This is Beirut, 2024-10-14 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Raina Kabaivanska, one of the greatest sopranos of her generation and arguably the finest Tosca after Maria Callas, remains a formidable force in opera at 89. Although it has been a decade since her last stage performance, her influence endures through the young stars she mentors at her annual masterclass in Sofia. "When my career ended, I felt a ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-10 11:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Impressionist movement, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is preparing to host a retrospective titled “Vive l'impressionnisme!” (“Long Live Impressionism!”) This exhibition will showcase nearly a hundred works by great masters such as Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Paul Cézanne, offering ...
2023-12-17 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
This week, a Greek art institution, the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens (EMST), embarked on an avant-garde project, dedicating its space exclusively to female artists. The groundbreaking exhibition titled "What if women ruled the world?" represents a significant shift in the museum's curatorial approach. Katerina Gregos, the ...
2023-12-04 13:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
From November 30 to December 30, 2023, the Jeanine Rubeiz Gallery celebrates 30 years of artistic perseverance in a festive and welcoming atmosphere. The event features 30 artists who have had solo exhibitions at the gallery over the past three decades. These diverse talents are showcasing small-format works (in homage to the number 30) as a ...
Alain E. Andrea, 2023-12-02 11:25 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
On November 26, the curtain was dropped on the fifth fall season of the Musicales du Liban in Paris, a highly colorful performance by the Sedecim quartet. The concert was a musical tour-de-force worthy of the highest eulogy. Under the languid sunset of humanity, the quarter-jack played, forlorn, his sinister lamento. The bells of this loyal ...