‘When I was a struggling student in the early ’70s at Beirut University College (BUC), now LAU, I was fortunate to receive financial aid from the university,’ said contributing artist Mona Hatoum, ‘which allowed me to complete my studies’
‘I don’t want this to be a one-off thing,’ the artist said. ‘I want to … put the internet in all the poorest communities of the world. Then we can bring education in, and give [children] a real education ... and where are they going to put that? Back into their community.’
Ancient paintings usually employed a pigment that cann't be dated. To get around this. researchers identified a way to work out the age of the painting using ancient mud wasp nests
Barely visible to the naked eye, , in the upper left corner of the iconic artwork 'The Scream,' the phrase ‘Can only have been painted by a madman’ is pencilled in Norwegian
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 –...
In December, 2020, archaeologists announced the unique discovery of a thermopolium, a fast-food bar. It had surviving polychrome decorations and traces of...
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,...
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...
Composer Cynthia Zaven discusses how financial, political and public health crises inspired her to revive a 15th-century form
Warner Music Group has invested in Rotana Music, the Middle East's largest record label owned by Saudi Arabia's billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Warner...
Fey and Poehler managed their typically well-timed back-and-forth despite being almost 3,000 miles from each other, appearing before masked attendees but no...
Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige reflect upon their new feature, a pre-COVID lockdown film, an accessible story that revisits their contemporary art
Few poets of the past 60 years were so well known, or so influential. His books sold more than 1 million copies worldwide, a fantasy for virtually any of his...
‘I want to thank all of those along my journey who have helped keep the music fires burning bright,’ read Corea’s last message. ‘It is my hope that those who...
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...
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’