This is Beirut - Exhibition

“Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style”, Buckingham Palace to Showcase the Fashion Legacy of a Reign

This is Beirut, 04/11 17:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Exhibition Fashion Queen Elizabeth II Buckingham Palace Britain Culture

Buckingham Palace will next year host an unprecedented exhibition highlighting the fashion legacy left by the late Queen Elizabeth II during her 70-year reign. "The wardrobe of her late majesty is a snapshot of a very long life, a life of duty, and in so many ways it's a time capsule," said UK designer Erdem Moralioglu. "It captures a very ...

10 Years of Aïshti Foundation

Lea Mehanna, 31/10 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute

Lebanon Culture Arts Beirut Paintings Exhibition

This is Arts steps into the opening of Flesh Flowers, an exhibition celebrating 10 years of the Aïshti Foundation, co-curated by Massimiliano Gioni and Roberta Tenconi. A powerful show bringing together over seventy female artists from around the world, exploring the dialogue between the body, identity, and painting. Featuring special interviews ...

Monet’s Venetian Masterpieces Shine Bright at Brooklyn Museum

This is Beirut, 11/10 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Exhibition Monet Brooklyn Painting Culture Art

Claude Monet did not want to travel to Venice in 1908—at the time, he was 68 and working on his famed Water Lilies paintings, and only reluctantly agreed to accompany his wife Alice Hoschede. But his time spent there became one of his most prolific, resulting in 37 paintings, many of which are being put on display at an exhibit opening Saturday ...

‘Entre Terre et Mer:’ Irène Ghanem at the Edge of the World

Bélinda Ibrahim, 07/10 10:30 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

Irène Ghanem Exhibition Mark Hachem Paintings Culture Lebanon

In the vibrant arena of contemporary Lebanese painting, few artists carry color as both a sharp wound and an act of faith. Born in Beirut in 1970, Irène Ghanem embodies a generation that has seen light emerge from chaos, enduring war, exile and then rebirth, never losing sight of the need to invent a personal visual language. Just hours before ...

Ivory Coast Launches Major Art Space in Historic Coastal Town

This is Beirut, 27/09 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Art Exhibition Heritage Ivory Coast Culture

A new contemporary art museum has opened in Ivory Coast's UNESCO-listed beachside town of Grand-Bassam in a building that is a remnant of its colonial past. Twenty-eight artists from nine African countries feature in the inaugural exhibition of paintings, sculpture, photography and design at La Maison de l'art (The House of Art). The former post ...

Pop Art Brings Royal Tradition to Life in Luxembourg

This is Beirut, 26/09 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Luxembourg Exhibition Culture Pop Art Tradition Art

As Luxembourg awaits the coronation of a new Grand Duke, local artist Jacques Schneider is planning to jazz up the occasion with a splash of pop art. A set of new "monarchical" paintings are among the works on show at a retrospective on Schneider's 20 years in the art industry that opened on Thursday in Berchem, a small town in the south of the ...

Ghada Zoghbi’s 'Between Dust and Dawn' Journey at Galerie Janine Rubeiz

This is Beirut, 13/09 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Exhibition Beirut Ghada Zoghbi Galerie Janine Rubeiz Culture Art

In her most recent exhibition Wild Mindscapes (2024), Ghada Zoghbi invited us to contemplate the poetic relationship between humanity and the earth—particularly through the lens of stones of ancient Earth, landscapes formed by nature or human hands, as Hanibal Srouji states. In this new body of work, Zoghbi succeeds in offering a more intimate ...

'Fables Immersives': La Fontaine Like You’ve Never Seen Him Before

Bélinda Ibrahim, 30/08 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

La Fontaine Exhibition Immersive Paris Culture

As immersive exhibitions continue to captivate ever-growing audiences, Cités Immersives is set to make a major splash this cultural season. Following its success in Rouen with Viking, the company presents a new experience in a 1,000-square-meter venue just steps from the Champs-Élysées, dedicated to the world of Jean de La Fontaine. Living ...

'Euphoria, Art Is in the Air': Inflatable Artworks Fill the Grand Palais with Emotion

Marie-Christine Tayah, 28/08 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Exhibition Paris Grand Palais Art Culture France

The Grand Palais is no stranger to reinvention, but this summer it’s lighter, brighter, and more buoyant than ever. The Balloon Museum, led by curator Valentino Catricalà, returns to Paris after the 2022 hit “Pop Air” with a new immersive exhibition: Euphoria, Art Is in the Air. Spanning more than 40,000 square feet, the space is ...

Agnès Varda’s Paris: Intimacy, Poetry, and Eternal Street Life

Marie-Christine Tayah, 21/08 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Exhibition Paris Agnès Varda Culture Art Cinema

Paris’s backdrop transformed into a mirror, a playground, and a living studio for Agnès Varda, where life and art were inseparable. The exhibition Le Paris d’Agnès Varda, de-ci, de-là reveals Varda as a photographer, far from the film set yet already shaped by the eye that made her one of cinema’s boldest pioneers. At the heart of this ...

When Fashion Moves: Style, Sport, and Freedom in Motion at the Palais Galliera

Marie-Christine Tayah, 15/08 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Fashion Palais Galliera Paris Culture Art Exhibition

From the 18th century to today’s sneakers, the Palais Galliera throws open its doors to a choreography of fabrics and bodies in motion. The exhibition La Mode en mouvement #3 sweeps visitors into an unlikely ballet where garments follow the gesture, the freedom, and the breath of sport—this edition with a distinctive focus on winter ...

‘In Women’s Words:’ The Unheard Voices of Iranian Art

Marie-Christine Tayah, 13/08 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Women Iran Exhibition Culture Art Freedom

In the hushed galleries of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA), colors, forms and textures speak with a force that eclipses any speech or manifesto. The exhibition In Women’s Words is more than an artistic retrospective – it is a collective voice that defies decades of silence, bringing to light stories that could not always be ...

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