Barjeel Art Foundation @ Whitechapel

September 1, 2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

The final show in Whitechapel’s four part exhibition of contemporary art from the Middle East is probably both the most interesting and the most frustrating. Over the past year the gallery has played host to the Barjeel Art Foundation in a bid to introduce Londoners to modern and contemporary art from the Arab world. This […]

Sursock @ Beirut

July 25, 2016.Reading time 1 minute.

I have just returned from a trip to my mother’s beautiful homeland: Beirut. Of course, no trip would be complete without a visit to a museum or gallery and Lebanon certainly impressed with its stunning Sursock Museum. The Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum is a glittering white palace. When the sun is up its spectacular façade […]