At the Centre culturel Les Chiroux in Liège, the walls have opened to a remarquable collective initiative. One hundred photographers have answered the call of “For Gaza,” an exhibition-sale organized from September 4 to October 4, 2025, in support of the civilian population of Gaza. In a context of unbearable suffering, art here becomes both testimony and action.
The names gathered form a constellation of contemporary photography: Alice Pallot, Massao Mascaro, Nick Hannes, Vincen Beeckman, Véronique Vercheval, Lucas Leffler, Pauline Vanden Neste, among many others. Some are established figures, others emerging voices. All have agreed to donate one image, available in two formats and printed in editions limited to five copies per format, in order to allow as many people as possible to participate. The works, deliberately diverse, range from portrait to landscape, from documentary to experimental practice. They do not all speak directly of the conflict, but each carries, in its own way, a gesture of solidarity.
Since early August, the photographs have been available online at pourgaza.art. In just two weeks, more than 140 prints had already been acquired, raising over €15,000. The funds are being directed to five humanitarian and cultural organizations chosen for their direct presence and commitment on the ground: the Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s Fund, The Wings of Healing, Doctors Without Borders, the Palestine Film Institute, and the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate. Online sales continue throughout the exhibition, enabling a broad public to take part in this collective effort.
The initiative extends beyond the presentation of works. At Les Chiroux, a documentary space offers visitors resources to better understand the stakes of the conflict and its consequences. The bookstore Livre aux trésors provides a curated selection of books on Palestine throughout the duration of the show. Events also punctuate the program: on September 6 at 7:30 p.m., the documentary No Other Land by Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, and Yuval Abraham will be screened, followed by a discussion. On October 2 at 8 p.m., Lebanese singer Mayssa Jallad will present a film-concert of her project Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels, revisiting the history of the Lebanese Civil War through music and image.
At the same time, the Galerie Satellite is presenting “Palestine: A Notebook Revisited,” a project by documentary photographer and feminist activist Véronique Vercheval. She brings together images taken between 2002 and 2022 in the West Bank and Gaza, which now resonate as precious archives. In her words, they are “precious memories, witnesses of a world that risks disappearing.” The historical value of these photographs, made over two decades in the occupied territories, takes on renewed force in light of the current dramatic context.
By bringing together on the walls of Les Chiroux this hundred images from diverse horizons, “For Gaza” reminds us that photography can be a common language to express indignation and hope. “The civilian population in Gaza is suffering in an unbearable way,” the organizers state. The exhibition becomes a place of immediate memory, but also an invitation to act concretely: to acquire a photograph in order to refuse to look away.
The exhibition “For Gaza” takes place from September 4 to October 4, 2025, at Les Chiroux in Liège. All photographs are for sale on the dedicated platform.
