LAWHA Trajectories of artists and artworks in/from Lebanon since 1943
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...
LAWHA International Conference Beirut/Lebanon, 3-4 June 2024 (Part I) Berlin/Germany, 25 June 2024 (Part II) What makes a place an artistic hub? Besides a certain extent of freedom of expression that allows ideas to coexist, flourish and materialize – and some degree...
von Maltzahn, Nadia. 2023. “Dear Tutu: A Letter by Palestinian Artist Vladimir Tamari on Exile, Friendship and Globalisation”. Static: Thoughts and Research from Global dis:Connect 2 (1). Munich: 59-67. https://doi.org/10.5282/static/39. In this article in the special issue of static on disconnected objects,...
Thursday, 25 May 2023, 10am-12noon Orient-Institut Beirut, Library (Directions) In person and virtual (live streaming link here) LAWHA/OIB in collaboration with the American University of Beirut (AUB) and the Global (De)Centre is happy to invite you to join us for...
Workshop 10 May 2023 at the Paul Mellon Centre, London Full details here. For those interested in art’s intellectual histories, the archive offers a multitude of possibilities – especially those archives that hold the papers of art historians and critics....
Nadia von Maltzahn is participating in a symposium entitled “Abiding Present: Challenging Time in Art History” organised by the Warburg Institute in London. You can find the programme below as taken from the Warburg Institute website: Where: Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London...
In the workshop “Contested (in)visibilities and memorial cultures: Towards a critical reading of cultural heritage and conflict” at the Orient-Institut Beirut, on 15 March 2023, we will explore memorial cultures and consider critical readings of heritage and the impact of...