A Mueseum In The Making Fundraiser Event

Beirut Contemporary is a pioneering new museum of modern and contemporary art in Lebanon. Developed by APEAL in conjunction with a network of Lebanese and international partners, the museum will stand on a site donated by the Université de Saint Joseph, at Beirut’s thriving Mathaf intersection.

A generation on from the end of the Lebanese civil war, a rich and substantial artistic community exists in Beirut, with Lebanese talent increasingly celebrated and collected across the international art world. Despite regional instability, the tenacity of Lebanese artists, curators, thinkers and activists has generated a vibrant local scene. Grown from grass-roots, it is defined by innovation and fearlessness.

However, major governmental support for artists does not yet exist in Lebanon. Nor does an internationally-recognized contemporary museum. Beirut Contemporary will fill this space, a twenty-first century museum that aims to contribute to meaningful art discourse in Lebanon and beyond, and form strong and lasting relationships with its local communities. Open to all, the museum will be actively shaped by the communities it serves, and enter into dynamic dialogue with the vibrant and diverse publics that make up Beirut.