LEBANON Beirut’s autumn season probes transformation, from fluid paint to the afterlife of discarded objects. Across the city’s galleries and cultural spaces, memory, architecture, material experimentation and collective experience become starting points for distinct artistic approaches, each offering a different…
LEBANON After eight years, Khalil Rabah returns to Lebanon with a two-part solo exhibition Some Other Things Ruled It (27 August – 30 December, 2026) at Sfeir Semler Gallery’s Karantina and Downtown spaces. The Karantina presentation revisits and expands Transition,…
LEBANON A few more days left to see the archival display at Sursock Museum, The Butterflies and Bumblebees of Middle East Airlines (until 22 August 2026), tracing the history of the Middle East Airlines (MEA) folkloric dance troupe. Presented as part…
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Sharjah Art Foundation has announced its summer and autumn 2026 programme, bringing together exhibitions, photography, performance, film and publishing initiatives across its cultural spaces. A highlight of the season is Vantage Point 13, (8 August – 29…
LEBANON Nabil Kanso: Darkness and Light (Part II) (30 July – 25 September 2026) opened this week at the Dalloul Art Foundation, completing the first major presentation of the late artist’s work in his native Lebanon. Following the monumental canvases…
LEBANON Echoes of Existence (22 July–21 October 2026) unfolds across the Nuhad Es-Said Pavilion for Culture at the National Museum of Beirut, exploring the pine tree as a shared emblem of cultural memory linking Lebanon and Italy. Initiated by the…
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Through Of Loss and Redemption (7 July–4 August 2026), Taymour Grahne Projects presents a digital solo exhibition by New York-based Iranian-British artist Samira Abbassy. Working across painting and drawing, Abbassy explores loss, transformation, memory, and the shifting…
LEBANON Lamia Joreige returns to Marfa’ with As I Weep (25 June – September 23 2026), the artist’s third solo exhibition with the gallery and the latest chapter of her long-term research project Uncertain Times. Combining archival material, drawing, film,…
LEBANON Beirut Art Days returns from 24 until 27 June 2026 with a citywide programme that reaffirms the role of culture within Lebanon’s public life. Organised by Agenda Culturel under the patronage of the Lebanese Ministry of Culture, the initiative…
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 421 Arts Campus welcomes Human in the Loop (21 June – 13 September 2026), a new immersive installation by Emirati artist Dr. Ahmad AlAttar, developed through its Artistic Development Programme. An independent platform supporting emerging artists and…