Spanning the badly damaged Sursock Palace to the sand-dune-like silos at Beirut Port, a new collection of work by the Lebanese photographer Dia Mrad on the aftermath of the August 4 explosion takes visual storytelling to new heights, as ArtScoops discoversDunes of BeirutIn the aftermath of the explosion at Beirut Port on August 4, 2020, haunting...

The collage and mixed media artist Nevine Mattar talks to ArtScoops about getting creative against a backdrop of national chaosNevine Mattar has long made the use of colour a hallmark of her art, with her inimitable protagonists and cityscapes marked by a wonderful kaleidoscopic vibrancy and warmth. However, even she has noticed something...

Ribal Molaeb talks lockdown painting, learning from his father and Lebanon as a source of inspiration As a renowned and award-winning musician, do you find your art and music always complement each other or are they ever in conflict? Can you explain how the two interact and the dynamism between them? I would put it this way: painting...

Hurt, hope and healing are among the themes explored in the work of photographer and digital content creator Ismat MahmassaniAbandoned buildings are an all-too familiar sight in Beirut, with once majestic landmarks and places of architectural significance now sadly just shadows of their former selves. Dilapidated and unloved, many are patterned...

The visual artist Houda Terjuman, who was born in Morocco to a Swiss mother and Syrian father, explains how the ‘rootlessness’ she felt in childhood has found its way into her paintings of small objects that often appear to be floating freely against their backdropWhy did you choose the term hybrid migrant over other descriptions, such as...

Rolla Wazni, Director at Kamel Mennour, Paris reflects on the path that led her to the visual arts, while telling ArtScoops what she thinks today’s collectors are looking for and how Covid-19 is likely to reshape the art market of the futureYou have a well-documented passion for several areas of the art world, from fashion and interior design to...

Creating a dialogue rather than a contest between the country’s glorious antiquities and its contemporary art scene lies at the heart of everything Nadine Abdel Ghaffar, founder of Art D’Égypte, sets out to do, as she explains to Miriam Dunn While its glorious ancient monuments, antiquities and artefacts are legendary worldwide, Egypt is...

In a wide-ranging interview, the entrepreneur Faisal Saleh, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Palestine Museum US, explains why the arts are his preferred way of telling the Palestinian story What were you hoping to achieve by setting up the Palestine Museum US?I’d long been aware that Palestinian art and culture had...

From childhood memories of dinner guests to the expansive skies of Jerusalem, inspiration comes in many forms for the artist Fares RizkWhile much is made of the way in which Picasso and Matisse have influenced the New York-based Palestinian-Jordanian artist Fares Rizk, ask him to cite the on his art and the response is both telling and...