Annabel Karim Kassar reconstructs traditional Lebanese home in the V&A
At the entrance to the V&A’s architecture collection, an impressive Ottoman-Venetian triple-arched facade almost pushes against the museum’s ceiling.
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At the entrance to the V&A’s architecture collection, an impressive Ottoman-Venetian triple-arched facade almost pushes against the museum’s ceiling.
Annabel Karim Kassar has unveiled a new installation at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London titled The Lebanese House: Saving a home, Saving a city.
Annabel Karim Kassar has reconstructed the facade of a Beiruti house at the V&A as part of an installation focusing on the 2020 Beirut explosion.
LONDON: Beirut has long been recognized as the Middle East’s capital of art and culture. But Lebanon’s financial crisis and political instability, and the devastating explosion at Beirut Port in August 2020, have caused the destruction of much of the city and made life increasingly difficult for its creative community.
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