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Five Fascinating Things to Know About Expo 2025 Osaka

This is Beirut, 14/04 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Osaka Japan Expo 2025 Exhibition Art Culture

A multi-eyed mascot, a vast wooden Grand Ring, 160 countries and regions strutting their stuff, and robots and sushi galore: Expo 2025 began on Sunday in Osaka, Japan. The World Expo is held every five years in different global locations. Here are five things to know about this event, which runs until mid-October. Grand Ring Encircling dozens of ...

Edwardian Glamour and Royal Splendor at Buckingham Palace

This is Beirut, 11/04 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Museum Exhibition Art Culture Buckingham Palace

Elegance, opulence, and hedonism—an exceptional exhibition in London retraces the Edwardian era before World War I through the lives of Queen Alexandra and King Edward VII, during a time of great transformation. The exhibition, The Edwardians: Age of Elegance, opens Friday at Buckingham Palace and runs through November 23. It brings together ...

The National Gallery Invites One Lucky Overnight Guest

This is Beirut, 08/04 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

National Gallery UK Exhibition Museum Art Culture

A lucky visitor will soon become the first ever to sleep overnight at Britain's National Gallery, after the 200-year-old museum launched a competition on Monday to mark the reopening of a wing housing celebrated European paintings. When the Sainsbury Wing reopens after a two-year refurbishment on May 10, the overnight guest — to be picked at ...

David Hockney Celebrated in Monumental Paris Louis Vuitton Retrospective

This is Beirut, 08/04 14:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Exhibition Art Culture David Hockney Paris Louis Vuitton

Increasingly frail but with undimmed passion, Britain's David Hockney has put aside his health worries to shape what he describes as the biggest exhibition of his vast career. With around 400 works assembled over four floors, the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris has put on a stunning tribute to one of the world's best-selling living ...

From Theft to Restoration: Shakespeare’s First Folio’s Journey Back to Durham

This is Beirut, 04/04 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Britain Literature Crime Shakespeare Exhibition Culture

The Shakespeare First Folio edition stolen from Durham University's Cosin's Library in 1998 is one of only 235 known to survive, and is valued at more than £1 million ($1.3 million). The First Folio, published in 1623, was the first collection of Shakespeare's plays and each version is unique. It is considered to be one of the most important ...

Frick Collection Returns After $330 Million Renovation

This is Beirut, 27/03 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Art Exhibition NYC Culture Heritage

New York's storied Frick Collection will reopen its doors on April 17 after five years closed to the public for a major renovation, which curators hope will future-proof the collection of former coal and steel magnate Henry Clay Frick. "The Frick is back!" proclaimed Axel Rüger, director of the museum – a 20th-century mansion filled with ...

UK Artist Grayson Perry Indulges Playful Side in New Show

This is Beirut, 26/03 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

United Kingdom Exhibition Show Art Culture

It was a radical idea: give UK artist Grayson Perry, known for his cross-dressing and flamboyant, colorful art, carte blanche to create new works inspired by one of the world's finest collections of decorative arts. The result, which is going on show at London's Wallace Collection museum, is surprising, as well as full of mischief and fun. "I ...

Avignon Celebrates Its Theater Festival With a New Permanent Exhibit

This is Beirut, 25/03 13:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Festival Avignon Culture Exhibition Theater Art

A permanent exhibit dedicated to the history of the Avignon Festival, one of the world’s leading theater events, will open on July 5 at the Maison Jean Vilar, a space already devoted to the work of the festival’s founder. “I’ve been hoping for this project for thirty years,” said Antoine de Baecque, the exhibit’s curator, during a ...

“Snoopy in Style”: A 75-Year Journey from Comic Icon to Fashion Legend

This is Beirut, 23/03 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

New York Art Exhibition Culture

A new exhibition, Snoopy in Style, opened on March 22 in Paris, highlighting the emergence of Snoopy as a fashion icon. The beloved black-and-white beagle, known for his role in Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip, has been embraced by a wide range of designers, from streetwear brands to high-fashion couture houses. Hosted at the Hôtel du ...

Elie Rizkallah Explores Architectural Memory Through Reminiscence

Marie-Christine Tayah, 20/03 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Exhibition Art Culture Painting

Through this exhibition, Elie Rizkallah offers an artistic reinterpretation of 1960s Lebanese architecture. Now based in Paris, the artist draws inspiration from the streets of Beirut, where each building tells a story—a narrative woven between memory and disappearance. He shares his thoughts with This Is Beirut. The idea for this exhibition ...

'Shams' Exhibition at Sursock Museum: A Ray of Hope from Lebanon

This is Beirut, 12/03 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Exhibition Photography Italy Beirut Culture Sursock Museum

The Sursock Museum in Beirut is currently hosting the photographic exhibition Shams (Sun), a journey through images created by the Italian photojournalist Marco Palombi. Through his shots, the viewer will be taken into the classrooms and schoolyards of Lebanese institutions that benefit from Italian Cooperation interventions. The exhibition is ...

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