BEIRUT ART FAIR is proud to announce the first wave of participating galleries for its 10-year anniversary edition, taking place September 18/22 at the Seaside Arena in the Lebanese capital. The Fair commits to its role of international cultural incubator, in the perspective of discovering emerging artists and rediscovering historical ones. This first selection includes 30 distinguished Lebanese and…
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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)…
The Battle of Good And Bad!
I remember having an argument with a friend whether art should only represent something beautiful, glorifying, love spreading … etc or represent reality’s all aspects including it’s ugly side. She strongly believes artists should give positive vibes and even if they want to cascade voilence, it should be easied and less-evocative. I totally disagree! During…
The “Loud & Silent” Contradiction of Reality by Mohammad Rawas
Known for his notorious, loud and expressive artworks, Lebanese artist Mohammad Rawas showed his latest project “The Loud Majority / The Silent Minority” at Beirut Art Fair July 2012. “The Loud Majority / The Silent Minority” is a two plywood panel artworks, each is 130.00 X 120.00 X 4.00 where the artist used Oil, Acrylic, Aluminum,…
Al Mahha Art 