The second Mediterranean Biennale is scheduled to open in the Galilee Arab town of Sakhnin in October with dozens of works by 60 artists. The event is a follow-up to the first Haifa Mediterranean Biennale of contemporary art, held in that city in 2009, and is being organized by the artists who were behind that festival, Belu Simion-Fainaru and Avital Bar-Shay.
Organizers of art festival in Sakhnin hope to ease East-West tensions
Second Mediterranean Biennale, which seeks to foster coexistence, is scheduled to open in the Galilee Arab town of Sakhnin in October with dozens of works by 60 artists.
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Ellie Armon Azoulay


