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L'Orient-Le Jour
31-07-2025
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Forests, visual history and memory: Where to be this weekend in the Middle East
When every weekend blurs into a never-ending scroll of flyers, exhibitions and underground gigs, having too many options can feel a lot like having none. This is why every Thursday, L'Orient Today, in partnership with The MYM Agenda, is going to guide you through cultural happenings across the Middle East that are actually worth your time. Consider this your weekly shortcut to what matters in the region's buzzing cultural scene. Lebanon is celebrating its favorite season — summer — with its ruthless heat and overcrowded roads. If you caught last week's selections, you'll know Beirut's art scene is making the best of it, oversaturating its galleries and museums with bright colors and "biting and bold commentary" dissecting this controversial season. And if you still haven't found what you were looking for, here are two more picks to add to your agenda: Displaying 80 artworks from Phillipe Jaber's collection, the Nuhad Es-Said pavilion of the National Museum is retelling Lebanon's cultural history — through travel and film posters. Impressions of Paradise shows how these advertisements between the 1920s and 70s shaped Lebanon's image both locally and internationally. If you're curious to know what made tourists want to visit us back then and what our cinemas and airports looked like, without having to stuff your nose in a textbook, this exhibition is for you. It's a look into a pre-Civil War country, told through snapshots of everyday life. If you love a Lebanese summer but hate the heat, you can head to Art Scene Gallery in Gemmayzeh to soak in its colors and energy inside an air-conditioned space. Until the end of the month, the gallery is showing Endless Summer, a collective exhibition of local and regional artists who've taken the vibrant season as their muse, specifically the light and freedom it offers. If you're one of the rare Lebanese expats who weren't able to escape the UAE this month, or had to cut your trip short due to our lack of matcha raves, worry not, the space right down your street might have what you're looking for: The Louvre, Abu Dhabi, is offering special summer events where you'll be sure to find something to suit your fancy. The museum is showing the same caliber of timeless art you're used to, while offering astronomy and art camps and classes for you and your little ones. Looking for something a bit more active? Take a kayak ride or a private catamaran cruise across the premises, or book your own private photography session for your most artsy Instagram post yet. For more information, click here. "Everyman's Mountain," the debut solo show by Emirati artist and designer Omar al-Gurg, showing in Lawrie Shabibi Gallery in al-Quoz, takes you on a visual journey through Mount Kilimanjaro's rarely-seen ecological zones. The mountain's forests are usually seen as reclusive, a space that no one enters or exits from, but Gurg chooses to depict it with intimacy and detail, and to see the mountain not as a conquest, but as a living, breathing world. For more information, click here. Printed Nostalgia at Fire Station, Doha, is bringing back print. It features a staggering (record-breaking, I assume) 98 artists from around the world — chosen from over 300 submissions — as it builds a space to reflect on architecture, migration, culture and everyday life, turning personal experiences into shared visual stories. Through photography, collage, painting, illustration, and text, digital expressions are reimagined as tactile prints. The space invites you to join the artists in choosing a point in time in your memories, and allowing it to live its own visual life. Artist Samer Hourani displays Between Confession and Silence at the Orient Gallery in Amman, a series of painted portraits as dramatic as the title suggests. The biggest window into someone's personality is their face, its expressions and eyes, and Hourani takes you through the catalog of characters — and their associated emotions — that marked his life.
L'Orient-Le Jour
24-07-2025
- L'Orient-Le Jour
Philippe Jabre posters collection on display at Beirut National Museum
Create an account to see the results of the poll You can enjoy 3 free articles by creating an account Email Address Password I would like to receive special offers from L'Orient Today as well as selections of the best articles. Register By creating an account, you agree to the terms and conditions of use and our privacy policy. Register Or register with: Facebook Google Log in to your account to see the results of the polls E-mail Password Log in I forgot my password Log in with Facebook Log in with Google They shaped the image of Lebanon between 1920 and 1970. Since June 20, the Nuhad Es-Said pavilion of the National Museum has been displaying 80 travel and film posters drawn from the Philippe Jabre collection*.Entitled "Impressions of Paradise," the exhibition reveals "an overview of the history of tourism development in Lebanon, modern commercial and graphic design and its relevance in the construction of the country's image in the popular visual culture of the 20th century," says exhibition curator Nour pastoral, seaside or cultural, these "idyllic" advertisements were commissioned by both foreign and local players, such as Air Liban, Lebanese International Airways (LIA) and Middle East Airlines (MEA). The airlines' activity benefited from the first airport inaugurated in 1939 by... They shaped the image of Lebanon between 1920 and 1970. Since June 20, the Nuhad Es-Said pavilion of the National Museum has been displaying 80 travel and film posters drawn from the Philippe Jabre collection*.Entitled "Impressions of Paradise," the exhibition reveals "an overview of the history of tourism development in Lebanon, modern commercial and graphic design and its relevance in the construction of the country's image in the popular visual culture of the 20th century," says exhibition curator Nour pastoral, seaside or cultural, these "idyllic" advertisements were commissioned by both foreign and local players, such as Air Liban, Lebanese International Airways (LIA) and Middle East Airlines (MEA). The airlines' activity benefited from the first airport inaugurated in 1939 by... You have reached your article limit When power pivots overnight in the Middle East, context is everything. Stay informed for $0.5/month only! Already have an account? Log in
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21-06-2025
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The Team behind the exhibition Impressions of Paradise at the Nuhad Es-Said for Culture
'Impressions of Paradise' Explores the Image of Twentieth-Century Lebanon Through Travel and Film Posters The Team behind the exhibition Impressions of Paradise at the Nuhad Es-Said for Culture
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21-06-2025
- Entertainment
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'Impressions of Paradise' Explores the Image of Twentieth-Century Lebanon Through Travel and Film Posters
At the Nuhad Es-Said Pavilion for Culture, vintage travel and film posters from the Philippe Jabre Art Collection unveil the construction of Lebanon's national image in popular culture and its enduring visual legacy. The Nuhad Es-Said Pavilion for Culture invites visitors on a captivating journey with its new exhibition, 'Impressions of Paradise: Travel, Tourism, and the Visual Performance of Modern Lebanon.' Drawing from a rare selection of travel and film posters from the Philippe Jabre Art Collection, the exhibition, which runs from 20 June to 30 October 2025, explores depictions of Lebanon in the international travel and culture industry from the 1920s to the 1970s. Curated by Nour Osseiran, with catalogue and research by art historian Marie Tomb, 'Impressions of Paradise' showcases iconic posters depicting Lebanon's iconic Cedar forests, Roman ruins, golden beaches, and charming pine-clad villages, destined to seduce tourists, as well as sleek designs promoting air travel that connected Lebanon to distant destinations. 'Posters are designed and worded to persuade and seduce in ephemeral public displays rather than collections and museums,' says Philippe Jabre, collector and founder of the archive. 'But somehow, they made their way here, proving that, far from static artifacts, they are living documents that carry memories, emotions, and a sense of identity that resonates across generations.' The exhibition extends to the worlds of film and performance with posters from European spy thrillers referencing Lebanon, from nostalgic regional films, and from prints announcing concerts at the renowned Baalbeck Festival, which famously transformed the ancient site into a grand stage for cultural performance. While seemingly celebratory, these posters are, in fact, highly selective depictions. They reveal how design subtly functioned as soft propaganda, circulating both abroad and domestically to shape Lebanon's global image and its self-perception. 'Impressions of Paradise retraces how Lebanon presented itself to the world as its status rose as a tourist and cultural destination in the twentieth century,' Jabre adds. 'This exhibition is, in essence, a reflection of my commitment to preserving, understanding, and weaving together the diverse threads that have shaped Lebanon's visual and cultural history over the past four centuries, from Orientalist paintings to photographs to Modern art.' 'Impressions of Paradise' also features contemporary Lebanese artists Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, Lamia Joreige, Said Baalbaki, and Caline Aoun. These artists interrogate commercial posters' legacy, refracting their polished image through themes of intimacy, distortion, and rupture, offering a multifaceted perspective on the nation's performative identity. The exhibition ultimately traverses both the shimmering surfaces of a bygone dream and the layered sediments it left behind, prompting reflection on how nations visually perform themselves—and how those performances fracture, mutate, yet persist across generations. 'Anchored in Lebanon but with a global reach, the Nuhad Es-Said Pavilion for Culture, opened in the fall of 2024, offers a vibrant home to nurture artistic and cultural dialogue, celebrate creative expressions, and acknowledge and reflect on Memory,' states the Committee of the Pavilion. 'It carries on the Museum's mission to preserve Lebanon's heritage and infusing it with Modern and contemporary creative expressions that resonate with its soul.' 'Following this commitment, the Pavilion's second exhibition, Impressions of Paradise, explores the image of Lebanon through the lens of important historical examples of print advertisements and archival documents, and juxtaposes them with recent artworks that critique so-called 'Golden Age' utopian conceptions of Lebanon.' Scenography of the Exhibition: atelier meem noon Graphic Design: studio 7w20 Practical Information on The Nuhad Es-Said Pavilion for Culture @nuhadessaidpavilion Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 10 AM to 5 PM Phone: +961 21 614 038
