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Entrance to The Walled Off Hotel, Bethlehem, March 3, 2017. (Haggai Matar)
Banksy’s new project tells the story of Palestine
Banksy’s controversial new hotel and museum in Bethlehem is more than just an interactive art gallery: it also, in the British street artist’s inimitable style, lays out the history of Palestine. By Dalal Erakat “Art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos.” These are the words of Saul Bellow,…
By +972 Magazine April 4, 2017
Banksy artwork showing an Israeli soldier and a Palestinian having a pillow fight, The Walled Off Hotel, Bethlehem, March 3, 2017. (Haggai Matar)
Exit through the checkpoint: Inside Banksy’s new Bethlehem hotel
Every room overlooks the West Bank separation wall, the lobby features a Greek statue choking on teargas, and faux-security cameras dot the corridors. Welcome to “The Walled Off Hotel,” the new Bethlehem-based project from British street artist and enfant terrible Banksy. BETHLEHEM — It takes an unusual hotel proprietor to advertise their establishment as “the…
By Haggai Matar March 3, 2017
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