I AM ONE ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT

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I AM ONE ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT
A collaboration between Studio la Città, Verona and Galleria Tanit, Beirut

Adel Abidin | Shirin Abu Shaqra | Sadek Al Fraji | Abed Al Kadiri | Nadim Asfar | Jean Boghossian | Roy Dib | Simone Fattal | Chafa Ghaddar | Gilbert Hage | Rania Matar | Randa Mirza | Kevork Mourad | Ghassan Zard | Cynthia Zaven
curated by Marc Mouarkech, with an essay by Marco Meneguzzo

I am one acquainted with the night is a collaboration between Studio la Città and Galerie Tanit, Beirut reflecting solidarity and resilience. It borrows its title from a poem by Robert Frost. It declares familiarity with darkness, to allow the light to come back through the work of 15 artists.
6.07 – 9.17, 2021
Opening June 5 – 2021, by reservation

When

Starts: 5 June 2021
Ends: 17 September 2021

Where

Studio la Città
Lungadige Galtarossa 21
37133, Verona

Curated by: Marc Mouarkech
Press release: download here

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