Public programs

Join us for the launch of the publication Modern Art in the Arab World: Primary Documents (2018), edited by Anneka Lenssen, Sarah Rogers, and Nada Shabout.

This four-part workshop led by Joseph Kai accentuates the importance of criticism, critical thinking, and press illustration in the field of journalism and politics in the social/cultural landscape.

In this workshop, kids will work together to analyze, interpret, and express a reaction to newspapers' content visually.

In this talk, artist Marwan Rechmaoui discusses his most recent work, Blazon (2015).

The Sursock Museum is taking part in La Nuit des Musées, a city-wide event where museums open their doors late into the night. The Museum will be open until midnight.

Join us for a conversation between artist Karine Wehbé, Waddah Charara, and Frank Darwiche. The discussion runs in parallel to Karine Wehbé’s exhibition Capturing the Ephemeral, organized by Beirut Art Residency (BAR).

In this workshop, kids will experiment with shadows to learn more about light and photography.

To mark the launch of the catalogue for the project I can call this progress to halt, there will be a reading by Jalal Toufic, followed by a screening of works by Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri, Michelle Dizon, and Christine Rebet.

Challat of Tunis is a documentary/mockumentary that revisits the legend surrounding Challat, a moped rider who prowled the streets of Tunis in 2003, razorblade in hand, slashing the buttocks of women.

Join us for a panel discussion that explores how urbanism can be done sonically, and how this method resonates within Beirut.