Under the sponsorship of the Syrian Ministry of Culture, the Orthodox Theater in Homs hosted the opening of the art exhibition “Detained and Disappeared, Art Documents, and the Archives Speak”, organized by the Creative Memory Platform for the Syrian Revolution. The exhibition features contributions from artists, families of victims, and cultural stakeholders.
The display includes around 200 works, ranging from paintings and photographs to drawings, cartoons, graffiti, and banners, arranged chronologically from 2011 to 2020, with the aim of documenting cases of detention and enforced disappearance in Syria.
Speaking to SANA, Creative Memory Platform Director Sana Yazji said the platform, operating in Arabic, English, and French, was established to collect, document, and archive artistic expressions related to the Syrian Revolution. She added that the issue of detention and disappearance has been a primary focus for five years due to its connection with justice and uncovering the fate of the missing.
Yazji noted that Homs was chosen as the third stop in the exhibition tour because of the city’s suffering and cultural losses, emphasizing the symbolic connection between restoring historical structures and preserving human memory. The exhibition includes works by artists who were killed, disappeared, or detained in recent years.
Lama Abboud, director of the Our Heritage Foundation, said the exhibition reflects the story of Syria and the reality of Homs, a city that has lost part of its heritage and endured numerous cases of detention and disappearance.
During the opening, the Mosaic music group performed songs reflecting the exhibition’s themes, including “Its Name is Homs”, “They Remain Alone”, and “Autumn Reminds You of Her”. The exhibition will run daily, except Fridays, until Nov. 27 and will continue its tour to other Syrian cities as part of the platform’s ongoing project to archive Syrian artistic production related to the revolution
