Helen Khal by Carla Chammas - ISBN: 9781915609212
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Beirut’s art scene blooms: Love, art, and life in 1960s Lebanon.

Helen Khal

Gallery One and Beirut in the 1960s

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    176 pages

  • Release Date

    12 March 2024

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Summary

The story of Helen Khal and the artists who altered the course of modern and contemporary art in the Middle East and beyond.

Helen Khal: Gallery One and Beirut in the 1960s is a reflective exhibition catalogue, part archive, as well as a living testament to the late Helen Khal (1923–2009). A polymath, artist, educator, and writer, Khal was also the cofounder of Gallery One, the first modern and contemporary art gallery in Lebanon, which opened its doors to the public in Beiru…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781915609212
ISBN-10:1915609216
Author:Carla Chammas, Rachel Dedman, Omar Kholeif, Christine Tohme
Publisher:Sternberg Press
Imprint:Sternberg Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:12 March 2024
Weight:777g
Dimensions:260mm x 264mm x 15mm
About The Author

Carla Chammas

Carla Chammas is an independent curator and advisor. She cofounded the CRG Gallery, New York in 1991 alongside Richard DesRoche and Glenn McMillan, hosting prominent artists from the Middle East to South America for twenty-seven years. She has worked with Christie’s, New York (1984); Marisa del Re Gallery, Monte Carlo, and New York (1985-88); and Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York (1988-1990).

Rachel Dedman is a curator and writer based between Lebanon and the UK. Current and recent work includes exhibitions for Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge; the Whitworth Museum, Manchester; Beirut Art Fair; the Tricycle Theatre, London; and the Jerusalem Show iX. Dedman was curator at the Palestinian Museum, Ramallah, where she developed three exhibitions and authored two books on the politics of Palestinian embroidery, textiles, and dress. Dedman is coeditor of polycephaly.net, and one third of Radio Earth Hold.

Dr. Omar Kholeif is a leading figure in contemporary visual culture—author, curator, broadcaster, and cultural historian—is Director of Collections and Senior Curator at Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE. They have curated more than 70 exhibitions and authored or co-authored more than 40 books on contemporary art. Dr. Kholeif is the founder of artPost21, a cultural agency that supports creative practices at the nexus of art and social justice.

Christine Tohme is the Founding Director of Ashkal Alwan, the Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts, a non-profit organization established in 1993. Tohme curated Sharjah Biennial 13- Tamawuj (2017), and is on the boards of Marsa, a sexual health center in Beirut that provides specialized medical services for at-risk youth and marginalized communities, and SAHA, an association in Istanbul that supports contemporary art from Turkey.

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