LAWHA Trajectories of artists and artworks in/from Lebanon since 1943
In-Person, Wednesday 14 February, 16:30-18:00, Hilton Chicago – Lower Level – Salon C-1 Affiliated Society or Committee Name: Association of Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran and Turkey Chair: Nadia von Maltzahn This session aims to analyze the...
AWARE Archives of Women Artists Research & Exhibitions published an entry on Yvette Achkar in late 2023, written by Nadia von Maltzahn: https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/yvette-achkar/ Thank you to everyone who has shared information on Yvette Achkar and images of her works, in...
Diana Jeha has joined the LAWHA team as a research assistant in October 2023. Diana is a Lebanese visual artist and art historian, holding a PhD in History of Art from the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik/Lebanon and a masters degree...
Ashraf Osman is participating in the 5th Postgraduate International Conference “A Driving Force: On the Rhetoric of Images and Power” held at Cà Foscari University of Venice from 4 to 6 October 2023. Virtual participation is possible on this link:...
LAWHA is excited to share with you the launch of two podcast series coming out of the Moving Biography Summer School. Moving Biography was a summer school organised by LAWHA/OIB, the American University of Beirut and the Global (De)Centre in...
This workshop aims at examining the role of cultural clubs and centres in promoting visual arts in Lebanon. Among the first cultural clubs in Lebanon was the Cultural Ligue in Tripoli (est. in 1943), followed by the Arab Cultural Club in Beirut...
We are looking for a research assistant to assist LAWHA’s research team in preparing the Database and Digital Platform for publication, including digitisation and organisation of archival material, and data entry revolving around the trajectories of artists and their works....
On 16 August 2023, Berlin’s daily Tagesspiegel published an article by Nadia von Maltzahn on the reopening of the Sursock Museum. You can find the full article here, or read the print version below. Please note that the last image...
On 14 July 2023, Nadia von Maltzahn was interviewed by Maya Nassar on Lebanon’s Virgin Radio Stars. Listen to the conversation in two parts:
A public talk by Ashraf Osman, Pierre France and Nadia von Maltzahn in collaboration with the Sursock Museum The talk Chronologies and the Question of Periodization departs from the exhibition Beyond Ruptures, a Tentative Chronology which takes the form of a historical timeline from 1952...
Decentering art and design history: research, practice, education University of Nicosia, 15-17 June 2023 The conference considers the development of art and design history in the Mediterranean region during the twentieth century. It focuses on how colonialism, postcolonialism, conflicting nationalist ideologies...