Past Public Programs

Explore and learn more about the work and techniques of ceramicist Samir Müller with art historian Gaby Maamary.

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.

Part of the Locarno in Beirut: Celebrating 70 Years of Locarno Festival, taking place between Wednesday 23 May and Monday 28 May.

Part of the Locarno in Beirut: Celebrating 70 Years of Locarno Festival, taking place between Wednesday 23 May and Monday 28 May.

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.

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.

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.

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 one of the Sursock Museum's docents, this tour guides you through the Sursock Museum’s new permanent collection display, giving insights into its history and highlighting key works on display.

Led by Clémence Cottard Hachem, this tour will delve into Cy Twombly’s photographic practice and techniques.