Spotlight Q and A with Taher Jaoui (510 Words 3 min. Read )
1. Having exhibited all around the world, where is your next target country?
My next destination will be Tunis, where I’ll be working on an ambitious and inspiring project with @lamiabousninagallery — a museum-like exhibition that I’m truly looking forward to.
In parallel,…
Spotlight Q and A with Sylvain Gaillard (939 Words 5 min. Read )
1 - How do you define Opera Gallery Dubai’s identity within the global Opera Gallery network?
What makes Opera Gallery such a unique network is the fact that we are “all the same, but different.” While the core values remain…
An Article by C. N. (643 words, 3 min. read)
Theatre Monnot opens its new season with Tarboosh Jeddeh M3ala2, an Acting Lab production that resonates deeply with every Lebanese soul. Co-written by Marwa Khalil and Riad Chirazi, this play unfolds like a family album of Lebanon, spanning from the 1980s to today. It…
An Article by Our French Correspondent L.D. (612 words, 4 min. read)
The Musée du Luxembourg opens its doors to an exceptional exhibition, Soulages, une autre lumière. Peintures sur papier, running from 17 September 2025 to 11 January 2026. For the first time in decades, the often hidden side of Pierre Soulages’ work…
An Article by A.V. (817 words, 4 min. read)
Reading Le nom des rois (The Name of Kings) at Editions Stock, is like stepping back into a Lebanon that feels both distant and achingly close. Charif Majdalani does not simply tell the story of a childhood; he restores a country that once glowed with light, refinement, and laughter. In…
An Article by D. M. (760 words, 4 min. read)
At Galerie Tanit Beirut, from September 10 to October 25, the Iraqi artist Adel Abidin presents What Remains, a deeply resonant exhibition that transforms personal and collective memory into layered visions of survival. In these new works, Abidin returns to painting after years of…
An Article by C.J. (641 words, 3 min. read)
From September 11 to October 31, Saleh Barakat Gallery hosts False Witnesses, an ideal stage for Dia al Azzawi’s monumental vision. Entering the space feels like walking into a chamber where history does not rest on pages but rises in form, memory, and presence. The…
An Article by C.J. (713 words, 4 min. read)
Mark Hachem Gallery in Beirut opens its doors to a deeply moving exhibition, Coming Home, by Lebanese artist Ali Al Husseini. Curated by Dr. Tony Karam, the exhibition runs from September 9 to 20, 2025, and presents a journey where art and memory embrace each…
An Article by D. M. (494 words, 3 min. read)
Ghada Zoghbi paints with inquiry at the heart of her practice. Her works whisper questions, about memory, belonging, and what lingers in the spaces we leave behind. In her fourth solo exhibition Between Dust and Dawn (Galerie Janine Rubeiz, September 10 – October 10, 2025), she confronts us…
An Article by C.J. (763 words, 4 min. read)
Neuroscientists have a great sense of humor: they proved that both beautiful art and ugly art trigger the same brain regions. Yes, your neurons sparkle whether you gaze at the Sistine Chapel or a badly drawn portrait of your aunt. Both stimulate the emotional…
An Article by A. V. (568 words, 3 min. read)
We stood under Beirut’s summer sky on Saturday night, and the city gave us one of those moments that stay forever. The Waterfront Arena glowed with a sea of white, 20,000 voices rising together in anticipation. The nightlife of Lebanon showed its…
An Article By Guest Contributor Patricia Audrey Hakim (332 words, 2 min. read)
Laying back, Michelangelo’s brush swept natural pigments of revered frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The monastery of Saint Anthony the Great of Lebanon in the Qadisha Valley was carved into a rocky side of a cliff. An inaccessible area…
