Public programs

Join us for an artist talk by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige on their recent work, followed by a book signing of their new publication The Rumors of the World: Rethinking Trust in the Age of the Internet.
 

This interactive family workshop focuses on the techniques of making a derbakke, including cutting and stitching drums.

In conjunction with the exhibition The Fall, artist Daniele Genadry speaks about the themes and processes behind her work.

Directed by Fadi Yeni Turk, Monumentum (2015) is an attempt to reflect on the silent monuments encroaching on public spaces, scrutinizing their role as markers of an ever-changing political scenography.

Take a tour of the Sursock Museum’s collection with Head of Collections Yasmine Chemali.

Take a tour of the Sursock Museum’s collection with Head of Collections Yasmine Chemali.

Language games, urban disjunction, and a very personal reading of Lebanese action films. A lecture by Vartan Avakian. 

Through urban studies, design, and sociology, this panel looks at how different identities are visibly negotiated in and around public spaces in Beirut, shaping the urban fabric of the city.

The films presented here tell stories of the city, by saying everything, or nothing at all. Curated by Roy Dib.

This talk by Yasmine Chemali and Clémence Cottard-Hachem traces the history of The Fouad Debbas Collection, focusing on key works in the collection, and on its relevance to the study of photographic history in the Levant.