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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…
After years of navigating the digital realm and maintaining a presence between London and New York, Taymour Grahne Projects now step into a new chapter with the opening of a physical gallery in Dubai. The project space carries forward the…
Zawyeh Gallery hosts Refined Compositions, a solo exhibition by Palestinian artist Ruba Salameh, on view from 13 September to 9 November 2025 at its Alserkal Avenue space in Dubai. Created at a time when violence and displacement unfold in real…
Contemporary Istanbul, Türkiye’s leading international art fair, returns from 24 until 28 September 2025 for its landmark 20th edition, with a preview day on 24 September at Tersane Istanbul. Akbank continues as the fair’s main partner, joined by associate partners…
False Witnesses, a solo exhibition by Iraqi artist Dia al-Azzawi (b. 1939), is on view at Saleh Barakat Gallery, in Beirut. Spanning ancient Mesopotamia to the present day, Azzawi’s practice has long engaged with the shared histories and political ruptures…
The Dalloul Artist Collective (DAC), in collaboration with the Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation (DAF), inaugurates its first group exhibition, Testimonies of Fire: Massacres and Masterpieces in Arab Art, opening September 12, 2025, at DAC’s headquarters. Running until October…