Open Walls: The AUB Art Collection (Chapter Two)
Please join us for the second chapter of the ongoing exhibition Open Walls: The AUB Art Collection as of March 12, 2025 in Ada Dodge Hall, AUB Byblos Bank Art Gallery. For this next iteration of the project, we have invited three local art institutions: the Beirut Museum of Art (BeMA), the Gibran Tarazi Estate, and the Temporary Art Platform (TAP).Delegates from these institutions will provide an overview of their important cultural work.
This exhibition puts on display artworks from the permanent collection of the American University of Beirut (AUB). It showcases some of its most valuable samples, arranging them in a manner that enables fragments of walls to also host artworks from other collections. As the title suggests, Open Walls brings to the forefront the idea of cooperation in the arts. In choosing this mode of display, our aim is to foster dialogue not only between different artistic epochs, styles, schools, and traditions but also among various generations of artists. We also seek to facilitate exchange and interaction between art institutions, foundations, and collectors from Lebanon and the region.