Gholmieh passes away at age 73 after a long battle with illness

Dr. Walid Georges Gholmieh died at the age of 73 after a long battle with illness, National News Agency reported on Tuesday. (more…)

World Press Photo exhibit closes early over censorship

A World Press Photo exhibit in Beirut is shutting down early after Lebanese authorities ordered the removal of an Israeli photographer’s prize-winning work, an organizer of the exhibit said Friday. (more…)

Beirut… as you’ve never seen it

As unrest ripples across the Middle East, few artists’ work is more relevant than Mona Hatoum.

Lebanon’s ‘Stray Bullet’ film won first prize in Dubai

“Stray Bullet” by Lebanese director Georges Hachem won first prize at the Dubai International Film Festival yesterday, this year a showcase for new Arab talent.

The film, set shortly after the start of Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war, tells the story of a young woman who is torn between a fiance picked by her family and a former lover who suddenly reappears in her life. (more…)

Paintings worth up to $613 million stolen in Paris

A lone thief stole five paintings worth up to half a billion euros ($613 million) total, including major works by Picasso and Matisse, in a brazen overnight heist Thursday from a Paris modern art museum, police and prosecutors said. (more…)

War is hell: Lebanese art in Washington, DC

“Convergence: New Art From Lebanon” is billed as the first large retrospective of contemporary Lebanese art outside Lebanon in decades.