Jim Quilty

‘The most important thing is that it become an occasion to transform something symbolic into action,’ @jana_trab0ulsi says of two shows at Masrah al-Madina, featuring her and @mazenkerbaj’s work, curated by Mona Hallak, @MayssaJallad and @LGzerozero: today.lorientlejour.com/article/141652…

For International Archives Week (5-6 June), several Beirut institutions will open their doors to the public. The Arab Image Foundation will give tours of its new Qantari space and conduct a workshop on conservation of paper archives: today.lorientlejour.com/article/141476…

During his recent return to Beirut, @RaedYassin sat down to discuss the tumultuous few years that have fuelled the diverse series of works sampled in Hell Between My Teeth, Phantom in My Heart, and Never-Ending Hum, his new solo at @beirutartcenter: today.lorientlejour.com/article/141306…

On a tour of UMAM’s unique archive from the late-great Baalbeck Studios production company, @MonikaBorgmann took L’Orient Today her concern is with luring in researchers and artists to help ‘bring it back to life, so it can have an impact today’: today.lorientlejour.com/article/141147…

As the Jocelyne Saab Association prepares a series of digital film restoration workshops in Beirut, president Mathilde Rouxel reflects on the filmmaker’s practice, archive,and legacy: today.lorientlejour.com/article/137205….

Looking back upon an evening when the work of artists Marwan Rechmaoui, Jalal Toufic and Yara al-Asmar – Beirut habitués all – mingled nicely at Beirut Art Center: today.lorientlejour.com/article/137131…

Formidable jazz pianist and composer @tarek_yamani reflects upon Aks’ser, Tom and Jerry, and his approach to using jazz modalities to interpret Arabic melodies: today.lorientlejour.com/article/137053….

In the run-up to her show at the Venice Biennale, Mounira Al Solh talks with this journalist about learning to be an artist, starting with how her mother taught her to sew so she could sleep through the nocturnal noise of Lebanon’s civil war: today.lorientlejour.com/article/136889…

L’Orient Today sits down with Stephen Gerard Kelly to discuss the five-year history behind his doc feature collaboration with Garry Keane ‘In the Shadow of Beirut,’ long listed for Oscars in two categories: today.lorientlejour.com/article/136066…. @stephengkelly @intheshadowofbeirut

@petraserhal chats with L’Orient Today about her work since 2019, especially ‘Or When I Slept for 18 Days and Nights,’ @beirutartcenter: today.lorientlejour.com/article/135774…

@lorienttoday @RanaEiddbstudio and @FadiTabbal will have a conversation on sound at @beirutartcenter during The Listening Biennial, organised by @rayyabadran.

The co-founder of DB Studios discusses the paradoxes of running a successful sound design company in Lebanon, and the need to look past collapse. today.lorientlejour.com/article/134273…

Leos Carax in Beirut: A bit like light glinting off broken glass: today.lorientlejour.com/article/134119…

In an interesting stellar alignment, Metro al-Madina and Sursuq museum re-opened to the public on the same day. There’s something to be said for serendipity: today.lorientlejour.com/article/133977…

Reem Shadid has curated ‘A Return of the Sun,’ a kick-ass debut show @beirutartcenter. There’s some excellent work on show, thoughtfully presented. You can find a taste of it here: today.lorientlejour.com/article/133851…

This week in #CultureInATimeofCrisis: Rayyane Tabet chats with @QuiltyJim about 'The Return,' his new show at Beirut's Sfeir-Semler gallery, and how objects mean: today.lorientlejour.com/article/133703…

The sonically bored of greater beirut should keep an ear out for sounds from the edge, courtesy of #Irtijal23: today.lorientlejour.com/article/133384…