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A Berlin exhibition explores the buzzing heyday of Beirut's art scene in the 1960s – and how it was cut short by the darkness of the Lebanese civil war. By Ruairi Casey

A Berlin exhibition explores the buzzing heyday of Beirut's arts scene in the 1960s, and how it was cut short by the darkness of the Lebanese Civil War.

Beirut and the Golden Sixties: A Manifesto of Fragility revisits a turbulent chapter in the development of modernism in Beirut beginning with the 1958

​Beirut and the Golden Sixties: A Manifesto of Fragility revisits an exhilarating chapter in global modernism in Beirut from the 1958 Lebanon crisis to 1975, the year that witnessed the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War.

Cultural revolution Discontent is a homage to arts magazines affiliated with the Palestine liberation movement, published between the late 60s and mid 80s, which used graphic design and art as a form of resistance. The magazine, which is in its first issue, collects personal essays, reportage and photography from Egypt, Palestine and Lebanon. “As someone who’s been living in the Arab world for the best part of 16 years,” explains editor Iain Akerman via email, “I’d like...