As Israel continues its offensive against Hezbollah, ‘art spaces allow people to escape’, says the gallery founder Saleh Barakat

Two years after an explosion caused billions of dollars of damage, the Beirut Museum of Art has broken ground in the Lebanese capital

The painting, which is currently being restored at the J. Paul Getty Museum, will ultimately return to the Sursock Palace

The work charts an architect’s personal crusade to restore one of the finest remaining examples of Ottoman-Venetian homes in Old Beirut.

Plus, the "golden age" of Beiruti art at the Gropius Bau in Berlin and Meret Oppenheim's Surrealist white heels at the Menil Collection in Houston

Eight vessels from the Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut will undergo conservation thanks to €25,000 grant from Tefaf fund

French aid will restore the stained-glass windows and Arab salon of the historic villa, which was severely damaged in port explosions last August

Standout works include a haunting photograph by Rania Matar and an image of Muhammad Ali by French street artist Mr Brainwash

As the city's arts community mourns the loss of colleagues and assesses the damage to its museums and galleries, some believe change will come from the disaster—others are less optimistic

Louvre collaborates with Lebanon’s antiquities authority on repairs to doors, windows and security system

A coalition of international museums and heritage organisations are working to provide expertise to Lebanese institutions

Belgian non-profit Mophradat says that 100% of the money raised will support individual artists and arts organisations

With homes, galleries and studios entirely destroyed, Lebanese artists respond in the aftermath of Tuesday’s carnage

Several galleries and museums have been destroyed or severely damaged following the blast and fire that shook the Lebanese capital on Tuesday

Three months into the uprising we speak to Abed Al Kadiri about popular unity, state brutality and why he is documenting events through Chinese-style ink drawings

Artists and institutions come out in support of protestors who are demanding political reforms in Lebanon

Dia al-Azzawi's Sabra and Shatila Massacre has been commissioned by a Lebanese art foundation as an "archive of history"

Museum board says fundraising campaign to build delayed private museum is not dependent on the scandal-hit auto executive

Difficulties began when the museum asked HW Architecture to work pro bono

Lebanese event cuts 'special offer' to help Egypt's galleries exhibit abroad and invests $100,000 in outreach to encourage collectors from further afield

Across Boundaries is an exhibition of around 100 works of Lebanese photography from 30 collections

Show at Lebanon's Aishti Foundation is last in a trilogy exploring its vast private collection before its first solo presentation of Albert Oehlen

Dalloul Art Foundation investigates authenticity of some Middle Eastern works before museum opening