A mobile exhibition presented works by 12 Israeli artists at several prominent locations in London after first being shown at Hostages Square in Israel.
The exhibition was created in response to the attacks of 7 October 2023 and focused on victims, hostages and the collective trauma experienced by Israeli communities.
Images of captivity, grief and hope
Among the works was an image of a ginger-haired baby behind bars, referring to hostage Kfir Bibas.
Another depicted a baby inside a bleeding poppy as a symbol of children killed or abducted during the attacks.
A work titled Hope showed a dove flying from the bound hands of a figure, using a familiar symbol of peace to address the longing for the return of hostages.
Art in public space
The exhibition moved through sites including Trafalgar Square, Parliament Square, Covent Garden and Oxford Circus.
That mobility placed the works outside a conventional gallery and into heavily used civic spaces, where the exhibition functioned simultaneously as memorial, testimony and public advocacy.
The project was developed by artists and organisations connected with Israel and with groups campaigning for the return of hostages.
Its perspective was explicitly shaped by that context. As an exhibition, it documented how artists responded in the immediate aftermath of violence by turning personal and collective grief into images intended for public encounter.