Shared Grounds

Shared Grounds is the annual summer group exhibition at Art on 56th in Gemmayzeh, Beirut, bringing together thirteen artists from 6 August to 26 September 2026. It opened with a reception on 6 August.

The works span painting, drawing, sculpture and mixed media. The curatorial text opens: "In times of uncertainty, what sustains us is often the ground we share: our collective memories, experiences, aspirations, and capacity to endure." The artists' practices, it continues, "reflect on themes of identity, belonging, landscape, memory, and human connection". Rather than focusing on division, the exhibition "considers the spaces where connections emerge", and the works "speak to resilience not only as a response to challenge, but as a continued commitment to creation, imagination, and hope".

The participating artists are Mouneer Al Shaarani, Haibat Balaa Bawab, Georges Bassil, Wissam Beydoun, Tarek Butayhi, Zouhair Dabbagh, Layla Dagher, Mansour El Habre, Imad Fakhry, Issa Halloum, Ghada Jamal, Dyala Khodary and Edgard Mazigi. The gallery's press release describes the selection as "bringing together established and emerging voices" and reflecting "the breadth of artistic practices represented by the gallery".