For Beirut With Love

PREFACE
In the wake of the terrible incident that deeply impacted
Beirut on the 4 th August 2020 and destroyed an important
part of the heart of the city, Opera Gallery had to respond. Not
only because our Beirut location is located in the perimeter of
the explosion, but because it is one of the crucial missions of
Art to convey messages. Today, we wish to express love. Our
love for Beirut, our love for Art, and our love for all the Beauty
there is in this world.
To me, Lebanon is a work of Art where the artist combined
not only colours, strokes, lines, and beauty,
but also attempts, failures, setbacks,
comebacks, dreams, emotions, and faith.
– Salwa Chalhoub, Gallery Director
Since the dawn of times, Beirut has always been a unique
location. Inhabited since before 5000 BCE, it is one of the
most ancient cities in the world, showing that its pristine
location always was ideal to mankind. Throughout our
country’s hectic history, Beirut fell, then rose again. Long
before being the Pearl of the Middle-East, Beirut was a
phoenix. Today, we still believe in its resilience, in its power to
rise from its ashes. It is to contribute to this rebirth that Opera
Gallery Beirut organises an exceptional show: eleven artists
have generously donated artworks for Lebanon. Paintings,
sculptures, photographies, all mediums are gathered under
this powerful message of Love we wish to give. We are so
very grateful for the artists’ contribution.
All the proceedings of this exhibition will go to a selection
of esteemed Lebanese NGOs: Arc-en-Ciel, Beb w Shebbek,
Caritas and Offre Joie. All aim to rebuild the devastated city.
Come join us and be part of this message of Love we wish to
send to Beirut and its people.
Gilles Dyan
Founder and Chairman
Opera Gallery Group
Salwa Chalhoub
Director
Opera Gallery Beirut