Gannit Ankori

Gannit Ankori (Hebrew: גנית אנקורי) is an Israeli art historian. She is Professor of Fine Arts and chair in Israeli Art 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, and in December 2020 she was confirmed in these positions.

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

Ankori specializes in gender studies, Palestinian art, and the art of the Jewish diaspora. 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 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.

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