Agenda

Semaan Khawam upcoming solo exhibition: BIRD SONNET, in collaboration with MAOsseiran Art Collection which will take place on April 23, 2025 between 6 – 9 PM at The LT Gallery space in Mar Mikhael, Beirut.

The first edition of AMAR’s multidisciplinary Biennale, dedicated to music, archives, and performative arts from the Arabic-speaking region. The 2025 edition, titled Songs of Satire, focuses on the socio-political satirical song throughout the 20th century.

Agial Gallery in Beirut is hosting an exhibition dedicated to Lebanese artist Gebran Tarazi. On view from 7 May to 14 June 2025.

‘Remembering the Light’, a solo exhibition by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige. Showcasing pieces created between 2016 and the present, the exhibition brings together installations, photographs, films, video and sculptures.

Mandy El-Sayegh’s first solo exhibition in Sweden, XXX KISS CROSS KILL, is on view at Kummelholmen. The show presents her layered paintings, sculptures, and installations, alongside a collaboration with artist Alice Walter. Set within a post-industrial space, the exhibition explores image distortion and power in digital culture through large-scale works and audiovisual pieces.

The Mark Hachem Gallery is hosting an exhibition by the renowned actor and painter, Jordi Mollà – titled, The Kaleidoscopic Soul: The Eclecticism in Colors of Jordi Mollà. The opening will take place on May 13th at 6 PM at the Mark Hachem Gallery in Beirut

In the context of International Day of Living Together in Peace, IHEID organises a 5-day exhibition titled ‘Art Inventing Peace?’ from the 14th to 18th of May 2025, with works by: Said Baalbaki, Abdul Rahman Katanani, Rachel Labastie, JiSun Lee, Tuomo Manninen, Gianluigi Maria Masucci, Robert Montgomery, Gianni Motti, Julien Serve and Anne Voeffray.

Galerie Tanit is hosting ‘Silent Impact: Narratives of Bullets’ – a solo exhibition by Georges Yammine to open at Jacaranda on the 21st of May and will stay on view till the 4th of June.

Mark Hachem Gallery is hosting ‘In Entropy’ – solo exhibition by Ghazi Baker. The installation will be on view from May 22 till June 10 2025.

Through a series of paintings, the artist examines the tension between surface-level perfection and underlying chaos. The works deconstruct the façades we uphold—be it through bureaucratic signs, architectural designs, or portraits of individuals built from coping mechanisms.

The conversation titled The Storyteller: Hassan Sharif and the Question of Craft takes place on 31 May 2025 at 3 pm, featuring Mohamed Sharif  (Estate of Hassan Sharif) and curator Murtaza Vali, moderated by Sara Bin Safwan (curator at Guggenheim Abu Dhabi). The talk accompanies the exhibition Hassan Sharif: The Storyteller, which runs until 7 June 2025.

Opera Gallery Dubai is hosting  Summer Vibes, a vibrant group exhibition on view through 1 September, featuring works by KAWS, Murakami, Shepard Fairey, and emerging international voices such as Adjei Tawiah and Xevi Solà.

After its inauguration in Tunis, Tempted by Other Suns – Béchir Boussandel’s solo exhibition – opens in Dubai at Tabari Artspace gallery from 3 June to 5 September.

COEXIST09 by Tatiana Boulos is on view from 4 June till 25 june 2025 at LT Gallery, Beirut – Lebanon.

The Sursock Museum hosts the Cabriolet Kids Film Festival in collaboration with the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, featuring Lebanese and international short films for young audiences, plus museum tours and acting workshops for children.

Sursock Museum, Auditorium, Level -2
7 June 2025 | 11AM to 5PM
Free entrance

The National Museum of Beirut hosts the presentation and book signing of The Land Remembers, the publication of the Lebanese Pavilion at the Biennale Architettura 2025.

Thursday, June 12, 2025
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

A short presenation of the pavilion will be shown at 6.15 PM

Galerie Janine Rubeiz is hosting the group exhibition ‘La toile résonnante’ from June 25, until July 25, 2025.

Featuring works by:
Manar Ali Hassan, Dalia Baassiri, Petram Chalach, Dinah Diwan, Bassam Geitani, Ahmad Ghaddar (Renoz), Joseph Harb, Leila Jabre Jureidini, Christine Kettaneh, Aida Salloum, François Sargologo, Hanibal Srouji, Alain Vassoyan, and Ghada Zoghbi.

No/mad Utopia Gallery is hosting a solo exhibition UNDERGROWTH by Ieva Saudargaitė Douaihi from 26 June to 26 July 2025.

The first institutional solo exhibition of Saudi artist Mohammad Alfaraj, Seas Are Sweet, Fish Tears Are Salty is on view at Jameel Arts Centre from 26 June, 2025 until 4 January, 2026.

Ishara Art Foundation’s first summer exhibition No Trespassing will be on view from 4 July until 30 August 2025.

LT Gallery is hosting Before the Apple, Taher Hamouda’s first solo exhibition in Beirut, in collaboration with Azad Art Gallery.

Méditerranées, a summer exhibition, explores the Mediterranean beyond its physical form, reflecting on it as a space of inspiration.

Exhibited Artists: Nabil El Makhloufi, Simon Buret, Anaïs Maar, Gommaar Gilliams, Dimitris Gketsis, and Malik Thomas.

On view from 17 July to August 23, 2025.

Etihad Modern Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi, hosts Chroma from 17 July until 5 September 2025.

Ayyam Gallery is hosting Wavering Hope, its annual summer collective exhibition. Featuring works by Syrian artists – including Kais Salman, Khaled Takreti, Tammam Azzam, Abdalla Al Omari, Othman Moussa, Safwan Dahoul, Thaier Helal, Elias Izoli, Abdul-Karim Majdal Al-Beik, Mohannad Orabi, Nihad Al-Turk, and Yasmine Al Awa – it is on view from 18 July until 5 September 2025.

Andakulova Gallery, in collaboration with Legend Art Club, hosts Genius Loci – Central Asia, a solo exhibition by multimedia artist Almagul Menlibayeva, on view from 3 August to 3 September 2025 at the DIFC Satellite Gallery.

Ali Al Housseiny’s solo exhibition Coming Home – curated by Dr. Tony Karam – will be on view from September 9, until September 20 2025 at Mark Hachem Gallery.

American University of Beirut, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, is hosting a talk with artist Dia al-Azzawi about art’s role in times of political crisis. The conversation will also include Zeina Maasri, Nada Shabout and Saleem Al-Bahloly.

Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM.

Kalim Bechara Art Gallery hosts Gaze Long, a solo exhibition by Syrian artist Abd Kasha, from September 10 until September 30, 2025.

From 11 September until 25 October 2025, Iyad Qanazea Gallery hosts The Blind Man, a solo exhibition by Mohammed Al Mazrouei

Saleh Barakat Gallery hosts False Witnesses, a solo exhibition of Dia al-Azzawi. On view from Thursday 11 September until 31 October, 2025.

LOST IN BLOOM, a solo solo exhibition by James Dekermenjian,  is view at LT Gallery from 11 until 26 September 2025.

On the occasion of the group exhibition time heals, just not quick enough…, Efie Gallery hosts a conversation between artist Abeer Sultan and curator Ose Ekore, exploring Sultan’s mixed-media practice and its reflections on personal history and ancestral memory.

CARBON 12 hosts The Narrative of Decline, a group exhibition curated by CARBON 12 artist Bernhard Buhmann, on view until 6 November 2025.

Celebrating its 20 anniversary, The Third Line Gallery is hosting The Only Way Out Is Through: The Twentieth Line, a group exhibition curated by Shumon Basar, featuring all of their artists, on view from 18 September until 7 November 2025.

GRWM (Get Ready With Me), solo exhibition by Abir Kobeissi, will be on view at Takeover,
from 19 September until 10 October 2025.

Motherhood: An Art and Photography Exhibition, a group exhibition that gathers artists from around the world the world of whom reflects on motherhood.

The exhibition will be on view at Kutubna Cultural Centre, Dubai, from September 20 until November 16, 2025.

Against Erasure – Photographs from Gaza is a group exhibition co-curated by Yahya Zaloom, Photo Humanity Grant and Razan AlSarraf, featuring 11 artists; Mahmoud Abu Hamda, Belal Alhams, Jehad Alshrafi, Hammam Younis Alzyatuniya, Anas Ayyad, Majdi Fathi Suleiman Qraiqea, Belal Khaled, Ahmed Salama, Fatima Alzahra Shbair, Ali Jadallah, and Abdul Rahman Zaqout. The exhibition will be on view from 24 September until 10 October 2025 at P21 Gallery.

Razan Al Sarraf’s solo exhibition Sweltering Drive is on view from 1 until 23 October 2025 as Hunna Art, Kuwait.

Irene Ghanem’s solo exhibition “Entre Terre et Mer” is on view at Mark Hachem Gallery from October 7 until October 20, 2025.

Ghina Sabra’s solo exhibition Memory Prism: a magic show is on view at Takeover, Beirut, from 14 until 20 October 2025.

Migrants, a solo exhibition by Shadi Abou Sada is on view until 3 November 2025 at Mark Hachem Gallery, Beirut.

Under the theme of Softness, MENART Fair returns to Paris with more than 100 artists from the MENA region on October 25th until the 27th, 2025.

Fann À Porter hosts Printed Matter – a group exhibition exhibiting photography and mixed media works by El3attar Film Collective, Cynthia Zahar, Georges Yammine, and Mohammad Al Hawajri – from 1 November 2025 until  10 January 2026.

They Call Me Divine is the first solo exhibition by artist Amina Yahia. Curated by Alexandra Stock, the exhibition is on view from 2 until 26 November 2025.

The Beirut Art Film Festival–BAFF is dedicated to showcasing films on art and heritage.

Under the theme Festival for Humanity, BAFF’s programme holds 35 films on art, 2 exhibitions, 15 talks around more than 100 meetings which will be held in Beirut, from November 4 to 14, 2025, at Théâtre Béryte and the Oriental Library of SaintJoseph University.

Galerie Tanit Beirut hosts Close Your Eyes So You Can See Me, solo exhibition of Abed Al Kadiri, from 6 November until 11 December 2025.

Rami Farook’s first solo exhibition Self Care is on view from 11 November until 23 December at Iyad Qanazea Gallery.

Paris Photo is an art fair dedicated to photography and image-based art. The 28th edition will take place from 13 until 16 November 2025 at the Grand Palais in Paris, France.

Girl Parts: A Lexicon of Girlhood is the first solo exhibition of Aliyah Alawadhi, curated by Océane Sailly. On view at Hunna Art Gallery from 15 November 2025 until 4 January 2026.

Houselessness by Mohammed Joha is on view at Zawyeh Gallery, Dubai from 16 November 2025 until 11 January 2026.

Group exhibition Improvisations gathers works by Iranian artists Fereydoun Ave, Raana Farnoud, and Shaqayeq Arabi. On view at Gallery Isabelle from 16 November 2025 until 7 January 2026.

CARBON 12 celebrates its 100th exhibition with All That is Solid – a solo exhibition by Gil Heitor Cortesão. On view from 16 November 2025 until 8 January 2026.

Ryan Eid’s solo exhibition, ENTRY WOUND, is on view from 27 November until 11 December 2025 at The LT Gallery space in Mar Mikhael, Beirut.

Freedom Recalls is a group exhibition featuring 36 artists at Beit Beirut and is on view from 29 November 2025 until 11 January 2026.

Julie Bou Farah’s seventh solo show, iCloud, is on view at Galerie Janine Rubeiz from 3 until 31 December 2025.

Under Her Wing: Acts of Protection, a  group exhibition curated by Kuwaiti artist Alymamah Rashed is on view at Hunna Art Gallery from 10 December 10, 2025 until 22 January 2026.

Featuring artists from Hunna Art: Amina Yahia, Amna Al Baker, Aliyah Al Awadhi, Wafa Al Falahi, Raya Kassisieh, and Joud Fahmy and artists from Emergeast: Maliheh Zafarnezhad, Hana Moazzeni, Elham Etemadi, Jude Samman, Shadi Yasrebi, Mays Al Moosawi, and Bouthayna Al Muftah.

Curated by Saleh Barakat, the solo exhibition Flowers Blossomed out of Broken Concrete by Nada Sehnaoui is on view at kenshō, Beirut from 11 December 2025 until 11 January 2026.

Sites of Life, a group exhibition featuring Ségolène Ragu, Masa Nazzal, and Aya Chouaib and curated by Karen Atallah, is on view at P21 Gallery, from 11 December 2025 until 9 January 2026.

The solo of Khadija Jayi, Beyond fire, is on view at Comptoir des Mines Gallery, Marrakesh from 20 December 2025 until 25 January 2026.

Jean Khalifé, The Legacy – organized in collaboration with the Jean Khalifé Foundation and the artist’s son, Jim Khalifé – will be on view at Mark Hachem Gallery from 8 until 25 January 2026.