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| former_name = Beirut, Lebanon| type = modern art and contemporary art| accreditation = | key_holdings = | collections = | collection_size = | visitors = | founder = | executive_director = | leader_type = | leader = | director = | president = | ceo = | chairperson = | curator = | architect = | historian = | owner = | employees = | publictransit = | parking = weblink}}| network = | embedded = }}The Sursock Museum (), officially known as the Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum, is a modern and contemporary art museum in Beirut, Lebanon.

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.weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070929061801weblink">Guides.hotelbook.com, Events Guide: Sursock Museum (Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon) When he died in 1952, he bequeathed the villa to the city of Beirut.Daratalfunun.org {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423231150weblink |date=2007-04-23 }} 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.weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070528080142weblink">Galleries Beirut, Sursock museum, Georges Guv Aref Rayess, John Haddian, Levon Moumjian. Madi Hussein(File:Sursock house (1).jpg|thumb|The marble stairs of the museum)The Sursock Museum building exemplifies Lebanese architecture, with its Italianate (specifically Venetian) and Ottoman architectural influences. 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.WEB,weblink Lebanon-tourism.gov.lb, 2007-02-23, 2021-02-27,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20210227222730weblink">weblink dead, The museum collection consists of over 800 artworks, including paintings, sculptures and graphic arts from the 19th and 20th centuries.On 4 August 2020, the museum sustained significant damage and some of its artworks were destroyed as a result of a catastrophic ammonium nitrate explosion.WEB, Bishara, Hakim, Deadly Explosion in Beirut Decimates Thousands of Buildings, Including Galleries and Museums,weblink Hyperallergic, 6 August 2020, 5 August 2020, The museum was restored thanks to the financial commitment from various donors among them the Italian government with a donation of one million euro in May 2021.NEWS, 2023-01-05, Libano: restauri a tempo di record per il museo Sursock - Cultura, it,weblink 2023-01-06, It finally reopened on 26 May 2023. Helene Sallon:Beirut's Sursock Museum, a showcase for Lebanese art, reopens. Le Monde, 31 May 2023

Expansion

The museum was expanded with four new underground floors beneath the current garden, at a cost of US$12 million.Annahar.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926104310weblink |date=2008-09-26 }} French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte and Lebanese architect Jacques Abou Khaled designed the expansion project.WEB,weblink Jadesigns-architects.com, 2008-10-03, 2015-11-26,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20151126181010weblink">weblink dead, 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 restaurantweblink {{Dead link|date=August 2022}} The museum reopened on 8 October 2015.

Collection

The following is a list of Lebanese and international artists whose works are in the museum's permanent collection:{{div col|colwidth=22em}}

• Chafic Abboud
• Mouna Bassili Sehnaoui
• Lotti Adaimi
• Willy Aractingi
• Anton Asfar
• Assadour
• Simone Baltaxé-Martayan
• Juman Beyazit
• Rafic Charaf
• Saloua Raouda Choucair
• Kees van Dongen
• George Cyr
• Paul Guiragossian
• Georges Guv
• John Haddian
• Zavan Haditzian
• Halim Jurdak
• Elie Kanaan
• Mamdouh Kashlan
• Viola Kassab
• Hussein Madi
• Michel Elmir
• Levon Moumjian
• Mounir Najm
• Omar Onsi
• Mohammad Rawas
• Aref Rayess
• Nadia Saikali
• Mohamed Sakr
• Stelio Scamanga
• Juliana Seraphim
• H. Torrossian
• Anita Toutikian
• Sophie Yaramian
• Khalil Zgaib
• Alain Le Yaouanc

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Exhibition history

• Les arts plastiques au service de l'architecture, 1969
• Art islamique, 1974
• Hommage à Jean Khalife, 1993WEB,weblink Hommage à Jean Khalife, 17 February 2019, Sursock, Musée, 1998,
• Omar Onsi Rétrospective, 1997 NEWS, Retrospective Omar Onsi au musée Sursock,weblink L'Orient-Le Jour, 8 February 1997, 14 February 2019,

• Georges Schehadé : poète des deux rives, 1905-1989, 1999BOOK, Georges Schehadé : poète des deux rives, 1905-1989, WorldCat, 407050949,
• Max Ernst, 2000NEWS, Max Ernst Le magicien des palpitations subtiles, Laure d'Hauteville,weblink Le Commerce du Levant, 1 April 2000, 14 February 2019,

• Sergei Parajanov, collages and drawings, 2000NEWS, Serguei Paradjanov. Ce magicien a ensorcelé la banalité, Sonia Nigolian,weblink La revue du Liban, 2000, 14 February 2019,

• Moustafa Farroukh Rétrospective, 2003 NEWS, CULTURE Rétrospective Moustafa Farroukh au musée Sursock (photo),weblink L'Orient-Le Jour, 8 February 1997, 14 February 2019,

• Regards sur Beyrouth, 160 ans d'images, 2015 NEWS, " Regards sur Beyrouth " une odyssée en image dans le Beyrouth d'antan, Marie Josée Rizkallah,weblink Libananews, 12 October 2015, 14 February 2019,

• Danielle Genadry, The Fall, 2016 NEWS, "The Fall", Danielle Genadry,weblink L'Agenda Culturel, 10 February 2016, 14 February 2019, 15 February 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190215215629weblink">weblink dead,
• (:fr:Assadour|Assadour), landscape in Motion, 2016 NEWS, Assadour: an artist in motion Sursock Museum launches new art exhibition, Olga Habre,weblink Executive Life, 18 March 2016, 14 February 2019,

• Ali Cherri. A Taxonomy of Fallacies: The Life of Dead Objects, 2016 NEWS, A Taxonomy of Fallacies: The Life of Dead Objects Ali Cherri, Kevin Jones,weblink ArtAsiaPacific, September 2016, 14 February 2019,

• Let's Talk About the Weather: Art and Ecology in a Time of Crisis, 2016 NEWS, Let's Talk About the Weather: Art and Ecology in a Time of Crisis, Kaelen Wilson-Goldie,weblink Artforum, 2016, 14 February 2019,

• Susan Hiller Magic Lantern, 2016WEB,weblink Susan Hiller, The Hyman Collection, 14 February 2019,
• Adelita Husni-Bey: A Wave in the Well, 2016WEB,weblink Exhibition: Adelita Husni-Bey: A Wave in the Well, 2016, Lebtivity, 14 February 2019,
• Fabrik, 2017WEB,weblink FABRIK at the Sursock Museum, 2017, Lebanon Traveller, 14 February 2019,
• Les mondes de Willy Aractingy, 2017NEWS, Les mondes de Willy Aractingi,weblink L'Agenda Culturel, 28 August 2017, 14 February 2019, 15 February 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190215050501weblink">weblink dead,
• Hrair Sarkissian Homesick, 2017NEWS, Beyond Exile: Hrair Sarkissian's Homesick, Murtaza Vali,weblink Nafas Art Magazine, January 2015, 14 February 2019,

• Partitions et Couleurs : Hommage à Amine El Bacha, 2017WEB,weblink Partitions et Couleurs : Hommage à Amine El Bacha, 2017, Artforum, 14 February 2019,
• Fruit of Sleep. Curated by Reem Fadda – Part of Act II program of Tamawuj, Sharjah Biennial 13, 2017NEWS, Fruit of Sleep,weblink Nafas Art Magazine, November 2017, 14 February 2019,
• Monira Al Qadiri: The Craft, 2017NEWS, Monira Al Qadiri's immersive exhibition at Gasworks transports viewers into an eerie world of American popular culture and extra-terrestrial visitations, Michaela Bear,weblink Trebuchet Magazine, 30 August 2017, 14 February 2019,
• Abed Al Kadiri, The Story of the Rubber Tree, 2018WEB,weblink Abed Al Kadiri, The Story of the Rubber Tree, 2018, MutualArt, 14 February 2019,
• Cy Twombly Photographs, 2018WEB,weblink Cy Twombly, 2018, Gagosian, 14 February 2019, {{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Zad Moultaka: Å amaÅ NEWS, Å amaÅ  pour la première fois au Liban,weblink Le Petit Journal, 1 June 2018, 14 February 2019,
• Fleeting Exits, Curated by Marwan T. Assaf, 2018NEWS, Fleeting Exits, s'echapper de soir pour se retrouver,weblink Femme Magazine, 10 August 2018, 14 February 2019,
• Past Disquiet, Curated by Kristine Khouri and Rasha Salti, 2018NEWS, Past Disquiet : Exposer l'art en exil, Mathilde Rouxel,weblink OnOrient, 3 October 2018, 14 February 2019,
• Gregory Buchakjian Abandoned Dwellings, Display of Systems, Curated by Karina El Helou, 2018NEWS, Photographs of Beirut's Abandoned Houses, Decades After the Civil War, Kirsten O'Regan,weblink Hyperallergic, 6 December 2018, 14 February 2019,
• Laure et Mazen : Correspondance(s), 2019NEWS, Laure et Mazen : Correspondance(s),weblink L'Agenda Culturel, 28 January 2019, 14 February 2019, 15 February 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190215050426weblink">weblink dead,
• La Fabrique des illusions: Collection Fouad Debbas et commentaires contemporains, 2019WEB,weblink Exposition photo: La Fabrique des illusions : Collection Fouad Debbas et commentaires contemporains, 2019, L'Å’il de la Photographie, 20 February 2019,
• Baalbek, Archives of an Eternity, curated by Vali Mahlouji, 2019WEB,weblink The Baalbeck Exhibit is a Cultural Panorama of Lebanon, 8 August 2019, Al Bawaba, 20 January 2020,
• Picasso et la famille, 2019WEB,weblink Picasso et la famille, 27 September 2019, Executive Bulletin, 28 December 2019,
• At the still point of the turning world, there is the dance. Curated by Carla Chammas and Rachel Dedman, 2019WEB,weblink At the Still Point of the Turning World, There is the Dance, 2019, Aramco World, 28 December 2019, 28 December 2019,weblink dead,

See also

• Sursock family
• Sursock House

References

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External links

• Sursock Museum website
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070207130741weblink">Lebanon.com information
• Onefineart.com information

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