The AUB Art Galleries present “Open Walls: The AUB Art Collection,” opening this Wednesday, April 17th at 6 pm.
Join us for an evening of artistic exploration and discovery of the AUB Art Collection.

This exhibition puts on display artworks from the permanent collection of the American University of Beirut (AUB). It showcases some of its most valuable samples, arranging them in a manner that enables fragments of walls to also host artworks from other collecting institutions and individuals. We adopt the “open walls" method—commonly used in agriculture, to allow plants to extend and grow along a support structure—as the main principle of exhibition display. The Open Walls: AUB Art Collection exhibition aims to foster the cultivation of knowledge about art by filling in “gaps" and enabling a more comprehensive and flexible representation of the art historical narrative through an ever-changing open walls setup. Artworks from various collections, institutions, styles or ages are invited to be exhibited in close proximity to AUB's art collection. With this we draw attention to the imperative need for dialogue and collaboration between AUB and other local, regional, and global cultural institutions, collections, artists, and foundations on expanding knowledge about art.

Read the full curatorial statement here