SURSOCK MUSEUM PROGRAM DECEMBER 2016 – FEBRUARY 2017

The Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum is a mod- ern and contemporary art museum in the center of first opened in 1961, with a mission to collect, preserve, and exhibit local and in - ternational art. Through our collection, archives, exhibitions, and public programs, we aim to produce knowl- edge on art practices in the region and explore work that reflects on our contemporary moment. Our goal is to support local art production, to provide a platform for encounter and exper - imentation with art and ideas, and to inform and challenge different audiences in new and unexpected ways.

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The 32nd Salon d’Automne poster, 2016

PUBLIC PROGRAM PUBLIC EXHIBITIONSDISPLAYS AND FILM PROGRAM PROGRAMFAMILY CALENDAR TOURS TALKS

Mind the gap 1 EXHIBITIONS AND DISPLAYS 32nd Salon d’Automne 25 November 2016 – 27 February 2017 Special Exhibitions Hall, Level -2 One of the primary activities of the Sursock Every year, the Museum awards several prizes. Museum since its opening in 1961, the Salon These are the Sursock Museum Prize for the d’Automne has consistently brought together most innovative work, and the Emerging Artist emerging and established artists in the lon - Prize – generously gifted by Mrs. Hind Sinno – gest running open call exhibition in . for the most promising early career artist. This Following in the traditions of the historic year, and for the first time, we have added the Salon, the Salon d’Automne was a place where Audience Choice Award. You will be able to se- artists could show new work to a broad public, lect your favorite artwork to be awarded, so signaling trends and shifts in the art scene of don’t forget to cast your vote inside the exhi- the time. The most notable Salon d’Automne bition space! took place in 1964, where the move towards The Jury members of the 32nd Salon d’Au - abstraction in art was clearly noticeable. Since tomne were Reem Fadda, Walid Sadek, Rasha then, the Salon d’Automne has brought together Salti, Hind Al Soufi, and Kaelen Wilson-Goldie. artists, art critics, and the public in a lively de- They selected works by 52 artists to be included bate on the state of art in Lebanon. in the exhibition. The Salon d’Automne now takes place every For the full list of exhibiting artists, please check two years as part of the expanded Museum’s our website. varied exhibitions program, which sees three major exhibitions per year. The open call format #salondautomne #sursockmuseum is an opportunity for the Museum to encoun- ter a wide variety of practices by artists living and working in Lebanon, and for early career artists to show their work in a major exhibition at the Museum. This year’s Salon d’Automne brings together 52 artists working across all media, from painting and installation to video. Selecting works from over 300 applications was not an easy task for the Jury. Detail of the 32nd Salon d’Automne poster, 2016

2 Adelita Husni-Bey A Wave in the Well 21 October 2016 – 30 January 2017 Twin Galleries, GF Stemming from research and in-depth inter- Adelita Husni-Bey stages workshops, seminars, actions with people, Adelita Husni-Bey’s pro- publications, radio broadcasts, archives, and cess-based work questions and makes visible the exhibitions focused on using collectivist and legislative, pedagogical, and economic structures non-competitive pedagogical models within the that frame daily life. framework of urban studies. In her ten years A Wave in the Well presents existing work as well practicing as both an artist and a pedagogue, as new work produced in collaboration with the Husni-Bey has worked with activists, jurists, youth-led organization NAHNOO and members schoolchildren, spoken word poets, students, of the public. and teachers on unpacking the complexity of collectivity. To make good what can never be Produced during a year-long residency in San made good: what we owe each other. Fransisco, the video After the Finish Line ex- plores the psychological and physical aspects Recent exhibitions include Movement Break, of competitive culture. Kadist Foundation, San Francisco, 2016; Undiscovered Worlds, the High Line, The video installation Ard looks at the often New York, 2015; Really Useful Knowledge, Reina tense and uneven encounter between redevel- Sofia Museum, Madrid, 2014; Utopia for Sale? opment plans and local residents, in this case MAXXI Museum, Rome, 2014; and Playing in in the informal neighborhoods of Gezirat Truant, Gasworks, , 2012. al-Qursaya and Ramlet Boulaq in Cairo. #adelitahusnibey #awaveinthewell #sursockmuseum

Adelita Husni-Bey After the Finish Line (film still), 2015 Video, color, sound, 12’39’’, English with subtitles Courtesy of the artist and Laveronica arte contemporanea

3 The Human Scale Archeological Photographs from The Fouad Debbas Collection 21 October 2016 – 30 January 2017 The Fouad Debbas Collection Gallery, Level 1 What the eye sees, photography attempts to Often, the monumental quality of a site can only reproduce. It responds to our common desire be grasped through the inclusion of a human to tour the world “from the comfort of one’s figure. Man is there simply to indicate scale. Yet, armchair.” In the second half of the 19th century, he inhabits these otherwise lifeless images that photographic expeditions to Egypt multiplied, seem frozen in an ancient time, just like the with a view to making an inventory of the Orient. ruins they depict. If sketches made in situ previously sufficed, Photographers frequently turn to the same as- photography came to be appreciated for its sistants or travel companions to “populate” their capacities to document, illustrate, and depict expertly-composed stagings. The positioning monuments and their decors with great precision. of the human figures is rarely left to chance; Photography thus became a precious tool for they are either clearly visible, standing with archeologists and scientists. their backs against columns, seated with their head in their hands, or nearly hidden, squatting next to a rock or springing out from the shad- ows. Sometimes, the photographer is himself the figure. Would you be able to recognize him? Attributed to Felix Bonfils #archeologicalsites #tfdc #sursockmuseum First courtyard and second pylon of the Great Temple, Karnak, Egypt, Circa 1875-85 Albumen print The Fouad Debbas Collection / Sursock Museum

4 Maha Maamoun The Law of Existence 24 February – 5 June 2017 Twin Galleries, GF Working primarily with video and photography, Maha Maamoun lives and works in Cairo, Egypt. Maha Maamoun’s work deals with the circula- Her work is generally interested in examining tion and function of images from mainstream the form, function, and currency of common culture, reframing these as tools for critical in- cultural visual and literary images as an entry sights and analysis. The Law of Existence brings point to investigating the cultural fabric that together works that deal with the many faces we weave and are weaved into. She also works and forms of state power in contemporary Egypt, collaboratively on independent publishing and from its manifestation in the intimate lives of curatorial projects. She co-founded the inde- citizens to power solidified in the shape of gov- pendent publishing platform called Kayfa-ta ernment headquarters. Exhibited works include in 2013. She is also a founding board member Dear Animal. of the Contemporary Image Collective (CiC), an Shot between Cairo and different locations in independent non-profit space for art and culture , the film Dear Animal weaves together a founded in Cairo in 2004. short story by writer Haitham El-Wardany – Recent exhibitions include The Time is Out of titled “The Law of Existence” – about a drug Joint, Sharjah Art Foundation, 2016; Century of dealer who turns into a strange animal, and a Centuries, SALT, 2015; Like Milking a Stone, Rosa selection of letters written by Azza Shaaban, a Santos Gallery, 2015; The Night of Counting the director-producer involved with the Egyptian Years, Fridricianum, 2014; Here and Elsewhere, revolution and now living in India, from where New Museum, 2014; and Ten Thousand Wiles and she sends notes about her travels and healing a Hundred Thousand Tricks, Meeting Points 7, 2014. process after the revolution. #mahamaamoun #lawofexistence #sursockmuseum

Maha Maamoun Dear Animal (film still), 2016 Single channel video, 25’

5 Collection Display A Selection of Works from the Sursock Museum Collection Collection Galleries, Levels 1 and 2 Distributed along the Museum’s upper two From Daoud Corm’s painted portraits to Saloua floors, the collection display traces a history of Raouda Choucair’s geometric abstraction, the Lebanese from the late 1800s to display’s scope and depth offers significant in- the early 2000s. sights into Lebanese modern art. Acquired by or gifted to the Sursock Museum Works on display include Khalil Saleeby’s following exhibitions, the works in the collec- Portrait de Boutros Dagher (1907), Aref el tion also chronicle the history of the Museum’s Rayess’s Colloque (1966), Shafic Abboud’s exhibition program since its opening in 1961 – Les amours et les jeux (1979), and Etel Adnan’s including the annual Salon d’Automne – as well Le Mont Tamalpaïs (1985). as the evolution of artistic practices in Lebanon. #sursockmuseumcollection

Juliana Seraphim Cheval de nacre [Mother-of-pearl Horse], 1974 Oil on canvas, 84.5 x 104.4 cm Sursock Museum collection

6 TOURS Collection Tour Saturday 10 December, 16:00 to 17:00 Led by one of the Sursock Museum’s docents, this Saturday 28 January, 16:00 to 17:00 tour guides you through the Sursock Museum’s Thursday 16 February, 19:00 to 20:00 permanent collection, giving insights into its Meet at the Information Desk, GF history and highlighting key works on display. December 10 tour in French January 28 tour in English February 16 tour in Arabic Free admission Spaces limited. First come, first served.

TALKS Swiss Art Talks: Tatyana Franck on the 21st Century Museum In partnership with the Embassy of in Lebanon With the support of Association Philippe Jabre Thursday 1 December, 19:00 to 20:30 Auditorium, Level -2 In French Free Admission In this talk, Tatyana Franck will discuss the La Part Animale (2014, Galerie Sophie challenges and opportunities facing museums Scheidecker, Paris); Yu Xing, Le Cours d’un fleuve today, including the globalization of their col- (2013, Galerie Paul Frèches, Paris); Prune Nourry, lections and programs, the development of new Terracotta Daughters, Holy Daughters, Holy River technologies as artistic tools, and the shifting (2011, traveling exhibitions); Picasso at Work, terrain of public and private arts infrastructure. Through the Lens of David Douglas Duncan (2011, Tatyana Franck is the Director of the Musée Museo Picasso, Malaga – Kunstmuseum Picasso, de l’Elysée and the editor-in-chief of the mag- Münster – La Piscine, Roubaix – ’s azine ELSE, published by the Musée de l’Elysée. Museum of Art and History – Palacio de Bellas Between 2007 and 2015, she was the Director Artes, ). of the Claude Picasso Archives in Geneva, which houses ’s works as well as major photographic collections, including the David Douglas Duncan collection. A specialist in modern and contemporary art, Franck ded- icates much of her professional and private life to photography. She has curated several inter- national exhibitions, including The Memory of the Future. Photographic Dialogues between Past, Present and Future (2016, Musée de l’Elysée, ); Les Caran d’Ache de Picasso (2015, Interlaken); Picasso: Creatures and Creativity (2015, Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, Las Vegas); © Reto Duriet, 2015 7 Artists on Art: Talks by Exhibiting Artists in the Salon d’Automne Thursday 15 December, 19:00 to 20:30 Featuring 52 artists, this year’s Salon d’Automne Thursday 12 January, 19:00 to 20:30 brings together both emerging and more estab- Thursday 19 January, 19:00 to 20:30 lished artists. Join us in the Salon d’Automne Thursday 2 February, 19:00 to 20:30 exhibition space to hear exhibiting artists speak Special Exhibitions Hall, Level -2 about their work. Different artists will speak on each of the specified dates. In English Free admission For more details on scheduled artists, please check our website.

The Art Salon in the Arab Region Presentations and Panel Discussion Thursday 26 January, 19:00 to 21:00 Auditorium, Level -2 In English Free admission The academies of art in Paris and London – In the region, several official and unofficial sa- founded in the 17th and 18th centuries – and lons sprung up in the 20th century, becoming an their annual salons soon became the most pow- important feature in the cultural lives of cities erful institutions in the European art world of such as Cairo, Baghdad, and Beirut. The Salon the time, patronizing art and directing public was also a point of contention for artists, with taste. Only in the 19th century did artists begin some rejecting it all together and establishing to oppose the monopoly of the academy, creating formats counter to that of the official Salon. new exhibition forums or independent salons. Join us for presentations and a panel discussion on the history and influence of Art Salons in the region. Speakers include Monique Ballan, Nadia von Maltzahn, Dina Ramadan, and Installation view of the Sursock Museum’s 7th Salon Kirsten Scheid. d’Automne Circa 1967-68 Sursock Museum collection

8 Maha Maamoun in conversation with Nora Razian Thursday 23 February, 19:00 to 20:00 Auditorium, Level -2 In English Free admission To mark the opening of her exhibition The Law Recent exhibitions include The Time is Out of of Existence, artist Maha Maamoun will be in Joint, Sharjah Art Foundation, 2016; Century of conversation with the Sursock Museum’s Head Centuries, SALT, 2015; Like Milking a Stone, Rosa of Programs and Exhibitions, Nora Razian, to Santos Gallery, 2015; The Night of Counting the discuss the works on display as well her practice Years, Fridricianum, 2014; Here and Elsewhere, in general, which is concerned with the form, New Museum, 2014; and Ten Thousand Wiles and function, and circulation of images. a Hundred Thousand Tricks, Meeting Points 7, 2014. Maha Maamoun lives and works in Cairo, Egypt. Her work is generally interested in examining the form, function, and currency of common cultural visual and literary images as an entry point to investigating the cultural fabric that we weave and are weaved into. She also works collaboratively on independent publishing and curatorial projects. She co-founded the inde- pendent publishing platform called Kayfa-ta in 2013. She is also a founding board member of the Contemporary Image Collective (CiC), an independent non-profit space for art and culture founded in Cairo in 2004.

Maha Maamoun Cairoscapes, Untitled #1, 2003 Photo series, 300 x 50 cm

9 FILM PROGRAM Auditorium, Level -2 Free admission

AFAC Film Nights A monthly series of screenings showcasing filmmakers from the Arab World, in partnership with the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC). The theme of this program is Resilience, showing films that deal with the everyday heroism of individuals.

Screening 1: The Wanted 18 Dir. Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan, 2014 Wednesday 7 December, 19:00 to 20:30 In Arabic with English subtitles Color, 75’ Using stop-motion animation along with draw- ings, real people, actors, and archival footage, The Wanted 18 humorously looks at the mo - ment during the first intifada, when Palestinian dairy cows were dubbed a security risk by Israeli military. Dir. Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan In 1987, in the West Bank town of Beit Sahour, The Wanted 18 (film still), 2014 a group of townspeople decide to buy eighteen Courtesy of the artists dairy cows and produce their own milk as a co-operative. Their venture was so successful documentary, The Wanted 18, which premiered that the collective farm became a landmark, with at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014. the cows becoming local celebrities. The Israeli The film was awarded the best documentary army took note and declared the cows “a threat award in Abu Dhabi, Carthage, Traverse City, to the national security of the state of Israel.” and Al-Jazeera Film Festivals. The Wanted Consequently, the dairy was forced to go un- 18 was in the official submission lists for the derground and the cows continued to produce foreign language and documentary categories their “Intifada milk,” with the Israeli army in of the Oscars 88th. Born in Kuwait in 1981, relentless pursuit. Shomali holds a B.Sc. in Architecture from Amer Shomali is a multidisciplinary artist using Birzeit University in Palestine, and an M.A. in painting, film, digital media, installations, and Animation from Bournemouth University in the comics as tools to explore and interact with the UK. He is currently based in Ramallah, Palestine. sociopolitical scene in Palestine. Much of his Paul Cowan is a director and cinematogra - work examines the creation and the use of the pher, known for Paris 1919: Un traité pour la Palestinian revolution’s iconography. Shomali paix (2009), The Peacekeepers (2005), and The co-directed the award winning animated Wanted 18 (2014).

10 Screening 2: Um Ghayeb: Mother of the Unborn Dir. Nadine Salib, 2014 Wednesday 18 January, 19:00 to 20:30 In Arabic with English subtitles Color, 84’ In a forgotten corner of Egypt lives a woman yearning for a child. Having no option but to live on the fringe of her community because of her infertility, Hanan lingers between a dream slowly slipping away and her struggle to find a place where she belongs. While everything that surrounds her is weighed with fertility and Dir. Nadine Salib Um Ghayeb: Mother of the Unborn (film still), 2014 mortality, she wonders how to give meaning to Courtesy of the artist the time that she has in between. The film is a nuanced and moving portrait of a barren woman second prize in the Baghdad International Film in rural Egypt. Festival and the first prize at the 12th Goethe Nadine Salib graduated from film school in Independent Film Festival. Um Ghayeb: Mother Egypt in 2006. Her career began as an assis - of the Unborn is her first feature-length docu- tant director in commercials. In 2011, she joined mentary for which she was supported by IDFA’s filmmaking workshops where she directed her Bertha Fund, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, first short documentary Dawn, winning the and Hot Docs Blue Ice.

Screening 3: The Runner Dir. Saeed Taji Farouky, 2013 Wednesday 15 February, 19:00 to 21:00 In Arabic with English subtitles Color, 95’ The Runner is a film about endurance. The jour- ney of Salah Ameidan, a champion long-distance runner, transformed him from an athlete to the symbol of a national liberation movement. A native of an occupied Western Sahara, Salah risked his life to run for a country that doesn’t exist. In 2003, he decided to take a stand. At Saeed Taji Farouky The Runner (film still), 2013 the end of an 8km race in , he waved a Courtesy of the artist Sahrawi flag across the finish line as he came in first place, an illegal act in Morocco. Unable to work, and was previously an artist-in-residence return home safely, he sought asylum in France at the British Museum and Tate Britain. His most where he continues to train and compete inter- recent documentary Tell Spring Not to Come This nationally. Salah will never take any nationality, Year tells the story of the war in Afghanistan but that of a free Western Sahara. from the perspective of the Afghan army at the Saeed Taji Farouky is an award-winning film- moment of NATO’s withdrawal. It premiered maker and cinematographer specializing in at the Berlinale 2015 where it was awarded humanist, conflict-based documentaries films the Amnesty International Human Rights for over twelve years. In 2011, he was awarded Film award and the Audience Choice Award. a Senior TED Fellowship for his documentary

11 Filming Revolution: Talk and Screenings With Alisa Lebow Thursday 9 to Saturday 11 February Thursday 9 and Friday 10 February, 19:00 to 21:00 Saturday 11 February, 18:00 to 20:00 In English and Arabic Initiated and produced by film scholar and Alisa Lebow is a Reader in Film Studies at filmmaker Alisa Lebow, Filming Revolution is the University of Sussex, UK. A documentary an interactive database documentary archive film scholar and maker, her research is con - about independent and documentary filmmaking cerned with subjectivity and questions of the in Egypt since the 2011 Revolution. Bringing political in documentary. Recent publications together the collective wisdom and creative include The Cinema of Me (Wallflower Press, strategies of media-makers in Egypt – before, 2012), The Blackwell Companion to Contemporary during, after the revolution – the website con- Documentary, co-edited with Alexandra Juhasz sists of 30 interviews, edited thematically, with (2015) and the monograph First Person Jewish. Egyptian filmmakers, artists, activists and ar - She has made several films, including For the chivists, talking about their work and their ideas Record: The Iraq War Tribunal (2007), Treyf about how (and whether) to make films in the (1998), Outlaw (1994), and her new interactive time of revolution. project, Filming Revolution. On Thursday 9 February, Lebow will be in con- versation to discuss the aims behind the project as well as some of the films, contributors and content in Filming Revolution. Related films will be screened on Friday 10 February and Saturday 11 February. For more details, please check our website.

Screenshot from the website www.filmingrevolution.org

12 FAMILY PROGRAM Squeegee! A Screen Printing Workshop With Soraya Ghezelbash and Vanessa Mouawad Saturday 10 December, 11:00 to 13:00 Participants should wear comfortable clothes Saturday 21 January, 11:00 to 13:00 that they don’t mind getting messy. December 10 workshop in Arabic This workshop is programmed in conjunc - January 21 workshop in English tion with the exhibition The Human Scale: Workshop Space, Level -1 Archeological Photographs from The Fouad Ages 6-12. Children must be accompanied. Debbas Collection. LBP 10,000 per child. LBP 5,000 extra per child. Spaces limited, booking required. Vanessa Mouawad is a visual artist and print- Tickets can be booked through our website. maker. Her artistic research revolves around personal and collective memory, forgetfulness, Learn to screen print original posters! In this and nostalgia. She teaches silkscreen printing artist-led hands-on workshop, children will at the Lebanese American University. Mouawad learn the basics of silkscreen printing, includ- currently lives in Beirut, where she founded the ing stenciling and image transfer techniques. silkscreen label Flood Factory. Using historical postcards from the Fouad Debbas Collection as inspiration and guided by Soraya Ghezelbash is an architect and artist cur- savvy silkscreen printers, Soraya Ghezelbash rently based in Beirut. She works with a broad and Vanessa Mouawad, children will use stencil range of media including silkscreen, drawing, and printmaking techniques to create their very and installations. In December 2015, she started own screen printed poster to take home. a collection of hand-silkscreened textile designs and also co-runs the silkscreen atelier Silkroad. Screen printing is a versatile printmaking tech- She recently co-founded Shadows, a group of nique based on the use of stencils. This medium architects engaging neglected and prohibited has the advantage of overlapping many stencils spaces in Beirut. She is currently researching to produce a detailed image, that can easily be re- the relation between migration and the botanical produced into multiple editions of the same print. heritage of the region by developing a graphical study on the endemic flora of Lebanon.

Courtesy of Soraya Ghezelbash

13 Seeing Sensing: A Sensorial Tour of the Collection With Petra Serhal Saturday 14 January, 11:00 to 13:00 Participants should wear comfortable clothes Saturday 11 February, 11:00 to 13:00 that are practical for movement and that they Meet at the Information Desk, GF don’t mind getting messy. In Arabic Petra Serhal is a performance maker and actress. Ages 7-12. Children must be accompanied. She graduated from the Theatre Department in LBP 10,000 per child. LBP 5,000 extra per child. the Lebanese University, Institute of Fine Arts Spaces limited, booking required. Tickets can be with a Diploma Higher Studies in Acting (2005). booked through our website. She received an M.A. in Body in Performance See artworks in a new way using performance (2015) from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of and choreography! Led by performer Petra Serhal, Music and Dance, UK. She regularly collaborates this participatory workshop takes families on with multi-disciplinary artists and filmmakers. a sensorial journey through selected artworks Performances include The Mourned (2011), No from the Sursock Museum’s permanent collec- Blood Included (2016), and Project Martyr (work tion, including works by Etel Adnan, Saloua in progress). In 2010, she began collaborating Raouda Choucair, Hussein Madi, Khalil Zgheib, with the Dictaphone Group, a research and per- and others. Using physical games and exercises formance collective that creates live perfor- drawn from theatre and performance, Serhal will mances based on research on space. Her collabo- choreograph you through the collection display, rations with the Dictaphone Group include: This enticing you to use all your senses to encounter Sea is Mine (2012), The Bus Cemetery (2012), the artworks. Materials such as stones, fabrics, and Nothing to Declare (2013). wood, and paint will be used to help you respond to each other, the space, and the objects.

Etel Adnan Mount Tamalpais, 1985 Oil on canvas, 148 × 125 cm Sursock Museum collection

14 CALENDAR THURSDAY 1 DECEMBER SATURDAY 28 JANUARY 19:00 – 20:30 TALK 16:00 – 17:00 TOUR Swiss Art Talks: Tatyana Franck Collection Tour on the 21st Century Museum THURSDAY 2 FEBRUARY WEDNESDAY 7 DECEMBER 19:00 – 20:30 TALK 19:00 – 20:30 FILM PROGRAM Artists on Art: Talks by AFAC Film Night: The Wanted 18 Exhibiting Artists in the Salon d’Automne SATURDAY 10 DECEMBER 11:00 – 13:00 FAMILY PROGRAM THURSDAY 9 FEBRUARY Squeegee! A Screen Printing 19:00 – 21:00 FILM PROGRAM Workshop Filming Revolution: Talk and With Soraya Ghezelbash and Screenings Vanessa Mouawad With Alisa Lebow 16:00 – 17:00 TOUR Collection Tour FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY 19:00 – 21:00 FILM PROGRAM THURSDAY 15 DECEMBER Filming Revolution: Talk and 19:00 – 20:30 TALK Screenings Artists on Art: Talks by With Alisa Lebow Exhibiting Artists in the Salon d’Automne SATURDAY 11 FEBRUARY 11:00 – 13:00 FAMILY PROGRAM THURSDAY 12 JANUARY Seeing Sensing: A Sensorial Tour 19:00 – 20:30 TALK of the Collection Artists on Art: Talks by With Petra Serhal Exhibiting Artists in the Salon 18:00 – 20:00 FILM PROGRAM d’Automne Filming Revolution: Talk and Screenings SATURDAY 14 JANUARY With Alisa Lebow 11:00 – 13:00 FAMILY PROGRAM Seeing Sensing: A Sensorial Tour WEDNESDAY 15 FEBRUARY of the Collection 19:00 – 21:00 FILM PROGRAM With Petra Serhal AFAC Film Night: The Runner

WEDNESDAY 18 JANUARY THURSDAY 16 FEBRUARY 19:00 – 20:30 FILM PROGRAM 19:00 – 20:00 TOUR AFAC Film Night: Um Ghayeb: Collection Tour Mother of the Unborn THURSDAY 23 FEBRUARY THURSDAY 19 JANUARY 19:00 – 20:00 TALK 19:00 – 20:30 TALK Maha Maamoun in conversation Artists on Art: Talks by with Nora Razian Exhibiting Artists in the Salon d’Automne

SATURDAY 21 JANUARY 11:00 – 13:00 FAMILY PROGRAM Squeegee! A Screen Printing Workshop With Soraya Ghezelbash and Vanessa Mouawad

THURSDAY 26 JANUARY 19:00 – 21:00 TALK The Art Salon in the Arab Region Presentations and Panel Discussion

15 16 Library The Sursock Museum library is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and studying local and regional art historical resources. The library holds numerous publications, periodicals, and original archives documenting modern and contemporary art practices in the region and beyond, making it a valuable reference for students, scholars, artists, and curators. In addition, the library hosts temporary displays and public programs, and runs an outreach program. The library also aims at preserving the original archives of galleries, cultural institutions, and artists in Lebanon. These archives will be publicly accessible for consultation and research, and looked after by a team of committed professionals. Open daily from 13:00 to 18:00 Late opening on Thursdays from 13:00 to 21:00 Closed on Tuesdays and Sundays +961 (0)1 202 001 ext. 224 Resto Headed by Joanna Debbas, the Resto offers an eclectic range of Mediterranean dishes made with the freshest seasonal ingredients. Its diverse menu draws on culinary influences from Lebanon, , and Iran, and features traditional mezze with a twist, cherry tomato tart, grilled falafel, and beef fillet with pomegranate sauce. The Resto is committed to supporting local farmers and markets. All dishes are prepared using local produce sourced directly from the growers. Open daily from 10:00 to 01:00 Closed on Tuesdays +961 (0)1 200 512 Store The Sursock Museum Store is the perfect destination for those seeking a distinctive and comprehensive selection of contemporary art books and gifts. From critical texts to custom-made designer items, the store stocks stimulating volumes about art and artistic practices, in addition to a wide range of souvenirs relating to the Museum’s collection and exhibitions. True to the Museum’s mission, the store also produces fun and engaging books, games, and educational tools for all ages. Open daily from 10:30 to 18:30 Late opening on Thursdays from 12:00 to 21:00 Closed on Tuesdays +961 (0)1 202 001 ext. 219 Directions Greek Orthodox Archbishopric Street, Ashrafieh Beirut, Lebanon We are located forty meters to the left of the top of the Saint Nicolas stairs, just a few steps away from Gemmayzeh Street (Rue Gouraud). Admission and opening times Open daily from 10:00 to 18:00 Late opening on Thursdays from 12:00 to 21:00 Closed on Tuesdays Admission to the Sursock Museum is free of charge. Museum guidelines All galleries and facilities are wheelchair accessible. Please do not run, talk loudly, or otherwise disturb others in the galleries. Please do not touch the works of art on display. Bags and backpacks larger than 45 × 36 × 20 cm should be checked in at the coat-check facilities. You may take non-flash, still photographs in the galleries for personal use only. Food and beverages are permitted in the Museum’s esplanade and restaurant, but they may not be carried into the Museum. Animals are not permitted within the Museum grounds. Please do not smoke in the building. Wheeled devices, including rollerblades, skateboards, bikes and scooters are not allowed within the Museum grounds. Please do not throw or toss a ball or any other object on the Museum esplanade. Contact us + 961 (0)1 202 001 – [email protected] To stay informed of our upcoming exhibitions and public programs, sign up to our newsletter on www.sursock.museum. Want to learn more about contemporary art and engage with the visitors and activities of the Sursock Museum? You can join the Sursock Museum team of docents by sending an email to [email protected]

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