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Beirut and the Golden Sixties

The exhibition "Beirut and the Golden Sixties: A Manifesto of Fragility" in the Gropius Bau deals with a dazzling and moving chapter in Beirut's modern history.

  • Beirut and the Golden Sixties: A Manifesto of Fragility (4)

    A man walks past the artwork "L'indépendance du Liban racontée a l'Or Iman", 2012 by Huguette Caland.

  • Beirut and the Golden Sixties: A Manifesto of Fragility (1)

    A woman walks past the artwork "Metro scene", 1960-1970 by Farid Aouad.

  • Beirut and the Golden Sixties: A Manifesto of Fragility (2)

    A woman walks past the artwork "Oriental Symbol", 1973 by Adel al-Saghir.

  • Beirut and the Golden Sixties: A Manifesto of Fragility (5)

    A man looks at the artwork "The Funeral of Abdel Nassen" 1970 by Paul Guiragossian.

  • Beirut and the Golden Sixties: A Manifesto of Fragility (3)

    A woman looks at the artwork "Le Port de Beyrouth" 1954 by Mahmoud Said.

  • Beirut and the Golden Sixties: A Manifesto of Fragility (6)

    A man walks past a reproduction of a photo from the Courtesy Georges Boustany Collection in Beirut. The photo shows leftist fighters in Beirut during the Lebanese civil war in the late 1970s.