Mark Your Calendar for September

Summer vacation is almost over, that only means one GOOD thing, art season is back! Al Mahha Art Blog put together events and activities to mark your calendar for September and prepare your trips & plans to events in or close to your city! Chairs from the middle east are taking over Budabist, a fun…

Five Continents in One City… Beirut!

The countdown of Beirut Art Fair (BAF) has started and I get to share with you all – before anyone else – the final participants in the boutique fair; presenting 47 galleries from five continents! All the works on display attest as to the effervescence of contemporary artistic creation in the ME.NA.SA region. This diversity…

Pascal Odille: Beirut Art Fair Is All About Identity!

In the middle of all the choas we are witnessing in our region for the past short while, adding to it an overall disappointment, come ART as lets say party crasher, breaks the heavy routine and bring out some beauty and even our pain in creative interactive sometimes sarcastic colors & shapes. Beirut Art Fair (BAF)…

إحتلال الفراغ

بقلم: ألينا عامر لوكانت المدينة كائناً حياً بابنيتها وشوارعها، ازدحامها وهدوئها،مظاهر الحياة التي تغلي فيها وسكانها الاصليين ولللاجئين، الفقر والجوع والاستبداد والقهر الذي تشهده… ترى ماهي الطريقة التي ستختارها للتعبير عن مكنوناتها؟! هم فنانون وهاوون مجهولو الهوية يتغلغلون في النسيج العمراني للمدينة ليس بهدف تجميلها بالمعنى المتعارف عليه انما ليعبروا عن افكارٍ محظورةٍ ليس من…