The Power of the Void    Silence versus the said word, and the timeless relevance of our hopes, fears and dreams, are just some of the themes explored by Ghadeer Saeed in an exciting new online exhibition, available to view on the Artscoops platform       While many of us might consider ‘The sound of silence’ to be...

Here's to the Healing  With a passion for compassion, the artist Zena el Khalil explores both the destruction that Lebanon has endured over the years and the country’s reawakening in an all-encompassing project taking place at Beit Beirut While there are many justifications for describing a new exhibition of works by the Lebanese artist...

 Landscapes, Legacies and Life Stories Through a Lens    Photographer, tutor and pioneer Jackie Leger talks reprography, scaling obstacles and the Arab world’s cultural heritage, ahead of Artscoops’ live auction on September 19th, which will showcase one of her outstanding works     Like many Westerners from her...

Beautiful Boundaries   While Beirut’s wrought iron handrails undoubtedly serve a functional purpose, a project by the architect in conservation, Mazen Haidar, reminds us that they are also a key component of the city’s rich architectural heritage, representing works of art in themselves     What made you decide to focus...

Lines Let Loose The artist Sumayyah Samaha is walking better and further than she has done for years. It is perhaps fitting, then, that a new, landmark series of works, in which she uses charcoal and oil together on the same surface for the first time, is both dynamic and free flowing                ...

A Path Carved with Passion Unconventional, but totally committed, the Russian-born artist Liudmila Panenkova is following her dreams, while delighting new audiences with her unworldly, magical artwork If it hadn’t been for Liudmila Panenkova’s burning passion for art and determination to follow it through, she may well still be working on...

Fleeting Feelings  A project in the pipeline by the highly respected photographer, editor and designer, Saër Karam, sees him doing what he does best; capturing emotions and creatingstandalone stories with a camera                   How does your background in journalism and instinct for...

Mainstream Beckons Janet Rady, specialist in Middle Eastern contemporary art and guest curator of the ‘I AM’ exhibition, envisages a new era for Arab art in which marginalisation is largely a thing of the past With its groundbreaking content, exciting list of participants and broader implications for Arab art, the ‘I AM’ exhibition, which...

The Mind's Eye Rose Issa’s project at the Beirut Art Fair will consider the impact of recent regional socio-economic issues on both collectors and artists   When the independent curator, writer and producer Rose Issa organised her first Arab film festival over 30 years ago while living in Paris, it was fuelled by a desire to show an...