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Both creative and destructive, vital and deadly, fire has captivated humanity since the dawn of time. It flickers in myth and ritual, warms the domestic sphere, and devastates in moments of violence. Fire, the new exhibition at the Boghossian Foundation’s…
The Visual Arts Commission has launched Art Bridges 2025–2026, a new initiative dedicated to professional development and cultural exchange for Saudi and Saudi-based artists and practitioners. Designed as a series of international programmes, Art Bridges’s first programme took place in…
Aidha Badr portrays the quiet transformation of the self that occurs with motherhood in her new solo exhibition I’m Never Coming Back on view until 7 November 2025 at Firetti Contemporary, in collaboration with Hunna Art Gallery. In this exhibition,…
Tashkeel has reopened its Nad Al Sheba 1 Gallery with Of Liminal Threads, the debut solo exhibition by Syrian-Lebanese artist and designer Ranim Al Halaky. The exhibition is the culmination of her year-long journey as part of Tashkeel’s Critical Practice…
Maraya Art Centre has opened SILA. All That Is Left to You, an exhibition that turns to Palestinian embroidery, or tatreez, as both cultural inheritance and artistic language. The opening of the exhibition was marked by the presence of HE…
Ghassan Zard’s solo exhibition ALTARS, curated by Marc Mouarkech, unfolds at Villa Audi in Beirut until 11 October 2025. Through sculpture and painting, Zard explores how memory, trauma, and survival can be held within form. In Zard’s body of work the…
The Arab Image Foundation has long been dedicated to preserving the visual history of the SWANA region, housing an extensive photographic archive that captures complex histories. In its ongoing efforts, the Foundation is developing a searchable online database along with…
Elias Izoli returns after a long hiatus with Inside Out ‘25 at Ayyam Gallery. The exhibition is a body of work that reimagines the circus as a mirror of contemporary life. Performers; tightrope walkers, clowns, and magicians, become figures of…
Blurring the boundaries between gastronomy and culture, the Em Sherif Art Foundation transforms restaurants into living galleries, where Lebanese art, design, and cuisine converge. Founded by Chef Mireille Hayek and CEO Dani Chakour, and curated by Sherif Hayek, the Foundation…
We Design Beirut returns for its second edition from 22–26 October 2025, staging a five-day programme of exhibitions, installations, excursions, and talks across some of Lebanon’s most significant historical and architectural landmarks. Anchored in the pillars of empowerment, preservation and…