Interview with Zeina Arida, director of the Sursock Museum in Beirut

On August 4, 2020, the Sursock Museum was partially destroyed in the explosion at the port of Beirut. Located in the historic district of Achrafiyeh, former private residence of collector Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock, the Museum of Contemporary Art was created in 1961. For decades, it has exhibited major works by Lebanese artists, constituting a place of interest. boiling point for modern art in the Middle East. The director of the establishment, Zeina Arida, discusses the history of the Museum and the progress of reconstruction after the disaster of August 4, in a video interview for Keys to the Middle East.

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