For more than 15 years, I have worked in humanitarian and conflict settings with the United Nations and humanitarian organizations. Alongside that work, I founded My Petite Gallery in 2023, an art gallery at the intersection of art and advocacy, focusing on artists from conflict-affected areas. For me, these two worlds have always been deeply connected. In conflict settings, I saw how art becomes much more than art. It becomes a way to preserve identity, memory, dignity, and

Art is often sold as self-expression, luxury and decoration. But under pressure, art changes jobs. It stops trying to be beautiful and starts trying to be necessary. Protest art is not born from comfort. It is born from urgency. Protest begins where language breaks . When speech is censored and fear becomes routine, images start talking louder than people. A drawing can cross borders a body cannot. A poster can survive where a voice might not. Protest art is not subtle. It is

For a while now, My Petite Gallery has been quiet. This silence was not part of the plan — but it became the story. In early 2024, I lost my dear friend and artist Pauline to breast cancer. Showing her work and sharing her vision were some of the reasons My Petite Gallery existed in the first place. Her absence has been felt — deeply. At the same time, a new life arrived — my child — reshaping my days and the pace of my life. The gallery was always a personal project, never j