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M in Sharjah and Beirut; a year-long educational ind the gap the ind Ali Cherri Still Life, 2017 Lightbox, Duratrans photographic print, 150 × 90 cm Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Imane Farès 3 Monira Al Qadiri The Craft Co-commissioned by the Sursock Museum and Gasworks 3 November 2017 – 5 February 2018 Twin Galleries, GF The Sursock Museum presents The Craft, Monira Arguably the most iconic symbol of consumer Al Qadiri’s first solo show in Lebanon. capitalism, here the burger is associated with The exhibition comprises works in sculpture, the Japanese Ukiyo-e: pictures of hedonistic, video and sound that envisage international di- “floating worlds” that became popular amongst plomacy as an alien conspiracy. Shown in two the merchant classes in seventeenth- and eigh- distinct environments – a mysterious, pitch-black teenth-century Japan. The crude mechanics of anteroom and an American diner – these semi-au- suspension reveal, however, the precarious- tobiographical pieces of science fiction unearth ness of American cultural hegemony – a point the unlikely stories lurking in the shadows of the brought home by the accompanying sound piece: artist’s childhood in Kuwait. In the VHS video a pre-recorded, voice-manipulated reading of an The Craft (2017), presented in the diner, the artist excerpt from The Kuwait Urbanization by Saba asks: “Were my parents conspiring with aliens George Shiber, a book about the modernization behind my back?” Reality crumbles, paranoia of Kuwait in the 1960s. and speculation take hold. Pop culture, futuristic The Craft was first presented at Gasworks, architecture, junk food, dream readings, alien London, in the framework of Shubbak: A abductions, geopolitics, diplomacy, war and Window on Contemporary Arab Culture, 2017. peace: all of these once solid staples of modern Monira Al Qadiri is a Kuwaiti visual artist born life become tainted by a general sense of distrust. in Senegal and educated in Japan. In 2010, she Leaving the diner, we encounter The End (2017), received a Ph.D. in inter-media art from Tokyo a dimly lit, levitating hamburger. University of the Arts, where her research was focused on the aesthetics of sadness in the Middle East stemming from poetry, music, art, and religious practices. Her work explores unconventional gender identities, petrocultures and their possible futures, as well as the legacies of corruption. She is also part of the artist collective GCC.

Monira Al Qadiri Omen (installation view), 2017 Neon sign, dimensions variable Presented as part of The Craft at Gasworks, London, 2017 Photo: Andy Keate 4 Click, Click: The Repetition of Photographic Subject Matter in the 19th Century A Selection of Images from The Fouad Debbas Collection 3 November 2017 – 5 February 2018 The Fouad Debbas Collection Gallery, Level 1 They all deal with the same subject matter! Félix and Adrien Bonfils, Tancrède Dumas, and Jean- Baptiste Charlier all share a more or less identical repertoire of images. Like tourists checking off visited sites, photographers based in the Middle East in the 19th century roamed the land with the aim of sharing views from across the Orient with a Western audience. In this way, Baalbek, Palmyra, Beirut, Damascus, and Jerusalem became topoi, or commonplaces. Prints of these sites – some inhabited, some Attributed to Félix Bonfils Balbek. Pierre du midi, Monolithe, Circa 1867-1876 desert – proliferated with each new visit, and Albumen print mounted on board, in album, 35 × 47 cm met certain criteria aiming to evoke either a The Fouad Debbas Collection / Sursock Museum Bedouin Orient frozen in time, or on the con- trary, a modernizing Orient. Whatever message these photographers intended to convey, they all copied each other, contributing thereby to the creation of a common imaginary.

Eight Stories from the Sursock Museum Collection Starting 15 September 2017 Collection Galleries, Level 2 The Sursock Museum’s permanent collection con- sists of works acquired by or donated to the museum since it first opened in 1961. The collection is mainly composed of paintings, graphic works, sculptures, and other three-dimensional objects. This new hang of the permanent collection takes the form of eight stories told by 22 artists. They, at times, are in dialogue around a specific theme, or else reject and disregard one another. The stories are inspired from research in the Sursock Museum’s archives. This by no means exhaus- tive research evokes a history fragmented in Etel Adnan Leporello with written poems by Issa Makhlouf, time and space, comprised of eight chapters drawings, 2001 which open up to a broader reflection. An addi- Accordion-folded booklet, 17.8 × 194 cm Sursock Museum collection tional section is dedicated to recent acquisitions Gifted by the artist, 2016 and donations, to be exhibited in rotation. #sursockmuseum #sursockmuseumcollection #8stories

5 Partitions et Couleurs Hommage à Amine El Bacha In collaboration with the Amine El Bacha This tribute brings together a series of oil paint- Foundation ings, watercolors, and painted wooden objects With the support of Banque Libano-Française created between the 1960s and the first decade 15 September 2017 – 12 March 2018 of the 21st century. Collection Galleries, Level 1 From his earliest abstract works, El Bacha’s compositions are festive, with colors that vibrate and Partitions et Couleurs : Hommage à Amine dance around each other. His compartmentalized El Bacha is the first exhibition in a cycle of hom- compositions question academic landscapes com- ages to artists represented in the collections of posed of trees and horizons. El Bacha’s favorite the Sursock Museum. music, along with traditional religious scenes A leading figure on the Lebanese artistic scene, such as The Last Supper, are also presented in Amine El Bacha (b. 1932, Beirut) lives and this exhibition-homage. After all, to view the works in Beirut. After studies at the Académie works of El Bacha is also to accept an invitation Libanaise des Beaux-Arts in Beirut, and both into a fantasy world. the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts #amineelbacha #hommage #partitionsetcouleurs and Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, #sursockmuseum #blflebanon El Bacha later trained several generations of now renowned Lebanese artists.

Amine El Bacha, L’île [The Island], 2008 Oil on canvas, 127 × 151.5 cm Amine El Bacha Foundation collection, Beirut 6 Les Mondes de Willy Aractingi 9 June – 18 September 2017 Special Exhibitions Hall, Level -2 Les Mondes de Willy Aractingi is an exhibition This exhibition follows a generous donation of devoted to the work of painter Willy Aractingi 224 oil paintings to the Sursock Museum by the (1930-2003). Self-taught, Aractingi has often Aractingi family. Each painting illustrates one been labeled as a naive or primitive artist; of de la Fontaine’s fables. A major achievement this exhibition looks to take a more nuanced in Aractingi’s artistic life, he began the series in approach, and features more than 120 works 1989 and completed it on the 300th anniversary created between 1973 and 2003. of the writer’s death in 1995. #willyaractingi #lesmondesdewillyaractingi #sursockmuseum

Hrair Sarkissian Homesick 7 July – 2 October 2017 Twin Galleries, GF Hrair Sarkissian’s work is often based on his This exhibition marks his engagement with the personal relationships to geographies and people. moving image, created with the same studied Frequently produced with a large format cam- craft as his large-scale photographs. The two era, his carefully crafted photographs enable a related video installations, Homesick (2014) and deeper engagement with a scene, allowing a slow Horizon (2016), both speak of journeys taken unfolding of revelatory details, conjuring up in response to the war in Syria. elided histories and forgotten places. Sarkissian #hrairsarkissian #homesick #sursockmuseum is concerned with minor histories, everyday stories that too often disappear without celebration or remorse.

Visit Beirut! Postcards and Travel Guides from The Fouad Debbas Collection 24 February – 2 October 2017 The Fouad Debbas Collection Gallery, Level 1 As early as 1865, seven passenger lines began The Fouad Debbas Collection (available for con- to regularly service Beirut. The modest lodg- sultation at the Sursock Museum library), picture ings hitherto available to travelers, the locandas, yourself as a tourist in early 20th century Beirut, were to evolve. and begin by choosing your hotel. In just a few years, hotels proliferated, along with #hotels #tfdc #sursockmuseum travel agencies set up on the quays. Through postcards, guides, and other publications from

7 Tours Collection Tour Saturday 16 September, 16:00 to 17:00 Led by Head of Collections Yasmine Chemali in French and the Sursock Museum’s docents, these tours Thursday 5 October, 18:00 to 19:00 guide you through the Museum’s new collection in English display, Eight Stories from the Sursock Museum Thursday 16 November, 18:00 to 19:00 Collection, giving insights into its history and in Arabic highlighting key works on display. Meeting point: Information Desk, GF Free admission Spaces limited. First-come, first-served.

Tour: Partitions et Couleurs : Hommage à Amine El Bacha Saturday 16 September, 17:00 to 18:00 Join us for a tour of Partitions et Couleurs : in French Hommage à Amine El Bacha. Led by Angelina Thursday 5 October, 19:00 to 20:00 El Bacha and the Sursock Museum’s docents, in English this tour will explore the main themes and ideas Thursday 16 November, 19:00 to 20:00 behind the exhibition. in Arabic Meeting point: Collection Galleries, Level 1 Free admission Spaces limited. First-come, first-served.

Amine El Bacha Lumière hivernale [Winter Light], 1992 Oil on canvas, 94.5 × 149.5 cm Amine El Bacha Foundation collection, Beirut 8 Conferences Contextualizing the Art Salon in the Arab Region In partnership with the Orient-Institut Beirut and its collection today. The symposium will With the support of the Volkswagen encourage exchanges between researchers, Foundation curators, and art critics, and build important Friday 27 October, 10:00 to 17:00 networks that both sides will be able to draw At the Orient-Institut Beirut, Library on in the future. To disseminate the research findings, a publication will be prepared coming Saturday 28 October, 10:00 to 17:00 out of the symposium, to be published in time Sursock Museum, Auditorium, Level -2 for the Sursock Museum’s next Salon d’Automne In English in November 2018. Free admission Confirmed speakers include Amin Alsaden, Join us for a two-day symposium that aims to Monique Bellan, Yasmine Chemali, Eileen Cooper, contextualize the art salon in the Arab region. Catherine Cornet, Nancy Demerdash-Fatemi, The symposium brings together research- Alain Messaoudi, Morad Montazami, Camilla ers, curators, artists and critics to discuss the Murgia, Maria-Mirka Palioura, Nadia Radwan, emergence of the art salon in the region in the Dina Ramadan, Ghalya Saadawi, Nada Shabout, colonial and post-colonial context, reflect on and Nadia von Maltzahn. knowledge circulations between Europe and Please check our website for the full program the Middle East, and deliberate the function of and final list of speakers. the art salon within the context of a museum

From right to left: Roger Van Gingerteal and William Townsend, President and Vice President of the Jury of the 5th Salon d’Automne at the Sursock Museum (1965-1966) Sursock Museum collection

9 Talks Swiss Art Talks: Tobias Winkelmann Swiss Architecture in Lebanon: Herzog & de Meuron’s Beirut Terraces In partnership with the Embassy of Switzerland in Lebanon With the support of Association Philippe Jabre Thursday 28 September, 19:00 to 20:30 Auditorium, Level -2 In English Free admission The project Beirut Terraces, a 119-meter tall large terraces offer broad views over the city high-rise, was designed by Herzog & de Meuron, and the sea. Characteristic part of the design are and completed in fall 2016. The building is lo- the diverse white slab edges, which show the cated in Mina el Hosn in Beirut’s central district. individuality and the variety of each apartment. The rich and diverse cultural layers that have Indoor and outdoor spaces merge into each other shaped Beirut’s history have inspired the design so that the large terraces become living spaces. of this residential tower, where the apartments’

Beirut Terraces Courtesy of Herzog & de Meuron

10 Artist Talk: Monira Al Qadiri Thursday 2 November, 19:00 to 20:00 Monira Al Qadiri is a Kuwaiti visual artist born Auditorium, Level -2 in Senegal and educated in Japan. Her work explores unconventional gender identities, petro- In English cultures and their possible futures, as well as Free admission the legacies of corruption. She is also part of the To mark the opening of her solo show, The Craft, artist collective GCC. Monira Al Qadiri will speak about the themes and processes behind her work.

Swiss Art Talks: Mirjam Varadinis (Per)forming Resistance In partnership with the Embassy of such as the refugee crisis, the rise of right-wing Switzerland in Lebanon populist parties, and the questioning of funda- With the support of Association Philippe mental democratic values that interfere with our Jabre everyday reality. Thursday 12 October, 19:00 to 20:30 This talk focuses on the means through which Auditorium, Level -2 performative strategies act as a form of resistance, presenting both historical positions as In English well as recent work by contemporary artists. Free admission Mirjam Varadinis is an art historian and a cu- Having reached its peak in the 1960s and 1970s, rator at Kunsthaus Zürich since September 2002. performance art is once again playing an im- There, she has curated numerous exhibitions, portant part in contemporary art practices, as including Action! (2017), which focuses on per- a younger generation of artists rediscovers the formative strategies. In 2018, Varadinis will be medium of performance and process-oriented one of the curators of Manifesta 12 in Palermo. artworks. They address socio-political issues

Gianni Motti Pre-emptive Act, 2008 Performance in the framework of the exhibition Shifting Identities (2008) at the Zurich Airport

11 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).

Screening 1: From My Syrian Room Directed by Hazem Alhamwi, 2014 Wednesday 13 September, 19:00 to 20:30 the reasons for the outbreak of this revolution In Arabic with English subtitles and how one’s soul can transform from seeking Color, 70’ death to finding new desire for life. The year 2011 witnessed the beginning of un- Hazem Alhamwi is a director and producer born precedented social movement in Syria after in Syria and currently living in Berlin. Alhamwi 40 years of political stagnation. In the early has directed and produced several films includ- months of the uprisings, I was overtaken by a ing the documentaries Childhood of the Place deep feeling of the certainty of death looming Part 1, Stone Bird, and Alshaarani, as well as near me, around me. This film shares narratives more experimental productions: The Right Side from Syria. Some are personal stories; others are of that Road, Damascus, Blue Coma, and Cold social commentaries; some arise from the pres- Breath. His documentary Childhood of the Place ent; others look at the past; all seek to explain Part 1 won a grant from AFAC.

Directed by Hazem Alhamwi From My Syrian Room, 2014 Color, 70’

12 Screening 2: The Little Eagles Directed by Mohamed Rashad, 2016 Wednesday 11 October, 19:00 to 20:30 In Arabic with English subtitles Color and black and white, 77’ Between two generations in Cairo, the left-wing activists of the sixties and seventies, and children of the nineties, many things remain to be said. The film revolves around a confrontation between the dreams, aspirations, political action, failure, frustration, alienation, and finally the revolution on both sides. Mohamed Rashad is cofounder of Hassala Films. He was born in Egypt and studied cinema at a workshop organized by the Jesuit Cultural Center and the SIMAT Foundation. Rashad has worked as an assistant director on many independent films and has written and directed two short films: From Afar and Maxim. In 2016, he directed his first feature documentary Little Eagles and, for the first time, he worked as a producer on the feature documentary The Craftdirected by Ramez Directed by Mohamed Rashad Youssef. He is currently working on the develop- The Little Eagles, 2016 ment of his first fiction feature Wheelchair. Color and black and white, 77’

Screening 3: The Mulberry House Directed by Sara Habib Ishaq, 2013 Wednesday 8 November, 19:00 to 20:30 In English and Arabic with English subtitles Color, 64’ The film follows the filmmaker’s personal docu- mentation of a casual reunion between estranged family members which escalate into an all-en- gulfing popular uprising. The film also focuses on the shifting dynamics between women and men within the context of a modern Yemeni family, testing all preconceived ideas about identity, social customs, familial and social bonds at a time when women’s roles and input have become integral to the Yemeni revolution. Sara Ishaq is a filmmaker, director, and producer based between Egypt and Yemen. In 2013, she Directed by Sara Habib Ishaq completed her first feature film The Mulberry The Mulberry House, 2013 House, which deals with her relationship with Color, 64’ her Yemeni family against the backdrop of the country’s 2011 revolution. Currently, she works war in Yemen. Ishaq is also the co-founder of on a number of Yemeni productions through her the Yemeni media collective #SupportYemen own company Setara Films about the current and Comra, Yemen’s first documentary film camp.

13 Screening 4: Amal’s Garden (2012) and And on a Different Note (2015) Wednesday 6 December, 19:00 to 20:00

Amal’s Garden And on a Different Note Directed by Nadia Shihab Directed by Mohamed Hassan Shawky 19:00 to 19:30 19:30 to 20:00 In Turkmen and Arabic with English subtitles In Arabic with English subtitles Color, HD, 32’ Color, 24’ Amal and Mustafa have lived a long life to- And on a Different Noteis a reflection on the gether in northern Iraq. When Amal decides ambivalent relationship of an Egyptian living to finally renovate her home after a decade of in New York City with the ongoing political war, 85-year-old Mustafa retreats to the melodic developments in Egypt and the media rhetoric wilderness of the garden. A lyrical and intimate associated with them. This audiovisual expe- documentary on companionship, memory, and rience is created through the juxtaposition of new beginnings, Amal’s Garden is the moving images of the author’s various habitats within portrait of one couple moving forward in a new the city, and sound fragments from Egyptian Iraq, where, as one world is disappearing, an- prime time talk shows, echoing a growing sense other is being born. of alienation and a state of physical detachment, Nadia Shihab is a film director and artist based and capturing the stillness of New York’s urban in Oakland, working primarily in nonfiction film life compared to the pace of events and their and music. Shihab’s music compositions have surrounding debates in Egypt. been commissioned for films aired on US public Mohammad Shawky Hassan is a filmmaker and television, and her recent filmAmal’s Garden scholar. He studied philosophy, film direction, was shown in festivals and galleries internation- and cinema studies at The American University ally, including at Cinema du Reel at the Centre in Cairo, the Academy of Cinematic Arts and Pompidou, the Walker Art Center, and the Arab Sciences, and Columbia University. His films American National Museum. She has been an include It Was Related to Me (2011) and On a artist-in-residency with the MacDowell Colony, Day Like Today (2012). He has presented films at Djerassi, and SF FilmHouse, was a Fulbright the Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Anthology Scholar to Turkey, and is currently a Firelight Film Archives, The New York Public Library Media Documentary Lab Fellow. and UnionDocs, and is currently running the Network of Arab Arthouse Screens (NAAS).

Directed by Mohamed Hassan Shawky And on a Different Note, 2015 Color, 24’ 14 Family program To learn about additional family programs, please check our website.

Paper Play: A Storytelling Performance and Workshop With Junk Munkez Saturday 9 September, 10:00 to 13:00 Museum esplanade In English, French, and Arabic Ages 6-12. Children must be accompanied. LBP 10,000 per child. LBP 5,000 per additional child. Spaces limited, booking required. Tickets can be booked through our website. Join us for a street theatre performance fol- lowed by a hands-on workshop. Inspired by the 12th-century Japanese storytelling tech- nique kamashibai, children will experience a live outdoor visual performance which recounts the stories of Geha as well as Abla and Antar. Courtesy of Junk Munkez Following the performance, the creative duo Junk Munkez will lead a workshop where kids Lea Kirdikian is a product designer with an avid will make their own mobile paper theatre using interest in recycled materials. Xavier Baghdadi upcycled materials. Participants will be able to is an imaginative animator/illustrator. They take their project home.This workshop is pro- teamed up to collaborate on an upcycling ini- grammed in conjunction with the exhibition tiative called Junk Munkez, joining forces to Les Mondes de Willy Aractingi. conquer the local trash heaps through colorful eco-friendly products with eco-conscious ethics.

Collection Tour for Families Sunday 8 October, 11:00 to 12:00 Led by one of the Sursock Museum’s docents, Sunday 5 November, 11:00 to 12:00 this fun and interactive family tour explores Sunday 3 December, 11:00 to 12:00 the new collection display, Eight Stories from the Sursock Museum Collection, through stories, Meeting point: Information Desk, GF shapes, and colors, with fun and educational In English and Arabic activities for children and parents. Ages 4-11 with adult supervision Free admission Spaces limited. First-come, first-served.

15 Parallel Public Program Act II of Sharjah Biennial 13, Tamawuj Curated by Christine Tohme, Sharjah Biennial 13 (SB13), Tamawuj has been unfolding through exhibitions, performance programs, off-site projects, an educational program and an online publishing platform, from October 2016 to October 2017. This parallel public program at the Sursock Museum is part of Act II, the final iteration of SB13, taking place across Beirut. Act II takes place from 16 to 22 October 2017 in parallel to the SB13 Beirut off-site project Upon a Shifting Plate, conceived around the keyword “culinary” by The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts, Ashkal Alwan.

Fruit of Sleep: Curator’s Tour With Reem Fadda Monday 16 October, 17:00 to 18:00 in English Saturday 21 October, 16:00 to 17:00 in Arabic Meeting point: Special Exhibitions Hall, Level -2 Free admission Spaces limited. First-come, first-served. Curator Reem Fadda leads a walkthrough of the exhibition Fruit of Sleep. Reem Fadda lives and works between Amman and Ramallah. She is the curator of Fruit of Sleep, part of Act II of the Sharjah Biennial 13, Tamawuj. Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti Mujawara / The Tree School, 2014-ongoing Tree, iron, earth, chairs, and books, 2 × 4 meters Installation view at the 31st São Paulo Biennale (2014) Courtesy of Sandi Hilal, Alessandro Petti, and Grupo Contrafilé

Khalil El Ghrib in conversation with Reem Fadda Thursday 19 October, 20:00 to 21:00 Auditorium, Level -2 In Arabic Free admission Khalil El Ghrib works with everyday and organic ephemera such as clay, bread, and newspaper to explore the degradation and decay of matter. In conversation with Reem Fadda, El Ghrib will touch both on his prolific practice as well as the selected works featured in the exhibition. This talk is programmed in conjunction with the exhibition Fruit of Sleep. Khalil El Ghrib lives and works in Asilah, Morocco Khalil El Ghrib Pain, 2012 Reem Fadda lives and works between Amman Bread, mud, and mold, 20 × 14 cm and Ramallah. She is the curator of Fruit of Sleep, Courtesy of the artist part of Act II of the Sharjah Biennial 13, Tamawuj.

16 55, Radouan Mriziga Monday 16 October, 20:30 to 21:30 Tuesday 17 October, 17:00 to 18:00 Museum esplanade Free admission In this performance, choreographer and dancer Radouan Mriziga uses his own body as a mea- sure for drawing an architectural form, render- ing his movements and anatomy into artisanal tools. The work questions the nature of the information a performer can exchange with a viewer, in order to communicate, or confuse the understanding of an expression. Radouan Mriziga (b. 1985, Morocco) studied dance in Marrakesh, Tunis. In 2012, he graduated from P.A.R.T.S, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Brussels-based dance school. He has collabo- rated on different productions such as Half Elf Radouan Mriziga Zomeravond by Bart Meuleman at Toneelhuis. 55, 2014 Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels, 2015 He is also one of the performers in Re:Zeituing, a Photo: Benjamin Boar. Courtesy of the artist. project of the P.A.R.T.S Foundation and De Munt. Mriziga’s own work includes a group piece 3600 (2016) and a solo work 7 (2017).

DASH, Ho Rui An Saturday 21 October, 17:00 to 18:00 Sunday 22 October, 16:00 to 17:00 Auditorium, Level -2 In English with Arabic subtitles Free admission Using footage of an accident captured from a dashcam, DASH considers how the crash—or crisis—becomes legible within a risk-managed and financially hedged era. From this limit-space where one can never truly know what might come next, a fantastic speculative economy— populated by the likes of ‘black swans’ and ‘dragon kings’—is produced in order to affirm some narratives while extinguishing others. Ho Rui An is an artist and writer working in the intersections of contemporary art, cinema, performance and theory. He has presented projects at the 2nd Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Ho Rui An Haus de Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), NUS DASH, 2016 Museum (Singapore), Jorge B. Vargas Museum Courtesy of the artist and Filipiniana Research Center (Manila), Serpentine Galleries (London), NTU Centre editor for ArtAsiaPacific and has contributed for Contemporary Art Singapore and Para Site to numerous publications. He lives and works (Hong Kong). He is also the Singapore desk in Singapore.

17 Calendar SATURDAY 9 SEPTEMBER WEDNESDAY 11 OCTOBER FRIDAY 27 OCTOBER 10:00 – 13:00 FAMILY PROGRAM 19:00 – 20:30 FILM PROGRAM 10:00 – 17:00 CONFERENCE Paper Play: A Storytelling AFAC Film Nights: The Little Eagles Contextualizing the Art Salon in Performance and Workshop the Arab Region With Junk Munkez THURSDAY 12 OCTOBER (At the Orient-Institut) 19:00 – 20:30 TALK WEDNESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER Swiss Art Talks: Mirjam Varadinis SATURDAY 28 OCTOBER 19:00 – 20:30 FILM PROGRAM (Per)forming Resistance 10:00 – 17:00 CONFERENCE AFAC Film Nights: From My Contextualizing the Art Salon in Syrian Room MONDAY 16 OCTOBER the Arab Region 17:00 – 18:00 TOUR(At the Sursock Museum) SATURDAY 16 SEPTEMBER Fruit of Sleep: Curator’s Tour 16:00 – 17:00 TOUR With Reem Fadda THURSDAY 2 NOVEMBER Collection Tour Act II of Sharjah Biennial 13, Tamawuj 19:00 – 20:00 TALK 17:00 – 18:00 TOUR 20:30 – 21:30 PERFORMANCEArtist Talk: Monira Al Qadiri Tour: Partitions et Couleurs : 55, Radouan Mriziga Hommage à Amine El Bacha Act II of Sharjah Biennial 13, Tamawuj SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER 11:00 – 12:00 FAMILY PROGRAM SUNDAY 17 SEPTEMBER TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER Collection Tour for Families 11:00 – 12:00 FAMILY PROGRAM 17:00 – 18:00 PERFORMANCE Collection Tour for Families 55, Radouan Mriziga WEDNESDAY 8 NOVEMBER Act II of Sharjah Biennial 13, Tamawuj 19:00 – 20:30 FILM PROGRAM THURSDAY 28 SEPTEMBER AFAC Film Nights: The Mulberry 19:00 – 20:30 TALKTHURSDAY 19 OCTOBER House Swiss Art Talks: Tobias Winkelmann 20:00 – 21:00 TALK Swiss Architecture in Lebanon: Khalil El Ghrib in conversation THURSDAY 16 NOVEMBER Herzog & de Meuron’s Beirut with Reem Fadda 18:00 – 19:00 TOUR Terraces Act II of Sharjah Biennial 13, Tamawuj Collection Tour 19:00 – 20:00 TOUR THURSDAY 5 OCTOBER SATURDAY 21 OCTOBER Tour: Partitions et couleurs: 18:00 – 19:00 TOUR 16:00 – 17:00 TOURHommage à Amine El Bacha Collection Tour Fruit of Sleep: Curator’s Tour 19:00 – 20:00 TOUR With Reem Fadda SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER Tour: Partitions et Couleurs : Act II of Sharjah Biennial 13, Tamawuj 11:00 – 12:00 FAMILY PROGRAM Hommage à Amine El Bacha 17:00 – 18:00 PERFORMANCECollection Tour for Families DASH, Ho Rui An SUNDAY 8 OCTOBER Act II of Sharjah Biennial 13, Tamawuj WEDNESDAY 6 DECEMBER 11:00 – 12:00 FAMILY PROGRAM 19:00 – 20:00 FILM PROGRAM Collection Tour for Families SUNDAY 22 OCTOBER AFAC Film Nights: Amal’s Garden 16:00 – 17:00 PERFORMANCE(2012) and And on a Different DASH, Ho Rui An Note (2015) Act II of Sharjah Biennial 13, Tamawuj exhibitions Fruit of Sleep Click, Click: The Repetition of Photographic Curated by Reem Fadda Subject Matter in the 19th Century Part of Act II program of Tamawuj, Sharjah Biennial 13 A Selection of Images from The Fouad Debbas Collection 14 October – 31 December 2017 3 November 2017 – 5 February 2018 Special Exhibitions Hall, Level -2 The Fouad Debbas Collection Gallery, Level 1

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