While uncovering the brightest young artistic talents from the ME.NA.SA region (Middle East – North Africa – South Asia), the 2016 Beirut Art Fair will also explore the historical trajectory of modernism in the Middle East. A new section ‘Revealing’ will represent an entirely new dimension of the fair, established with the goal of highlighting promising young artists in order to promote their discovery by the broader art world. Each selected gallery will showcase an artist of especially promising talent, offering privileged access for collectors and fairgoers and promoting the formation of professional contacts with the various actors present at the fair. At the same time, Lebanon Modern! will provide the context and vocabulary necessary to a historical understanding of modernism in the Middle East between 1945 and 1970. It will present an in-depth look at the artists who defined these pivotal decades, much of whose history remains yet to be uncovered and written.
From September 15th – 18th, 2016 at Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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Beirut Art Fair Uncovers The Brightest Young Artists & Explores The Historical Trajectory Of Modernism
