Beirut's wounds on show in display of art damaged by port blast
Wed 6 Jan 2021 00.00 EST Through the entrance is a version of Guido Reni’s 17th-century portrait of St John the Baptist, blown to shreds. Nearby, a chandelier lies splattered on the ground where it fell. Mirrors are cracked, paintings ruptured, and roofs in some rooms half-caved in. Beirut is slowly rebuilding from the explosion on 4 August that destroyed much of its eastern seafront neighbourhoods and tore through galleries and hotel lobbies where some of Lebanon’s most renowned art was on display. A new exhibition in the city seeks not to put artworks together again but to remake them, ...
Source: theguardian.com