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Vartan Avakian - A Curse That Turns Gold Into Ladybugs
10 Jul - 25 Sep 2025Ten years ago, my great-aunt Anahid gave me a memory book [1] dedicated to the village of her father in the Ottoman Empire. The book was a detailed record of...Read more -
Group Exhibition - Water
Past 21 May - 13 Aug 2021Marfa’ has finally reopened with a group show titled Water . This show is our contribution to Galleries Curate: RHE , the first chapter of a collaborative exhibition and online...Read more -
Group Exhibition - When the image is new, the world is new
Past 5 Feb - 30 Apr 2020“When the image is new, the world is new” (Bachelard, 1957) With works by Stéphanie Saadé, Tamara Al-Samerraei, Caline Aoun, Vartan Avakian, Lamia Joreige, Saba Innab, Talar Aghbashian, Paola Yacoub,...Read more -
Vartan Avakian - Of All that is Seen and Unseen
Past 24 Jan 2019 - 13 Apr 2020Sugar as a memory Salt as an image Skin as a witness Hair as a timeline Light as a reflection of all that is seen and unseen Vartan Avakian’s work...Read more -
Vartan Avakian - Collapsing Clouds of Gas and Dust
Past 22 Oct - 12 Dec 2015The exhibition comprises artworks made from dust collected from an abandoned photo studio located in the Barakat Building. The Barakat Building is a historic landmark of Beirut and the site...Read more
