Before Chafa Ghaddar paints on surfaces, she listens to what they remember, what they conceal, and what they choose to let go of.
A decade ago, a 15-day trip via the Rovos Rail from Dar es Salaam to Cape Town reshaped AbdulRahman Al Khelaifi’s relationship with art. It planted the seeds for what would become ARAK Collection…
Across four decades, Juliana Seraphim built a visual universe where women, nature, and the ethereal flowed into one another with intuitive ease.
In a Lebanon defined by fragility and resilience in equal measure, the act of protecting culture is one of resistance. Few understand this better than Youmna Ziadé Karam, who brings her multidisciplinary experience in law, banking, and heritage advocacy to the Nuhad Es-Said Pavilion for Culture – where she represents the National Heritage Foundation in the Pavilion’s Committee.
GHAZI BAKER | Constructing chaos
In “Unfolding Realities”, a joint exhibition between Amman’s Khuzamah Abujoudeh Gallery and Beirut’s Galerie Tanit, curator Randa Sadaka brings together Tamara Haddad and Ghassan Zard, two artists whose visual languages diverge yet meet through a shared sensitivity to perception, space, and emotion.
To step into Anas Albraehe’s studio is to enter a space where instinct and introspection move together.
In 2014, Artscoops began as Raya Mamarbachi’s answer to a simple gap: access. In a regional market still anchored in physical spaces, she imagined a digital platform where new collectors could find their footing and artists could reach audiences far beyond their immediate circles.
GHAZI BAKER | Constructing chaos
For Chant Avedissian, art was always an act of resistance. “I do not do art,” he once declared. “I do fighting against influences.”