I’m very excited at the recent announcement that my artist friend Emily Jacir will be part of the 25th Biennale of Sydney (March 14 – June 14, 2026).
See link here: Emily Jacir at the Biennale of Sydney
I am happy for Emily that she is getting such high profile exposure in Australia, with a work incorporating film, installation and performance at the former White Bay Power Station (not far from my studio). I’m equally happy that this means Emily will be traveling to Sydney and I will get to catch up with her once she arrives. It has been several years since our last meeting in Rome.
Jacir is a multidisciplinary artist whose primary interest lies in transformation, resistance and silenced historical narratives. She works in a variety of media including film, photography, installation, performance, video, writing, and sound. She draws on the artistic medium of concept art and social intervention as a framework for her pieces, in which she focuses on themes of displacement, exile, and Palestinian culture, primarily within the context of resilience and resistance.
Emily’s list of awards and honours, including winning “The Golden Lion” at the 2007 Venice Biennale, is too long to mention….but look up a brief biography and summary here: Emily Jacir
I am also happy to see that the portrait she chose to promote her inclusion in Sydney’s Biennale was a photo I captured in Rome. It was taken in 2016 in Trastevere, Rome. Emily loved the streets around her apartment so we shot a number of frames along those narrow, cobblestoned, historical carriageways, as well as a few images in her apartment and on the terrace.
I look forward to seeing Emily when she arrives in early 2026.
