Giacometti faces the Arab world: Hatoum in London and Marwan in Paris

In London and Paris, Alberto Giacometti finds himself at the center of a double dialogue with two major figures of the Arab art world. At the Barbican Centre, his sculptures resonate with the installations of Mona Hatoum. At the Giacometti Foundation in Paris, they confront the painted faces of Marwan Kassab-Bachi. Two exhibitions, two cities, two generations and a shared confrontation with the body, human fragility and a world shaped by violence. Through these intersecting perspectives, Giacometti appears less as a distant master than as a fellow traveler, engaged in a living conversation where form is inseparable from history, exile and politics. From Paris Christine Safa, living between two homes Two dark sensibilities, crossed by lightAt the Barbican Centre, the second chapter of Encounters places the work of Lebanese-born...