Ruth Patir (; born 1984) is an American-born Israeli contemporary digital artist, perhaps best known for her 2024 installation '' therland'' at the

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, which she voluntarily shut down until the time there would be a ceasefire between

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and

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. It was never shown at the Biennale but is to be subsequently shown at the

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and the

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, with the latter institution having purchased the work. Patir's work is held in the permanent collections of the

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in Paris and the Jewish Museum in New York City.https://thejewishmuseum.org/press/press-release/ruth-patir-motherland-press-release

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