Admission to the exhibition is free during regular gallery opening hours. The opening reception and programmed events require tickets booked through P21 Gallery.
Co-curated by Rasha Eleyan and Zayna Al-Saleh
For the London Festival of Architecture (LFA) 2026, The Palestine Collective is organising a two-day exhibition on cultural belonging, in collaboration with the P21 Gallery.
Homeland Lost is an exhibition of an historic series of Palestinian photographs by award-winning documentary photographer Alan Gignoux. Homeland Lost juxtaposes portraits of Palestinian refugees displaced in 1948 and their descendants, shown alongside images of their former homes and villages inside Israel. Taken between 2004 and 2005, Homeland Lost is a poignant and sobering reminder of the human toll of an ongoing conflict which has displaced an estimated 8 million Palestinians and their descendants since 1948.
We invite you to join our creative workshop to make a square to be included in the memoral quilt naming and honouring the children killed in Gaza. During this workshop you will design and make a decorative square in remembrance of an individual child using the beautiful and versatile techniques of appliqué, fabric collage and embroidery. No previous experience is needed, and all guidance and materials are provided.
Join us for an evening of conversation on the processes, challenges and epiphanies of research-based art. Monya Riachi (Lebanon), Reman Sadani (Iraq) and Mayssa Jallad (Lebanon) will be presenting excerpts of their individual projects, as well as engaging in reflections around their practice. The talk will be moderated by Rahaf Zaher, Researcher, PROCOL Lebanon, Institute for Global Prosperity (UCL)
The talk will begin with 10 minute presentations by each artist and will be followed by a Semi-Structured discussion
SPEAKERS:
The opening reception for Revolution Is Female, a solo exhibition by Palestinian artist Rasha Eleyan. The exhibition explores the vital role of the revolutionary Palestinian woman through pop-inflected, photorealist paintings that bring together beauty, symbolism, domesticity, and female defiance. The reception will introduce the exhibition to invited guests, press, artists, collectors, and supporters, offering an opportunity to view the work, meet the artist and co-curators, and engage with the themes of visibility, agency, resistance, and celebration.
For the London Festival of Architecture 2026, the Palestine Collective seeks to inaugurate its exhibition with a speaking event and panel discussion on the evening of June 26, 2026. Titled ‘Belonging through Practice’, this programme seeks to foreground architectural and artistic practices that engage with questions of Arab diaspora, displacement, and the reconstruction of identity across geographies.
In addition to the London Festival of Architecture 2026 lecture series, participants will also be invited to join hands-on session in Arabic calligraphy. By bridging scholarship, craft, and performance, our event programme establishes inclusive spaces for learning, dialogue, and collective cultural expression.
In addition to the London Festival of Architecture 2026 lecture series, participants will also be invited to join hands-on session in traditional Palestinian tatreez embroidery. By bridging scholarship, craft, and performance, our event programme establishes inclusive spaces for learning, dialogue, and collective cultural expression.
The opening night at the beginning of the exhibition "Homeland Lost". Photographer Alan Gignoux and Curator Jenny Christensson will each make a short opening speech. We would include refreshments.
SPEAKERS:
Alan Gignoux, Photographer, Founder of Gignouxphotos
Jenny Christensson, Curator, Independent
