Selections Arts Magazine – Lebanon Galleries
On the occasion of As Close As It Gets, the solo exhibition of Lebanese photographer Tarek Haddad at Galerie Tanit, Beirut, Selections spoke with curator Nicolas Marbeau (N.M.) about the ideas underpinning the exhibition. Marbeau discusses photography as a medium…
Echoes of Existence opened last week at Nuhad Es-Said Pavilion for Culture in Beirut, exploring the pine tree as a shared symbol of cultural memory connecting Lebanon and Italy. Curated by Muriel Asmar and initiated by the Embassy of Italy…
More than six years after his passing, Nabil Kanso (1940–2019) returns to the city where his story began. Darkness and Light (Part I), opening at DAC Beirut on 23 July, marks the first major solo exhibition of the Lebanese-born artist…
Mix & Match brings together a group of artists whose practices span painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, and text-based work, assembling a deliberately layered exhibition that treats the gallery as a site of visual collage. Rather than presenting discrete bodies of…
Etel Adnan. Poems, Novels, Essays (1966–2021), presented by the Beirut Art Film Festival (BAFF) in collaboration with the Bibliothèque Orientale of Saint Joseph University of Beirut is on view for its last week. Marking the centenary of Etel Adnan’s birth…
Rewind marks a new chapter for the Dalloul Artist Collective as it presents a solo exhibition by Yervant Hawarian, held in collaboration with the Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation. On view at DAC Art Space in the Stone Garden…
Beirut al-Marfa’ examines the deep and often fraught relationship between Beirut and its port, a space that once fuelled the city’s prosperity but later became the site of its devastation on August 4, 2020. Since the nineteenth century, city and…
The Nuhad Es-Said Pavilion for Culture inaugurates a new programme that reconnects Lebanon with its artistic presence on the global stage. For nearly two decades, the country’s national pavilions at the Venice Biennale have reflected its evolving creative voice. Now,…
The Sursock Museum hosts Divas: From Oum Kalthoum to Dalida, a multimedia exhibition that has captivated audiences in Paris, Amsterdam, and Amman. Celebrating the lives and legacies of the Arab world’s most iconic singers, actresses, and dancers, the show explores…
We Design Beirut kicked off this week, opening five once-abandoned landmarks to the public and transforming them into spaces for art rooted in themes of legacy, revival, and continuity. Bringing together artists and designers across generations and disciplines, the fair…