With this week’s centenary of The Battle of Beersheba, we look at three exhibitions that explore its other less told story.
This week marked the centenary of The Battle of Beersheba, which took place on 31 October 1917 and forever connected the Middle East and Australia.
While the news was filled with reenactments and diplomatic gatherings that paid tribute to the 4th and 12th Australian Light Horse Brigades – mounted infantry that effectively toppled the Ottoman Empire and handed over rule of Palestine to the British – there were a number of exhibitions that seemingly have fallen out of the spotlight, as well as other omissions.
One exhibition in particular sets the story right. Shaun Gladwell: 1,000 Horses was commissioned by the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in collaboration with Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF) and focuses not on the battle but on its overlooked protagonists – the horses
Read the full article by Gina Fairley at Visual Arts Hub.