Reem Shadid to Lead Beirut Art Center Amid Institutional Crisis
Reem Shadid has been appointed as the new director of the Beirut Art Center, effective 2024. She succeeds Haig Aivazian and Rana Nasser Eddin, who are departing after a two-year tenure marked by challenges linked to Lebanon's financial crisis. The outgoing directors highlighted difficulties in securing sustainable funding while striving for ethical practices. Shadid, originally from Jerusalem, has an extensive background in the arts, having previously held the deputy director role at the Sharjah Art Foundation and participated in the Sharjah Biennial. She is currently involved with major art projects, including the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter Triennial.
Key facts
- Reem Shadid becomes director of Beirut Art Center from next year.
- She succeeds Haig Aivazian and Rana Nasser Eddin, who led for two years.
- Outgoing directors cited Lebanon's banking crisis as a key challenge.
- Shadid was deputy director of Sharjah Art Foundation from 2006 to 2020.
- She worked on the Sharjah Biennial organization.
- She will co-curate Henie Onstad Kunstsenter Triennial and Taipei Biennial.
- Previously worked for Hanan Ashrawi at MIFTAH and Palestinian Ministry of Public Works.
- She produces a radio program for Radio Alhara and is a contributing editor at Infrasonica.
Entities
Artists
- Reem Shadid
- Haig Aivazian
- Rana Nasser Eddin
- Hanan Ashrawi
Institutions
- Beirut Art Center
- Sharjah Art Foundation
- Sharjah Biennial
- Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
- Taipei Biennial
- Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH)
- Ministry of Public Works and Housing (Palestine)
- Radio Alhara
- Infrasonica
Locations
- Beirut
- Lebanon
- Jerusalem
- Sharjah
- United Arab Emirates
- Henie Onstad
- Norway
- Taipei
- Taiwan
- Palestine
- Gaza