‘Although incidents involving Greek antiquities and stolen artifacts are unfortunately not uncommon, this is the only known case in recent memory that is related to Lebanon … Taking this opportunity, the embassy would like to commend the Lebanese authorities for their exemplary cooperation’
The building’s radical design pushes almost all its structural and mechanical elements to the exterior – the building appears to have been turned inside out – freeing up vast exhibition spaces on the inside
In December, 2020, archaeologists announced the unique discovery of a thermopolium, a fast-food bar. It had surviving polychrome decorations and traces of food and wine that offered an unprecedented glimpse of the snacking habits of the ancient Romans
The Jura mountains’ historical pre-eminence in a field combining science, art and technology has also been given a boost by the United Nations. In December, the craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics in the Juras were jointly added to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Working alongside the Sursock Cochrane family, the project seeks to restore the badly damaged Ottoman villa, which was torn apart by the Aug. 4 blast, and...
Last year the pandemic forced Art Basel to cancel its Hong Kong fair, its founding event in Basel and the one in Miami
The museum is still far from back to normal, opening only from Tuesdays to Fridays and with significantly reduced numbers of visitors, who are urged to...
Beirut Art Center’s (frequently locked-down) expo of works commissioned during the past year offers a valuable document of creativity amidst crisis and the...
The new academy will train young talents in the region, encourage cultural exchange and offer an educational platform exploring Arabic opera technique
One of the leading international festivals of contemporary opera and theater has shifted format for its ninth edition because of the coronavirus pandemic
Ben Wheatley made ‘In the Earth,’ a horror film set in the pandemic, over the summer. Carlson Young shot her fantasy-horror thriller ‘The Blazing World’ with...
Eliza Hittman’s ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always,’ a Pennsylvania’s teen’s odyssey in getting an abortion, racked up nominations for best feature film, best...
Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation...
Egyptian star satirist Bassem Youssef had his country in stitches during the Arab Spring, but a decade later the politicians may well think they have had the...
A police spokesman said the discovery was particularly satisfying ‘because we resolved a case before it was created ... The painting was found,’ he explained,...
The blimp will become part of the museum’s protest collection, which includes artefacts from the women’s suffrage movement, peace activists who opposed the...
Egypt on Sunday unveiled ancient treasures found at the Saqqara archaeological site near Cairo, including sarcophagi over 3,000 years old, a discovery that...
From 1938 the Nazis had engaged Hildebrand – who was himself of Jewish heritage – to deal in items taken from Jewish owners or confiscated as ‘degenerate’
Mustafa al-Ghazi, an antiquities directorate official in Muthanna province, which is among one of Iraq’s poorest, told AFP the directorate only provides...
Newman says some dishes have been tweaked a bit over the centuries. The medieval sambusek was often sweet, rather than savory. Muhallabiyya, on the other...
These 88 rarely displayed drawings of Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’ by 16th-century Renaissance artist Federico Zuccari are being shown to mark the 700th...
Two sculptures by Katya Traboulsi, inspired by ancient Greco-Roman busts destroyed by Daesh in Iraq in 2015, were cracked open by the blast. A traditional...
The year 2020 is reflected in both the play’s theme and execution. It is staged in shops closed by the economic crisis resulting from the pandemic. The...
Yemeni men, women and children filled a hall earlier this month in rebel-held Sanaa, laughing and clapping as actors took to the stage with comic relief for...
For the past five years, photographer Marie-Noelle Fattal has been capturing the smaller details of daily life in the streets of Beirut, from candid photos of...
“In Search of Light” is Hala Ezzedine’s second exhibition at Agial Art Gallery, the follow-up to “Looming Landscapes,” which was shown at the Hamra gallery in...
‘After the year we’ve had, people are sad and are not at all interested in heavy stuff … There are pieces of art here, but at the same time there are...
The artist’s new show at the Saleh Barakat Gallery was primarily fuelled by American singer-writer Patti Smith’s ‘Year of the Monkey,’ which provides the...
Ghassan Zard had kept 12 years of work in his studio, and many pieces were damaged during the explosion. Galerie Tanit has also suffered great losses, from...
In her latest exhibition at Saleh Barakat, Lebanon’s doyenne of ceramics hopes to showcase the triumph of art over challenging circumstances
Inside a dusty and dark workshop on the banks of the Jaghjagh river in northeast Syria, Misak Antranik Petros uses an ancient pottery wheel to throw different...
Jackson was just 48 when she died, in 1965, and left behind an extensive backlog of unreleased material. Her husband, the literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman,...
In this pandemic year, the Old Vic’s seasonal production of Charles Dickens’ classic is being livestreamed nightly until Dec. 24, with ticket-holders around...
By banning the wearing of ornamental objects in 1541, French theologian John Calvin (the influential Protestant who helped reform the Christian church in...
Initiated by Jean-Michel Habis, the project centers on the sale of a work by photographer Bernard Khalil, which captures Beirut Port a few days after the...