Launch of Disorientation exhibition, a body of work stems from artist Josh Sutton’s experience of travelling, studying and volunteering in the MENA region.

Josh Sutton’s formal art training came to an end in 1985 having completed an art foundation course at Bradford & Ilkley Community College, after which he proceeded to make it up as he went along. This makes him either an adept self-starter, or a bit of a slacker - you decide.

You can meet the artist Josh Sutton during this event.

Palestinian embroidery, or “Tatreez”, is a vital cultural practice that embodies the history, identity, and resilience of the Palestinian people. Recognised by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage, Tatreez dates back over 3,000 years to the Canaanite era and has evolved into a profound symbol of Palestinian heritage and resistance.

Exhibition of Palestinian posters reveals the many facets of this vital campaigning tool for Palestine. Palestinian artists, including those who laid the foundations for Palestinian modern art, respond to the war on Gaza in meaningful, expressive poster art never before exhibited in London. The anonymous activist group Protest Stencil hacked London bus shelters with its eye-popping "subvertising" posters, while the decolonization collective Visualizing Palestine lay bare the cruel history and present-day facts behind the genocide in Gaza and the occupation of the West Bank.

Art was and still is perceived as a threat to Israeli authorities. In the West Bank and Gaza in the 1970s and 1980s, there were no official galleries, and artists showed their work in schools, churches, and town halls. The popularity of these exhibitions among ordinary Palestinians also drew an unexpected audience — the IDF. Artists have always been a front in cultural resistance. Forced to apply for permits to exhibit work, painters and sculptors found their artwork censored. Israeli soldiers even conducted studio visits.