Gannit Ankori

Gannit Ankori (Hebrew: גנית אנקורי) is an Israeli art historian. She is Professor of Fine Arts and chair in Israeli Art[1] at the Department of Fine Arts at Brandeis University. In June 2020, she was appointed interim Director and Chief Curator of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University,[2] and in December 2020 she was confirmed in these positions.[3]

She was previously chair of the Department of Art History at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.[4]

Ankori specializes in gender studies, Palestinian art, and the art of the Jewish diaspora.[5] Ankori is regarded as a "champion" of Palestinian art and has devoted two decades of her career to the study of Palestinian art which she views as a continuous artistic tradition before and after the Nakba[5] of 1948. She has also written books and curated an exhibition on the artwork of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.

Her sister is the actress Gilat Ankori.

Palestinian Art controversy

According to Adila Laïdi-Hanieh, Ankori's 2005 book Palestinian Art caused controversy within Palestinian art circles, including the League of Palestinian Artists, and international Arab media due to what they say was unreferenced use of material from research published by Kamal Boullata, a Palestinian artist and art historian, since 1989.[6]

In the Fall 2007 issue of Art Journal, Joseph Massad, Professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History at Columbia University, published "Permission to paint: Palestinian art and the colonial encounter", a review of Ankori's book Palestinian Art, Kamal Boullata's Istihdar al-Makan (استحضار المكان), and Samia Halaby's Liberation Art of Palestine. In his review, Massad also accused Ankori of illegitimately appropriating the work of Kamal Boullata, a Palestinian artist and art historian, a charge which Ankori viewed as defamatory. Ankori threatened to sue for defamation in English courts. Critics of the practice of suing for defamation in English courts, where "libel defendants nearly always lose" call it 'libel tourism'.[5]

The College Art Association of America (CAA), which publishes Art Journal, agreed to issue an apology to Ankori, to pay her $75,000, and to send a letter to its institutional subscribers, stating that the Massad review "contained factual errors and certain unfounded assertions" in order to avoid the libel suit.[4][7][8] Massad acknowledged "minor errors", but not libel, and accused the CAA of cowardice.[7] CAA executive director Linda Downs told The Forward that, while "there were mistakes" in the review, the journal agreed to pay only because it could not afford to fight out the case.[5]

Publications

Books

Ankori has published extensively in the fields of Mexican, Palestinian, and Israeli art, as well as feminist cultural studies. Her articles have been printed in Hebrew, Arabic, French, German, and English.

  • Ankori, Gannit (2006). Palestinian art. London: Reaktion. ISBN 978-1861892591.
  • Kahlo, Frida; Dexter, Emma; Barson, Tanya; Ankori, Gannit (2005). Frida Kahlo. London: Tate Publishing. ISBN 1854375865.
  • Ankori, Gannit (2002). Imaging her selves: Frida Kahlo's poetics of identity and fragmentation. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0313315657.
  • The Fractured Self: Identity and Fragmentation in the Art of Frida Kahlo, 1994

Articles

  • "Yocheved Weinfeld's portraits of the self", Gannit Ankori, (Woman's Art Journal, vol. 10 no.2, 1989)

References

  1. ^ "First Ever Chair in Israeli Art Named". Brandeis Magazine. Brandeis University. Retrieved 2026-03-09.
  2. ^ "Croquer steps down as head of Rose Art museum; Gannit Ankori named interim". BrandeisNOW. Brandeis University. June 4, 2020. Retrieved 2026-03-09.
  3. ^ "Gannit Ankori named director and chief curator of the Rose Art Museum". BrandeisNOW. Brandesi University. Dec 15, 2020. Retrieved 2026-03-09.
  4. ^ a b Howard, Jennifer (18 June 2008). "Scholarly Association Settles 'Libel Tourism' Case" – via The Chronicle of Higher Education.
  5. ^ a b c d Goldberg, J. J. (July 10, 2008). "Neutrals, Caught in the Crossfire". The Forward. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  6. ^ Laïïdi-Hanieh, Adila (2007-07-01). "In the Mirror of the Occupier: Palestinian Art through Israeli Eyes". Journal of Palestine Studies. 36 (4): 65–72. doi:10.1525/jps.2007.36.4.65. ISSN 0377-919X.
  7. ^ a b "Art Association Paid $75,000 to Avoid Libel Lawsuit". 22 June 2008 – via The Chronicle of Higher Education.
  8. ^ Perelman, Marc (June 20, 2008). "Art Journal Pays Israeli Scholar $75K After Libel Lawsuit Threat". The Forward.


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