Lea Mehanna, 22/11 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon Culture Arts Painting Sculpture
Discover how this architect-turned-artist brings new life to the Phoenician alphabet, turning letters into form and memory into sculpture, alongside her public project ‘’On the Other Side of Time’’. The installation draws on Dante’s‘’Divine Comedy’’ tracing Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, and reflecting on humanity’s journey ...
This is Beirut, 20/10 16:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Florence Paris Arts Culture Sculpture
Lebanese painter and sculptor Nicole Sarkis is taking part in the Florence Biennale 2025, an international celebration of contemporary art and design. This year’s edition is centered around the theme “The Sublime Essence of Light and Darkness: Concepts of Dualism and Unity in Contemporary Art and Design,” a reflection on how contrasting ...
This is Beirut, 02/10 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Picasso Paris Museum Art Culture Sculpture
A park featuring Picasso sculptures is to open to the public in central Paris in 2030, with free entry, the head of the city's Picasso Museum told AFP on Sunday. The garden, about the area of two Olympic-size swimming pools, will be an extension to the museum and will contain a dozen bronze sculptures by Pablo Picasso, the official, Cecile Debray, ...
This is Beirut, 23/06 16:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Sculpture Arnaldo Pomodoro Death Arts Italy Culture
Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro, renowned for his huge bronze spheres, died at the weekend, a day before his 99th birthday, his foundation said on Monday. Born in the northern region of Emilia-Romagna on June 23, 1926, Pomodoro began investigating solid geometric forms in the early 1960s. He created monumental spheres, cones, columns and ...
This is Beirut, 17/06 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Netherlands Art Sculpture Artus Quellinus Retrospective
Imposing but delicate marble sculptures of Graeco-Roman-style figures grace the vaulted corridors of a huge palace. But this isn't Florence or Rome. This is Amsterdam. As part of celebrations to mark 750 years since the founding of the Dutch capital, the city is unveiling from Wednesday an exhibition dedicated to Artus Quellinus, the 17th century ...
This is Beirut, 17/06 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Switzerland Art Basel Painting Sculpture Art Culture
The Art Basel fair will open its doors to the public on Thursday, after two and a half days reserved for collectors. The event will serve as a barometer for the contemporary art market, which has cooled in recent months due to economic and geopolitical uncertainties. Even before the fair officially kicked off, big numbers were already ...
This is Beirut, 10/06 12:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Rodin Sculpture Art Culture Despair France
The owners thought the sculpture perched for years on the corner of a piano was a Rodin copy, but after being declared as the real thing, the small marble figure has now sold for one million dollars at auction, organizers said Monday. Described as an "extremely rare" find by auction organizer Aymeric Rouillac, the figure was in fact an 1892 work, ...
This is Beirut, 14/01 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Culture Sculpture China Art
Serenity and calm are not typically the first words that come to mind when describing Donald Trump. Yet, in a Chinese artisan's workshop, the former U.S. president sits cross-legged in a divine meditation pose. This porcelain version of the Republican billionaire, transformed into a Buddha, is the work of designer and sculptor Hong Jinshi. These ...
Marie-Christine Tayah, 2024-12-28 18:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Culture Art France Sculpture Artist Museum
A collaborator and muse of sculptor Auguste Rodin, as well as the sister of poet, writer and diplomat Paul Claudel, Camille Claudel made her mark on the Art Nouveau movement with a style that blended realism and impressionism. Her life was later brought to light in the book A Woman, Camille Claudel by Anne Delbée and the film Camille Claudel, ...