Artist and gallery owner Maroun Chaccour tells ArtScoops how time spent restoring collectibles in his teen years resurfaced once again as a source of inspiration in his art When, as a teenager, Maroun Chaccour began contributing to his parents’ antique restoration business, little did he know that a few years later, he’d be drawing on the skills...

The Contemporary Syrian Art Auction, a landmark project for the Atassi Foundation for Arts and Culture, in collaboration with ArtScoops, provides a fascinating snapshot of the Middle Eastern country’s art scene, while offering collectors and art enthusiasts a delightfully diverse selection of artworks by some of Syria’s most talented artists....

Born across two continents on the back of global goodwill, ‘Artists with Beirut’ is an online benefit art auction, hosted by ArtScoops, with a truly international reach, as its organisers, Sabine El Gemayel and Mira Hawa, explain Like others with family in Lebanon, when, on August 4, a massive explosion ripped through Beirut Port and across much...

The David Bloch Gallery in Marrakech celebrates its 10-year anniversary in 2020 - a year that none of us is ever likely to forget. Here, its founder tracks the gallery’s decade-long journey, from its launch and expansion through to doing business in today’s ‘new normal’. What was your inspiration for opening the David Bloch Gallery?I was already...

Mona Al Abdullah, founder of 369 HUB, consultant and art expert, takes Miriam Dunn on a journey from the early days of the gallery’s launch to the current Modern and Contemporary Art auction, which has been organised in collaboration with ArtScoopsThe auction takes place at a really historic time for us, coming in the middle of the pandemic and...

Suha Lallas, owner of the Wadi Finan Art Gallery in Amman, Jordan, shares her thoughts on why a painting must speak to the heart if it’s going to enhance your wall   What was the motivation for launching the Wadi Finan Art Gallery? I’d developed a passion for art from an early age, thanks to my parents who inspired me in different...

Sorella Acosta, director and curator of the Barcelona-based Out of Africa (OOA) Gallery, talks to ArtScoops about the need to acknowledge the diverse nature of art from the continent and how several artists were already ahead of the curve when the Black Lives Matter movement took to the streets   What ignited your passion for African...

Rebecca Anne Proctor, a journalist currently based in Dubai and the former editor in chief of Harper’s Bazaar Art and Harper’s Bazaar Interiors, talks to ArtScoops about the addictive quality of African art and what a post-coronavirus art scene might look like     What are your thoughts on the buzz surrounding African art...

Picasso, the pandemic and post-colonial responsibilities are just some of the topical and timely issues explored by Christian Sulger-Buel, director of the Sulger-Buel Gallery in London, in this latest ArtScoops’ exclusive. Words by Miriam Dunn.     Africa’s contemporary art scene is generating unprecedented levels of interest. What...