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Spotlight: Q and A with Chucrallah Fattouh

SpotlightJune 30, 20251KViews 19Likes 0Comments

Q and A with Chucrallah Fattouh (432 words 2 min. read ) 1. When the world around you turns dark, politically or emotionally, do you retreat into art as refuge, resistance, or rebirth? After every dark moment, a new part of me gets reborn, as if we are shaped by the painful stories we…

Spotlight: Q and A with David Hovan

SpotlightJune 29, 20252KViews 20Likes 0Comments

Q and A with David Hovan (685 words 4 min. read ) 1. Your background in art spans between acting, directing, film making, as well as painting. How do you see that all of these are connected somehow, and does that reflect in your art? Absolutely. For me, they're all manifestations of…

The Quiet Lens of Vivian Maier and the Silent Art of Seeing

Culture, PhotographyJune 27, 20256KViews 11Likes 0Comments

An Article by Our Chicago Correspondant B.A. (630 words, 3 min. read) She lived in shadows, walked through cities like a ghost, and captured beauty without saying a word. Vivian Maier—nanny by profession, street photographer by secret passion—created one of the most extraordinary bodies of photographic work in the 20th century. Yet, she…

“Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, Pontus Hultén” at the Grand Palais, An Explosion of Color Under Glass

Art, Art World, CultureJune 27, 20252KViews 9Likes 0Comments

An Article by Our French Correspondent L.D. (694 words, 4 min. read) As I stepped into the newly reopened Grand Palais, I felt as though I were entering a sanctuary made of light. The vast glass nave (restored to its full splendor) bathed everything in a gentle, almost holy glow. But there was nothing quiet…

Is It Right to Splash Paint on Art to Save the Planet?

Art, Art World, CultureJune 26, 20253KViews 11Likes 0Comments

An Article by Our London Correspondant F. A. (584 words, 3 min. read) What Has Art Done to Deserve This? In recent years, some climate activists have turned museums into arenas of disruption; splattering paint, throwing soup, and gluing themselves to masterpieces. A recent example occurred at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, where…

Spotlight: Q and A with Magali Katra

SpotlightJune 24, 20252KViews 14Likes 0Comments

Q and A with Magali Katra (717 words 4 min. read ) 1. Your figures are incredibly delicate, and very much refined. What draws you to this subtle, precise way of painting the human form? The human form is a language I constantly reinterpret—not in its literal shape, but through how it moves,…

STRATA by Wissam Melhem, The Sculptures That Speak in Layers

ArtJune 21, 2025923Views 2Likes 0Comments

An Article by A.M. (632 words, 4 min. read) Wissam Melhem’s new exhibition STRATA, now showing at Kaf Art Gallery, Achrafieh, opened on June 18, 2025 and feels like stepping into someone’s mind, layer by layer. The show, made up mostly of sculptures, is all about how we build our inner world through…

When Painting as Process and Poetry as Echo, Frédéric Husseini’s Outlook at Rebirth Beirut

ArtJune 21, 20252KViews 4Likes 0Comments

An Article by A.M. (674 words, 4 min. read) Paintings by Frédéric Husseini / Poems by Noël Fattal / Voice by Rita Husseini. Exhibition opened June 20, at Rebirth Beirut. Art does not always begin with answers. Sometimes, it starts with a question, a rhythm, or a silent exchange. In Outlook / Look Out, the…

A Celebration of Fatherhood Through Art At the Musée d’Art Moderne, Matisse Draws His Daughter Into Eternity

Art, Art World, CultureJune 17, 20252KViews 8Likes 0Comments

An Article by Our French Correspondent L.D. (531 words, 3 min. read) As Father’s Day casts its gentle light across Paris and the world this week, a beautiful exhibition at the Musée d’Art Moderne invites us to discover the most touching father-daughter relationships in the history of art. Stepping into the exhibition: Matisse…

Wandering Through Emotion: Claude Saba’s “As We Wander” at Multaqa Beirut

Art, Art World, CultureJune 17, 20253KViews 10Likes 0Comments

An Article by C. N. (560 words, 3 min. read) Stepping into Claude Saba’s solo exhibition As We Wander, currently on view at Multaqa Beirut since June 10, is like stepping into the shifting tide of an artist in transformation. There is a palpable sense of change in the air: in the strokes, the…

A Personal Journey Through Edgard Munch’s Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery of London

Art, Art World, CultureJune 17, 20253KViews 10Likes 0Comments

An Article by Our London Correspondant F. A. (1121 words, 6 min. read) The first thing I saw when I entered the National Portrait Gallery in London was Edvard Munch watching me. His self-portrait from 1882–83 just waits for visitors. Painted when he was just nineteen, it does not yet carry the agony we…

A Naïve Dreamworld: Yolande Naufal at Chaos Art Gallery

Art, Art World, CultureJune 16, 20253KViews 9Likes 0Comments

An Article by C. N. (602 words, 3 min. read) There are exhibitions that speak to the intellect. Others that shout in rebellion. But some—like the one currently unfolding at Chaos Art Gallery—choose to whisper gently to the soul. On June 12, the gallery opened a rare and touching solo exhibition of works by…

Spotlight: Q and A with Chucrallah Fattouh

Spotlight: Q and A with David Hovan

The Quiet Lens of Vivian Maier and the Silent Art of Seeing

“Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, Pontus Hultén” at the Grand Palais, An Explosion of Color Under Glass

Is It Right to Splash Paint on Art to Save the Planet?

Spotlight: Q and A with Magali Katra

STRATA by Wissam Melhem, The Sculptures That Speak in Layers

When Painting as Process and Poetry as Echo, Frédéric Husseini’s Outlook at Rebirth Beirut

A Celebration of Fatherhood Through Art At the Musée d’Art Moderne, Matisse Draws His Daughter Into Eternity

Wandering Through Emotion: Claude Saba’s “As We Wander” at Multaqa Beirut

A Personal Journey Through Edgard Munch’s Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery of London

A Naïve Dreamworld: Yolande Naufal at Chaos Art Gallery

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