Public programs

Join us for an evening of presentations by Beirut Art Residency’s (BAR) current artists-in-residence: Jerzy Goliszewski (Poland), Magdalena Kovarik (Austria), and Manolis Manousakis (Greece).

Join us for the launch of Al-Fan el Arabi el Hadtih: Zuhour el Lawha by Charbel Dagher. To mark the launch, the author will be in conversation with Paul Tabar.

In this program, Yasmine Chemali presents a reading of a photo album that contains 75 photographs of people from or close to the circle of the Quakers, a religious society living in Brummana.

Join us for an evening with artist Jamil Molaeb. The evening’s program consists of a chamber music concert with Ribal Molaeb and Tanja Sonc, followed by a screening of An Artist From Lebanon: Jamil Molaeb, directed by Bahij Hojeij, and a conversation between Jamil Molaeb and Maha Sultan.

Join curator Yasmine Chemali for a tour of La Fabrique des illusions : Collection Fouad Debbas et commentaires contemporains.

Join us for a concert with the Antonine University Classical Arabic Music Ensemble under the direction of Nidaa Abou Mrad.

Led by Elsy Hajjar, kids will be guided through creating a shadow sculpture inspired by the work of artist Mac Adams. 

To mark the launch of Seta Manoukian: Painting in Levitation, join us for a conversation between Seta Manoukian, Gregory Buchakjian, and Kristine Khouri, moderated by Saleh Baraket at 18:30, followed by the book signing at the Sursock Museum Store.

Clémence Cottard Hachem presents a reading of a photo album produced in Beirut at the end of the 19th century: Jean-Baptiste Charlier-Béziès, Souvenirs d’Orient, circa 1875, TFDC_133.  

This screening is programmed in conjunction with a film workshop and roundtable discussions at the Center for Arts and Humanities (CAH) at the American University of Beirut (AUB), 27-29 February 2019.