ROUNDTABLE 5
MUSEUMS' ECONOMIC STAKES: FINANCING, PHILANTHROPY AND MORE
04:30 PM TO 05:30 PM
(In English)
Moderated by Olivia Bourrat, Scientific Director at Agence France-Muséums, Louvre Abu Dhabi (UAE)
with
Ainhoa Grandes, President of the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Barcelona
Dr. Khalid Khreis, Director of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman
Véronique Rieffel, Curator, former Director of the Institut des Cultures de l’Islam, Paris
What are the challenges facing museums today in financial terms? Who finances museums? What are the limits of relying on philanthropy? Are there source of financing museums should refuse?
ROUNDTABLE 6
AN ORIENTALIST VOYAGE
06:00 PM TO 07:00 PM
(In French)
Moderated by Dr. Ray Jabre Mouawad, Professor of History at the Lebanese American University (LAU), Beirut
with
Gaby Daher, arts and decorative arts expert
Philippe Jabre, art collector
Jean-Louis Mainguy, scenographer and interior designer
Who are the European artists who painted or produced artworks responding to Lebanon and the Levant? What were their motivations to depict Lebanon and the Levant? What were their perspectives on Lebanon and the Levant?
KIDS WORKSHOPS by BeMA (Beirut Museum of Art)
12:00 PM TO 04:00 PM
With Soraya Ghezelbash
Soraya will develop a silkscreen workshop for a maximum of 10 children. Each child would print 2 to 3 times or we could opt for a big collective fresco on the floor it would be easier to manage.
sign up by kids@beirut-art-fair.com
TOUR OUR EXCLUSIVE EXHIBITIONS
A TRIBUTE TO LEBANON: AN ORIENTALIST VOYAGE
LEBANON MODERN: “UNEXPECTED TROVE THE UNSEEN WORKS OF HUSSEIN MADI”
REVEALING by SGBL
