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Tracing the cultural, political and artistic developments over a 17-year period in Beirut's modern historyThis volume chronicles a turbulent chapter in the development of modernism in Beirut, beginning in 1958 and ending with the 1975 outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War. The accompanying exhibition highlights how collisions between art, culture and polarized political ideologies turned Beirut's art scene into a microcosm of larger transregional tensions.

A multimedia excavation of the life of a forgotten revolutionaryThis volume accompanies an exhibition chronicling the story of Louise Brunet, a French silk spinner who embarked on an arduous journey of self-reinvention after joining the revolution of the canuts (silk weavers) in 1834.

The 16th Lyon Biennale centers on the theme of fragilityThis volume accompanies the 16th Lyon Biennale in which a broad coalition of international artists embody the theme of fragility. In doing so, they reveal a nuanced patchwork of narratives illuminating moments of resilience in the face of social, political and environmental upheaval.