Updated Saturday 26 September
Art in the Levant
Galleries, museums, exhibitions and artists across 4 countries, with the most in Beirut, Amman and Damascus. What is on now, what opens next, and what closes this week, with addresses and opening hours kept current.
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Opens Wednesday 30 SeptemberThis week
Openings and last days, Saturday 26 September to Friday 2 October
On view now
36 exhibitions in the Levant
Until 7 OctoberSolo exhibition
Unwelcome
Art Scene Gallery, Beirut
Art centre, until 3 October
Roots & Wings
Rebirth Beirut, Beirut
Solo, until 24 October
Midlife
Wadi 99 Art Gallery, Beirut
Solo, until 30 October
Itinéraire (رحلات مدن)
Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut
Solo, until 14 October
Beyti
Chaos Art Gallery, Beirut
Last chance
Closing in the next seven days
Cities
Where to see art, city by city
Beirut
Lebanon26 venues, 25 shows on view
Amman
Jordan3 venues, 3 shows on view
Damascus
Syria2 venues, 2 shows on view
Jal El Dib
Lebanon2 venues, 1 show on view
All galleries and museums
Beirut, Lebanon
Agial Art Gallery, Août Gallery, Art District - Gallery & Studio, Art on 56th, Art Scene Gallery, Beirut Art Center, Beit Beirut, Museum and Urban Cultural Center, Carré d'artistes Beirut, Chaos Art Gallery, Difaf Gallery, Galerie Cheriff Tabet, Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Galerie Tanit, Jacques Ouaiss Gallery, KAF Contemporary Art Gallery, Kalim Bechara Art Gallery, Marfa', Mark Hachem Gallery, Maya Art Space, Nuhad Es-Said Pavilion for Culture, Rebirth Beirut, Saleh Barakat Gallery, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Sursock Museum, Wadi 99 Art Gallery, Zico House
Jal El Dib, Lebanon
Ramallah, Palestine
Birzeit, Palestine
El Heri, Lebanon
Levantine artists
65 profiles with biography, CV and exhibitions
Adnan Charara
Lebanon
Alia Corm
Lebanon
Christine Ozeir
Lebanon
Claude Moufarège
Lebanon
Dima Srouji
Palestine
Dina Ali
Palestine
Lebanon (45)
Adeeb Farhat, Adnan Charara, Akram Zaatari, Alia Corm, Aref El Rayess, César Gemayel, Charbel Gergess, Christine Ozeir, Claude Moufarège, Dyala Khodary, Edgard Mazigi, Etel Adnan, Fady Chammas, Farrah Berrou, Gebran Tarazi, Georges Bassil, Ghada Jamal, Gilbert Halaby, Haibat Balaa Bawab, Haig Aivazian, Hoda Baalbaki, Imad Fakhry, Issa Halloum, Jamil Molaeb, Lama Mansour, Layla Dagher, Mansour El Habre, Marwan Rechmaoui, Mona Nahleh, Mounira Al Solh, Moustafa Farroukh, Nadine Sidani, Nevine Mattar, Nicole Mezher, Omar Onsi, Raffi Tokatlian, Roger Moukarzel, Sabine Karam, Sama Beydoun, Tamara Khodr, Walid Raad, Wissam Beydoun, Yasmina Hilal, Yasmina Nysten, Zena Assi
Palestine (12)
Adam Rouhana, Dima Srouji, Dina Ali, Eman Haram, Jawad Al Malhi, Khaled Hourani, Khaled Jarada, Khalil Raad, Khalil Rabah, Noor Abuarafeh, Tarik Kiswanson, Vera Tamari
Syria (6)
Khaled Al-Attar, Majed Sabouni, Mouneer Al Shaarani, Tarek Butayhi, Ziad Dalloul, Zouhair Dabbagh
Jordan (2)
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Questions
Where can I see art in the Levant?
artmena lists 23 galleries and 15 museums, foundations and art centres in the Levant, in Beirut, Amman, Damascus and Jal El Dib, with their addresses, opening hours and current exhibitions.
What art exhibitions are on in the Levant now?
36 exhibitions are on view now, including This is Lebanon, Unwelcome and Roots & Wings. 7 more open in the next 30 days.
Who are some Levantine artists to know?
artmena profiles 65 artists from the Levant, among them Adam Rouhana, Adeeb Farhat, Adnan Charara and Akram Zaatari, each with a biography, CV and exhibitions.