Art Scene gallery proprietor Rania Hammoud poses in her in Gemmayze space. (Credit DR/L’Orient-Le Jour)
BEIRUT — Surrounded by a swarm of assistants, Charbel Lahoud is king in his Chaos Art Gallery, the exhibition space he opened six months ago in Beirut, named, he said, in reference to “the Chaos of creativity.”After the chaos that the 2020 Beirut port explosion caused to his apartment, which gravely damaged paintings, Lahoud decided to open an art gallery in the blast-hit neighborhood. He was already an advisor with the World Bank Education program in Lebanon and had collected art for 20 years.Inaugurated in December 2022, his luminous space on 14 Sursock Street offers a beautiful 100 square-meter setting for the paintings, sculptures and ceramics Lahoud exhibits.They include works by contemporary Lebanese artists, such as painter Hoda Baalbaki, sculptors Bassam Kyrillos, Randa Nehmé, Karine Hochar and Nayla Sirgi, street artist Jad...
BEIRUT — Surrounded by a swarm of assistants, Charbel Lahoud is king in his Chaos Art Gallery, the exhibition space he opened six months ago in Beirut, named, he said, in reference to “the Chaos of creativity.”After the chaos that the 2020 Beirut port explosion caused to his apartment, which gravely damaged paintings, Lahoud decided to open an art gallery in the blast-hit neighborhood. He was already an advisor with the World Bank Education program in Lebanon and had collected art for 20 years.Inaugurated in December 2022, his luminous space on 14 Sursock Street offers a beautiful 100 square-meter setting for the paintings, sculptures and ceramics Lahoud exhibits.They include works by contemporary Lebanese artists, such as painter Hoda Baalbaki, sculptors Bassam Kyrillos, Randa Nehmé, Karine Hochar and Nayla Sirgi, street artist...
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