Explore and learn more about the work and techniques of ceramicist Samir Müller with art historian Gaby Maamary.
Talk
Looking through the Archives
A Talk by Richard A. Chahine
Saturday 26 May
16:00 to 16:30 | Library, Level -1
16:30 to 18:00 | Auditorium, Level -2
In this talk, Richard A. Chahine will present his archive, which he generously donated to the Museum in 2015. The archive includes materials that document over 400 artists in Lebanon as well as extensive research on regional cultural heritage.
Film Program
Locarno in Beirut: Saya Zamurai
In partnership with the Embassy of Switzerland in Lebanon and Metropolis Cinema | With the support of UBS
Friday 25 May, 20:30 to 22:15
Part of the Locarno in Beirut: Celebrating 70 Years of Locarno Festival, taking place between Wednesday 23 May and Monday 28 May.
Film Program
Locarno in Beirut: Germany Year Zero
In partnership with the Embassy of Switzerland in Lebanon and Metropolis Cinema | With the support of UBS
Thursday 24 May, 20:30 to 22:00
Part of the Locarno in Beirut: Celebrating 70 Years of Locarno Festival, taking place between Wednesday 23 May and Monday 28 May.
Film Program
Opening Night of Locarno in Beirut: Killer's Kiss
In partnership with the Embassy of Switzerland in Lebanon and Metropolis Cinema | With the support of UBS
Wednesday 23 May, 19:00 to 22:00
Please join us for the opening night of Locarno in Beirut: Celebrating 70 Years of Locarno Festival, taking place between Wednesday 23 May and Monday 28 May.
Talk
On Mohammad El Rawas’ “The Library”
Antoine Boulad in conversation with Nazik Saba Yared
Organized by ASSABIL
Thursday 17 May, 18:00 to 20:00
To support the activities of ASSABIL and public libraries in Lebanon, the artwork The Library (1999), donated by Mohammad El Rawas, will be used to raise funds for the association. To mark the fundraiser, a conversation between author Nazik Saba Yared and poet Antoine Boulad will take place at the Sursock Museum.
Talk
ARP Talks: Walter Benn Michaels and Jennifer Ashton
A presentation of nonsite.org
In partnership with ARP–ALBA-University of Balamand
Friday 11 May, 16:00 to 18:00
nonsite.org emerges in part out of interest in a set of theoretical topics – the ontology of the work of art, the question of intentionality, the ongoing appeal of different and sometimes competing materialisms – and in part out of opposition to the dominant accounts of those topics.
Talk
ARP Talks: Walter Benn Michaels
We Never Do More than Move Our Bodies; Touch Over Vision
In partnership with ARP–ALBA-University of Balamand
Thursday 10 May, 19:00 to 20:30
There’s a difference between what a painter tries to make you see and the brush marks with which he or she tries to make you see it. This talk will be about a moment where the movement of the painter’s hand comes to seem crucial, but also where the question of what exactly moving your hand is becomes controversial.
Led by Clémence Cottard Hachem, this tour will delve into Cy Twombly’s photographic practice and techniques.
Join us for the screening of Roy Samaha's Landscape at Noon (2014-16). Following the screening, there will be a discussion with the filmmaker.