The Palestinian Art Court – Al Hoash is a Palestinian non-profit cultural arts organization established in 2004 and based in Jerusalem. Specialized in visual arts, Al Hoash – Arabic, for a traditional Palestinian house courtyard – has worked since 2004 to provide a space for Palestinian artists, scholars, and specialists to collect, present, and interpret the rich productions of Palestinian visual arts and their social history. Gifted with major archive assets – including Al Wasiti Archive and the Yvette and Mazen Qupty Collection, Al Hoash was originally envisaged as an art museum. Over the years it has evolved to focus on the safeguarding of its collection, developing its research resources and library, providing gallery space for over 100 exhibitions, and reaching out to the community through workshops, art auctions, and publications on Palestinian art.

Al Hoash is also active in defending the freedom of expression and the cultural rights of individuals and communities in Palestine, from the occupation authorities primarily – but also from the rising, misogyny, intolerance, and shrinking public space.

The organization proactively advocates for protection of culture and cultural heritage through its work and program activities, as well as the activation of international legal guarantees of essential civil, political, social, economic, and cultural rights.

Presently, Al Hoash seeks to proactively contribute towards preserving and constructing social, cultural and political narratives through visual arts, that stand otherwise shattered. It provides and sustains a knowledge-based, resourceful and accessible cultural hub for Palestinians to document, research, articulate and create new art and knowledge productions, as well as to view, enjoy and engage with arts in a free, innovative and diverse environment.