter discussed her experimentation with color and how she ...

Members of the Indiana University and Bloomington communities got a glimpse into the art and life of renowned abstract artist Samia Halaby last weekend, but not through the Eskenazi Museum of Art.

DUBAI — Samia Halaby is an important and celebrated leader of abstract painting, and a scholar of Palestinian art. Born in Jaffa in 1936, in what was then Mandatory Palestine, Halaby was forced to ...

In response to the canceled exhibit, which was planned to open Feb. 10 at the Eskenazi Museum of Art on the IU Bloomington campus, community members have created a petition to reinstate the exhibit, ...

Samia A. Halaby is a Palestinian Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1936. How much does a Samia A. Halaby cost? Samia A. Halaby's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with ...

In a shameful act of political censorship, Indiana University abruptly canceled a retrospective exhibition by Palestinian artist Samia Halaby that had been scheduled to open February 10. The ...

As with universities around the country, some arts institutions have been roiled by tensions in the ongoing war in the Middle East. One controversy has unfolded at the Art Museum of Indiana University ...

We spend the hour looking at how artists, writers and other cultural workers in the United States and Europe are facing a growing backlash after expressing solidarity for Palestine. We begin with one ...

Samia Halaby is a Palestinian American painter, sculptor and activist who’s been an outspoken critic of Israel’s war in Gaza. In the studio with artist Samia Halaby: Why she says painting 'isn't about ...

Editor's Note: This story was updated on Feb. 13, 2024 at 10:55 a.m. to clarify the artist's activist work is not directly related to her artwork. In response to the canceled exhibit, which was ...

"The provost had said that Samia Halaby herself and her art would be a 'lightning rod,' and I was thrilled to death that there was no mist, no droplets, let alone lightning," said Elizabeth Housworth, ...