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The Sursock Museum (Arabic: قصر سرسق), which is officially known as the Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum, is a modern art and contemporary art museum in Beirut, Lebanon.

Sursock Museum

قصر سرسق
The Sursock Museum in Beirut
Established	1961 (1961)
Location	Beirut, Lebanon
Coordinates	33°53′34.59″N 35°30′58.42″E
Type	modern art and contemporary art
Website	sursock.museum

History

In 1912, the wealthy and prominent Lebanese aristocrat Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock built the private villa that now houses the museum. He decreed in his will that the villa be transformed into a museum.[1] When he died in 1952, he bequeathed the villa to the city of Beirut.[2] The museum opened in 1961, directed by Amine Beyhum, with an exhibit of works of contemporary Lebanese artists, setting a precedent for cultural events in Beirut.[3]

The Sursock Museum building exemplifies Lebanese architecture, with its Italianate (specifically Venetian) and Ottoman architectural influences.[2] It is one of the few remaining villas from its epoch in Beirut. It is located in the historic Rue Sursock in the Rmeil district of Beirut. The street is home to other mansions that were built in the 19th century by Beirut's most prominent families, such as the Sursocks and the Bustroses, even though this architectural heritage is threatened by developers and an almost-unregulated real estate market.

More than a hundred exhibitions have been held at the museum, including displays of works by Lebanese and international artists. The museum's permanent collection includes modern art, Japanese engravings and Islamic art.[4] The museum collection consists of over 800 artworks, including paintings, sculptures, and graphic arts from the 19th and 20th centuries.[5]

On August 4, 2020, the museum sustained significant damage and some of its artworks were destroyed as a result of an ammonium nitrate explosion.[6]

Expansion

The museum was expanded with four new underground floors beneath the current garden, at a cost of US$12 million.[5] French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte and Lebanese architect Jacques Abou Khaled designed the expansion project.[7]

The project increased the museum's area from 1,500 square meters to 8,500 square meters and opened additional exhibition spaces, a research library, an auditorium, a restoration workshop, new storage spaces for the collection, as well as a store and restaurant.[8] The museum reopened its doors on October 8, 2015.

Collection

The following is a list of Lebanese and international artists whose works are in the museum's permanent collection:

Exhibition history

• Les arts plastiques au service de l'architecture, 1969
• Art islamique, 1974
• Hommage à Jean Khalife, 1993[9]
• Omar Onsi Rétrospective, 1997 [10]
• Georges Schehadé : poète des deux rives, 1905-1989, 1999[11]
• Max Ernst, 2000[12]
• Sergei Parajanov, collages and drawings, 2000[13]
• Moustafa Farroukh Rétrospective, 2003 [14]
• Regards sur Beyrouth, 160 ans d'images, 2015 [15]
• Danielle Genadry, The Fall, 2016 [16]
• Assadour, landscape in Motion, 2016 [17]
• Ali Cherri. A Taxonomy of Fallacies: The Life of Dead Objects, 2016 [18]
• Let's Talk About the Weather: Art and Ecology in a Time of Crisis, 2016 [19]
• Susan Hiller Magic Lantern, 2016[20]
• Adelita Husni-Bey: A Wave in the Well, 2016[21]
• Fabrik, 2017[22]
• Les mondes de Willy Aractingy, 2017[23]
• Hrair Sarkissian Homesick, 2017[24]
• Partitions et Couleurs : Hommage à Amine El Bacha, 2017[25]
• Fruit of Sleep. Curated by Reem Fadda – Part of Act II program of Tamawuj, Sharjah Biennial 13, 2017[26]
• Monira Al Qadiri: The Craft, 2017[27]
• Abed Al Kadiri, The Story of the Rubber Tree, 2018[28]
• Cy Twombly Photographs, 2018[29]
• Zad Moultaka: ŠamaŠ[30]
• Fleeting Exits, Curated by Marwan T. Assaf, 2018[31]
• Past Disquiet, Curated by Kristine Khouri and Rasha Salti, 2018[32]
• Gregory Buchakjian Abandoned Dwellings, Display of Systems, Curated by Karina El Helou, 2018[33]
• Laure et Mazen : Correspondance(s), 2019[34]
• La Fabrique des illusions: Collection Fouad Debbas et commentaires contemporains, 2019[35]
• Baalbek, Archives of an Eternity, curated by Vali Mahlouji, 2019[36]
• Picasso et la famille, 2019[37]
• At the still point of the turning world, there is the dance. Curated by Carla Chammas and Rachel Dedman, 2019[38]

See also

• Sursock family
• Sursock House

References

External links

• Sursock Museum website
• Lebanon.com information
• Onefineart.com information

На других языках

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- [en] Sursock Museum

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[es] Museo Sursock

El Museo Nicolas Sursock , llamado así por su fundador, es un Museo de Arte Moderno en Beirut, Líbano. Se encuentra en la calle Sursock en el corazón del prestigioso distrito histórico de Ashrafieh, donde muchas casas fueron construidas desde el siglo XVIII para las familias más importantes en el Líbano, entre ellas la de Sursock y Bustros.

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[ru] Музей Сурсок

Музей Сурсок, также официально называемый Музеем Никола Сурсока, — музей современного искусства в Бейруте (Ливан). Расположен в Ашрафии, недалеко от порта, на исторической улице Ру Сурсок, восточнее лестницы Св. Николая[en]. На улице также расположено множество особняков, построенных в XVIII веке наиболее видными в Бейруте семьями Сурсоков и Бустросов.

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