One month after a ceasefire agreement was reached between Israel and Palestine, the artist Mai-Thu Perret has assembled a group of more than 170 artists for a fundraiser to support humanitarian work on the ground in Gaza. 100 Artists for Gaza will raise funds for Doctors Without Borders through an online auction and an exhibition at Doctors Without Borders’s Geneva location, culminating with a live auction on December 2.
The show—which was co-organized by Vidya Gastaldon, Sarah Benslimane, and Anne Lamunière—features work from a bevy of recognizable names in contemporary art including Kara Walker, Rosemarie Trockel, Karla Black, Helen Marten, Wade Guyton, Peter Doig, Wolfgang Tillmans, Matt Conners, Sylvie Fleury, Peter Fischli, and Camille Henrot.
Over the past few years, the art world has fractured over the war in Gaza. Israeli artist Ruth Patir announced that the country’s pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale wouldn’t open until a ceasefire was reached, and thousands of artists are already protesting the country’s participation in the Biennale’s 2026 edition. Documenta experienced even more upheaval, with the original selection committee for its 2027 edition to resigning en masse. Still, many artists have rallied together to call for peace and raise money for on-the-ground support, with this initiative representing a coterie of voices pushing for relief in the region.
100 Artists for Gaza includes contributions from artists in more than 40 countries, who were inspired to create “a movement of empathy, creation, and courage,” per their platform. Some works—such as Thomas Hirschhorn’s collage of a woman in a hijab gesturing to a pile of rubble opposite a fur-clad model on the other side of an imposing wall—reference the conflict explicitly. Other featured work, like Ser Serpas’s ink and pastel abstract figurations, gesture more generally toward a shared humanity. Kara Walker, a longtime vocal opponent of Israel’s actions in Gaza, has contributed a watercolor drawing of two figures caught in an uncertain dance with one another.
The online auction is available for participation through Dec. 2 on 100 Artists for Gaza’s website, with ongoing relief support available here.
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