Beirut
Axel Void Adorns One of Beirut’s Buildings With A Thought-provoking Mural
Spanish street artist Axel Void rounded 2021 out with a mural in Beirut that provokes fresh dialogue with the public. While recent art installations in the city by FaithXLVII and Alba Fabre Sacristán have sown sympathetic superblooms, Void’s contribution triggers something else. On a multi-story structure in Beirut, the Cadiz-based creative painted an old photograph …
Drowning in Flowers By Alba Fabre Sacristán In Beirut
Lebanon is in the midst of its largest economic recession since the civil war of 1975-1990, paired with the constant presence of political corruption and interference as outlined in a recent opinion piece by Raghida Dergham, founder and executive chairwoman of the Beirut Institute. In the same article, however, Dergham espouses the deep roots of …
Faith XLVII’s Petal Trail in Beirut Tracing Past & Present Scars Etched Into the City
World-renowned interdisciplinary artist Faith XLVII from South Africa recently traveled to Beirut, Lebanon to lend her soft sense of natural realism to the recovering city’s fragile landscape. As part of the Underline project facilitated by street art collective Persona, Faith painted a series of medicinal plants native to Lebanon on dilapidated spaces ranging from abandoned …
Those Who Remain: The Heavy Burden of Leading a Life in Post Civil War Lebanon
Humans have identified with war and conflict since the dawn of time more than they have ever tried to identify with each other. This is particularly the case of the Lebanese post-civil war scene, where the discourse of war and sectarian hostility still floats at the surface of everyday interactions among people. In the region …
Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada in Beirut
Cuban Born, American Artist Jorge Rodríguez Gerada is in Beirut and has just finished a mural in the district of Bachoura on a building, that is riddled with bullet holes, before it will be demolished to make room for new construction, something we are accustomed to in Beirut where gentrification is in full bloom, and …
Kevin Ledo “Facing The Future” in Beirut for aptART by Selina Miles
Montreal based street artist Kevin Ledo just completed his brilliant mural in Sin El Fil, the eastern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut. This mural is part of aptART‘s latest project in Lebanon called Paint Outside The Lines: street art beyond the borders of race, religion, class and conflict. Entitled “Facing The Future”, this mural …
Fintan Magee in Saarbrücken, Germany
Australian artist Fintan Magee just completed his latest installment a few days ago in Saarbrücken, Germany. This mural is part of an Urban Art project called Artwalk – Saarbrücken taking place in the inner city of Saarbrucken, under the artistic direction of the Saarbrücken gallery owners Patrick Jungfleisch (Reso) and Benjamin Knur. About The Mural The Australian artist …
Kevin Ledo in Beirut, Lebanon
Montreal based street artist Kevin Ledo just completed his brilliant mural in Sin El Fil, the eastern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut. This mural is part of aptART‘s latest project in Lebanon called Paint Outside The Lines: street art beyond the borders of race, religion, class and conflict. About The Mural Entitled “Facing The …
Ernesto Maranje in Beirut, Lebanon
Miami based Spanish street artist Ernesto Maranje just finished a wonderful mural in West Beirut inaugurating the launch of aptART‘s latest project in Lebanon called Paint Outside The Lines: street art beyond the borders of race, religion, class and conflict. About The Mural Entitled “The Rhino And The Oxpecker” the mural depicts a rhinoceros defaced with flowers …
Change Through Street Art in Ouzville, Beirut’s neglected Suburb
Lebanon’s culture, nature and location has attracted people for many centuries. This country is home for countless sites, timeless history, magnificent nature, extravagant food, and unconventional adventures. And above all, it is a hub for art and culture for the Middle East and the world. Unfortunately, the war has marginalized many beautiful Lebanese villages and …
Sunshine On A Swing by Hady Beydoun in Beirut
“Sunshine On A Swing” is the title of a piece painted in Beirut by Hady Beydoun, a Lebanese tattoo artist based in Beirut. About The Piece The artist depicts a girl on a swing made out of string made out of a plant, watering the almost dead bushes beneath her. The artist wants to relay a …
URBAN DAWN II to revive modern culture in Beirut
Beirut, October 2016: Art platform curator19.90, in partnership with Loft Investments, the unique development brand that has brought a new architectural style to Lebanon,have chosen to bring the 2nd edition of Urban Dawn to Beirut, making it the largest urban art exhibition to take place in the region, from October 15 to October 17 2016, at The Factory Lofts, Achrafieh. The week -long show, titled “Street Arts, …