Zefta Art House invites artists and visitors to encounter South Lebanon with curiosity, rather than a fixed idea of what it represents.

In “Echoes of Existence”, Gilbert Halaby’s childhood landscapes meet Enzo Cucchi’s Italian language, the work of Lebanese modern masters, and the forests themselves.

“Don’t Get Me Wrong” proves an apt title for Nabil Nahas’s Venice Biennale installation. In our conversation with Nahas and curator Nada Ghandour, every attempt to locate a definitive beginning, ending, influence, or interpretation seems to open onto another possibility.

In this conversation, Katia Nounou Boueiz, Chairman of Sotheby’s Middle East, reflects on a market looking past momentum towards context, stewardship, and cultural responsibility – and at that, works with the depth to endure across generations.

Since it was established in 2009 as a non-commercial space for contemporary art, Beirut Art Center (BAC) has resisted reductive narratives of what it does, what it means, and how it keeps going.

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.