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Beirut Art Center opened to public in January 2009. It is managed as a non-profit organization whose founders and executive board members were Sandra Dagher, Lamia Joreige, Nathalie Khoury, Rabih Mroué and Maria Ousseimi [1] The project roots in the growing interest to local contemporary art.
The Beirut Art Residency was founded in 2015 by Amar A. Zahr. It offers a two-month residency programme to as many as four artists at a time. The artist-in-residence program aims to stimulate creativity through interaction with the local environment, artists and cultural institutions, and seeks to foster cross-cultural relations between participants and the local artistic community in Beirut. [1]
Beirut was an art initiative and exhibition space founded by Sarah Rifky and Jens Maier Rothe as a space that considers institution building as a curatorial act. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The institution’s activities were centered around hosting artists, artworks, research projects and other institutions engaging with similar questions of politics, economy ...
Ras Beirut is a coastal neighborhood located in eastern Beirut, Lebanon. It is home to the American University of Beirut, and thus a center for the city's educated and wealthy populations. Ras Beirut was not only known for its education and wealth, but also its emphasis on culture and art.
It is one of the few remaining villas from its epoch in Beirut. It is located in the Rue Sursock in the Rmeil district of Beirut. More than a hundred exhibitions have been held at the museum, including displays of works by Lebanese and international artists. The museum's permanent collection includes modern art, Japanese engravings and Islamic ...
Two contemporary art exhibition centers, the Beirut Art Center and the Beirut Exhibition Center (does not exist anymore) in the BIEL area reflect the vibrant Lebanese contemporary art scene. These two centers are intended to host exhibitions and are a must in the world of international as well as local contemporary art.
Beirut Art Center director (2014–2019). Member of the cultural department at Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume from 1991 then its director (2005–2011). Marie Muracciole is a writer and curator based in Paris and Beirut.
Walid Sadek (born in Beirut, Lebanon, 1966) is a Lebanese artist and writer. He is a professor at the Department of Fine Arts and Art History of the American University of Beirut, and held its chairmanship from 2017 to date.