The Running Horse Gallery’s latest offering is a thought-provoking collection of paintings by emerging young Iranian artists. Although it is the explicit images that surprise – especially since the show first appeared in Tehran – this confident palette of works defies easy, orientalist clichés about sexual repression in the Islamic Republic.
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Saturday’s Beirut Groove Collective night at the Hammana Park provided an unfamiliar sound pumping from the speakers – not Techno, not House, but sweet Soul Music; a rare groove on Lebanon’s dance-dominated scene.
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A different cook – Christian or Muslim – from a different region serves up traditional food at Tawlet in Beirut, Lebanon, reflecting the tiny country's rich diversity.
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Director Jocelyne Saab’s bold, beautifully shot film was inspired by Beirut’s current crown as “Book Capital.” Starring local literary figures including Jalal Khoury and Joumana Haddad, this work aims to bewitch, more than inform, its audience. Saab’s previous works include Dunia and Beirut Jamais Plus.
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All manner of creative talent was on show at talk20 Beirut’s fourth edition, which was punctuated by performances from some of the freshest musical acts the city has to offer.
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An unruly mob of wanderers, Arab or western, religious, imperial or curious, have crisscrossed Lebanon for four millennia, adding to the cacophony of voices and conflicting visions that arise from within its borders. NOW Lebanon reviews Lebanon Through Writers’ Eyes, a fascinating anthology that illuminates the country’s complex history.
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Owls, camels and colorful graffiti tags have colonized the concrete jungle of Beirut’s suburbs in the past few years. Art Lounge’s latest exhibition, “Street Art: Pop Art” celebrates Beirut’s street artists.
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After seven years, Elia Suleiman has come forth with a third film to form a loose trilogy alongside “Chronicle of a Disappearance” and “Divine Intervention”. A tribute to his family and homeland, the semi-autobiography examines the life and struggles of Israeli Arabs.
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Beirut Art Center’s twin exhibitions need to be perceived as much as seen. NOW puts its thinking cap on and explores the works and ideas in these complex shows by Emily Jacir and Walid Sadek, which are otherwise related only by location.
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Beirut bristles with photographers, whether amateur enthusiasts, artistic types or photojournalists. But they have no critical space in which to show and discuss their work. Photo Forum Beirut, which launched this week, aims to change all that.
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Vitrine reflects on Beirut’s past and collective memory through the eyes of two mannequins in the window of a closed boutique, brought to life by two of Lebanon’s most gifted actresses, Julia Kassar and Aida Sabra.
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Charles Chahwan’s latest pop art exhibition, now showing at the Agial Art Gallery in Hamra, takes a novel approach: glamorizing war to oppose it.
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Sfeir-Semler gallery’s latest show is a conceptual questioning of the idea of the “white cube” space.
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Beirut Art Center’s latest exhibition America turns a critical eye on the American ideal and shows some top international artists here for the first time.
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This year’s Beirut International Film Festival opened last night, promising a strong line up and in the presence of one of cinema’s all-time greats – Francis Ford Coppola, who introduced his art-house movie “Tetro.”
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