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A Celebration of Art and Legacy: Mahmoud Amhaz at Dar Saab

Art, Art World, CultureJune 2, 20253KViews 8Likes 0Comments

An Article by C. N. (509 words, 3 min. read) On a luminous afternoon of May 31, the Dar Saab cultural space opened its doors and garden gates to welcome nearly two hundred guests for an unforgettable celebration of art, culture, and human spirit. The occasion marked the opening of a major solo exhibition…

The French Kiss: A Divine Mess of Lips, Souls, and a Dash of Microworld Exchanged.

Art, Art World, CultureMay 31, 20252KViews 8Likes 0Comments

A Collaborative Article by A. V. and J. J. (1118 words, 6 min. read) “In one kiss, you’ll know all I haven’t said.” — Pablo Neruda The Prelude: Two Mouths Walk Into a Bar… Let us face it: the French kiss is not for the faint of heart. It is not a polite…

Magic Carpet Ride

CultureMay 27, 20252KViews 20Likes 0Comments

An article by guest contributor Patricia Audrey Hakim (365 words, 2 min. read) I soar on a magical carpet ride. I don’t need a lamp or a genie. Only musical flair and a heartbeat. No, it wasn’t a dream. I wasn’t watching Disney’s Aladdin, and it wasn’t a reading of 1001 Nights with Scheherazade. My…

Art Should Be Beautiful: A Plea for Healing Through Beauty

Art, Art World, CultureMay 27, 20253KViews 6Likes 0Comments

An Article by A. V. (718 words, 4 min. read) The Soul’s Deepest Language Art has always been more than decoration; it is a mirror of the human soul. And what the soul longs for, above all, is beauty. In a world overwhelmed by conflict, noise, and chaos, art has the rare and sacred…

Silent Impact: When Bullets Become Memory and Music

Art, Culture, PhotographyMay 26, 20252KViews 5Likes 0Comments

An Article by A. V. (789 words, 4 min. read) At Jacaranda in Mar Mikhael, an unlikely poetry emerges. Not from paper. Not from a pen. But from bullets—deformed, discolored, forgotten—found by chance and turned into relics of reflection. Silent Impact: Narratives of Bullets, curated with sensitivity by Randa Sadaka in collaboration with Galerie…

A Life in Every Stroke: Samir Tabet at 103: An Emotional Tribute To a Living Legend Through his Retrospective “D’hier et d’aujourd’hui”

Art, Art World, CultureMay 25, 20254KViews 8Likes 0Comments

An Article by D. M. (762 words, 4 min. read) The Presence of Time Itself At the opening of his retrospective exhibition “D’hier et d’aujourd’hui” at Cheriff Tabet Gallery, time stood still. Guests gathered not only to witness a collection of paintings, but to experience a moment suspended between history and the present,…

“Je suis inculte!”: A Cry for Art That Belongs to Us

Art, Art World, CultureMay 20, 20253KViews 7Likes 0Comments

An Article by D. M. (1146 words, 6 min. read) In 1964, a sharp cry of rebellion broke through Beirut’s seemingly polished art world. It came not from a painter or a critic, but from the brechtian playwright Jalal Khoury—a man of the theater who dared to call out what others only whispered. In…

Viva la Vida & The Snail: Frida Kahlo and Henri Matisse’s Final Ode to Life

Art, CultureMay 19, 20252KViews 5Likes 0Comments

An Article by A. V. (595 words, 3 min. read) A Garden Beyond The Pain Confined by illness but liberated by color, Kahlo and Matisse transcended suffering in their final works leaving behind not pain, but joy. There is something humbling—almost miraculous—about the way some artists choose to say goodbye. When bodies are frail…

We Thirst for Creativity: Yet Another Faceless Exhibition

Art, Art World, CultureMay 17, 20252KViews 7Likes 0Comments

An Article by A. V. (945 words, 5 min. read) Ever since humans started etching on the walls of caves, there has been depictions of human figures, faceless, and in different shapes and forms, where the situation rather than the individual was emphasized and was intended to depict a scene or to paint a…

Among the Ghosts of Light: A Visit to Francesca Woodman at the Albertina

Art, Art World, CultureMay 14, 20252KViews 7Likes 0Comments

An Article by D. M. (919 words, 5 min. read) It is quiet in the Albertina Museum, yet it hums with the invisible presence of someone who left too soon. I walk through rooms dimly lit, filled with fragile black and white images, each square frame a breath, a whisper, a question. The exhibition…

Harissa, A Sacred Sculpture of Sky, Sea, and Soul

Art World, CultureMay 14, 20253KViews 5Likes 0Comments

An Article by A. V. (813 words, 4 min. read) A Sacred Peak Above the Sea Perched high above the shimmering bay of Jounieh, with arms open wide to the Mediterranean and to the heart of Lebanon, the statue of Our Lady of Lebanon at Harissa stands not just as a religious icon, but…

“Dire Le Liban”: 77 Voices for a Wounded Land

Culture, LiteratureMay 4, 20251KViews 2Likes 0Comments

Screenshot An Article by A. V. (750 words, 4 min. read) On April 26, 2025, ar Artliban - Calima in Beirut, a remarkably literary event took place: the signing of Dire Le Liban, a collective book born from pain, hope, and unshakable love for Lebanon. Published under the guidance of Nidal Haddad…

A Celebration of Art and Legacy: Mahmoud Amhaz at Dar Saab

The French Kiss: A Divine Mess of Lips, Souls, and a Dash of Microworld Exchanged.

Magic Carpet Ride

Art Should Be Beautiful: A Plea for Healing Through Beauty

Silent Impact: When Bullets Become Memory and Music

A Life in Every Stroke: Samir Tabet at 103: An Emotional Tribute To a Living Legend Through his Retrospective “D’hier et d’aujourd’hui”

“Je suis inculte!”: A Cry for Art That Belongs to Us

Viva la Vida & The Snail: Frida Kahlo and Henri Matisse’s Final Ode to Life

We Thirst for Creativity: Yet Another Faceless Exhibition

Among the Ghosts of Light: A Visit to Francesca Woodman at the Albertina

Harissa, A Sacred Sculpture of Sky, Sea, and Soul

“Dire Le Liban”: 77 Voices for a Wounded Land

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