Lara Khaldi
{{Short description|Palestinian gallery director}}
{{Infobox person
| native_name = لارا الخالدي
| native_name_lang = ar
| birth_place = Jerusalem
| occupation = Director of de Appel
}}
Lara Khaldi ({{Langx|ar|لارا الخالدي}}) is a Palestinian museum director and cultural producer, who is director of de Appel, a contemporary art centre in the Netherlands. In 2019 she was selected as one of Apollo magazine's '40 under 40 Middle East Thinkers'.
Early life, education and career
Born in Jerusalem, Khaldi was educated at the European Graduate School, Saas-Fee, Switzerland.{{Cite web |title=people - Sharjah Art Foundation |url=https://sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/people/khaldi-lara1 |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=sharjahart.org}} She is also an alumna of the de Appel curatorial programme in Amsterdam.{{Cite web |title=Lara Khaldi {{!}} Tabakalera |url=https://www.tabakalera.eus/es/lara-khaldi/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=www.tabakalera.eus}}
A former head of Media Studies at Alquds Bard College,{{Cite web |title=AFAC |url=https://www.arabculturefund.org/Grantees/701 |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=www.arabculturefund.org}} she previously taught art history at Birzeit University,{{Cite web |date=2019-09-04 |title=Lara Khaldi {{!}} Apollo 40 Under 40 Middle East {{!}} The Thinkers |url=https://www.apollo-magazine.com/lara-khaldi-apollo-40-under-40-middle-east-the-thinkers/ |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=Apollo Magazine |language=en-US}} and was a tutor at the Sandberg Institute.{{Cite web |last=Arts |first=Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo {{!}} Oslo National Academy of the |date=2022-11-23 |title=Bojana Cvejić, Lara Khaldi & Noor Abed / Growing Transindividually, Acting Collectively - Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo |url=https://khio.no/events/1562 |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=khio.no |language=nb}} She also worked as deputy director at Sharjah Art Foundation and director of Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre in Ramallah. Her curatorial practice has included collaborations with many artists and practitioners, including Bojana Cvejić, Noor Abed, Yazan Khalili, and José A. Sánchez.{{Cite book |last=Sánchez |first=José A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7cFSEAAAQBAJ&dq=lara+khaldi&pg=PA169 |title=The Bodies of Others: Essays on Ethics and Representation |date=2022-02-24 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-350-25064-2 |pages=169 |language=en}} In 2023 she was appointed director of de Appel, a contemporary art centre in the Netherlands.{{Cite web |title=Lara Khaldi new artistic director of de Appel - de Appel Amsterdam |url=https://www.deappel.nl/en/news/12827-lara-khaldi-is-de-nieuwe-artistiek-directeur-van-de-appel |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=www.deappel.nl}}
In 2019 she was selected as one of Apollo magazine's '40 under 40 Middle East Thinkers'.
References
External links
- Podcast: [https://soundcloud.com/ihopethismessage/i-hope-this-message-finds-you-well-lara-khaldi I hope this message finds you well, Lara Khaldi]
- Lecture outline: [https://www.adkdw.org/en/article/1284_the_museum_before_the_museum THE MUSEUM BEFORE THE MUSEUM]
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Category:Palestinian women academics
Category:21st-century Palestinian women artists
Category:21st-century Palestinian artists
Category:People from Jerusalem
Category:European Graduate School alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)