THIS WEEK AT ICA
ICA IS FREE FOR EVERYONE!
Free admission to the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania for the public is
sponsored by the Amanda (C95) and Glenn (W87/WG88) Fuhrman Fund.
TRAVELOGUE – BEIRUT, LEBANON: LAMIA JOREIGE
Whenever Wednesday, May 25 @ 6:30pm
Take a "staycation" and visit faraway art centers through the eyes of those who know
them best—all without leaving Philadelphia. Catch the next flight to Beirut, Lebanon,
the final stop in the series, with painter and video artist Lamia Joreige.
Lamia Joreige (b. 1972, Lebanon) is co-founder and co-director of the Beirut Art Center,
a nonprofit space dedicated to contemporary art in Lebanon. She has presented her work
internationally in exhibitions at the International Center of Photography, New York; the
52nd Venice Biennale; Modern Art Oxford; The Tate Britain and the Tate Modern, among others.
She has contributed to various publications and panels, including
Afterall online
magazine;
Framing Reality, Tate Britain; Artforum; and
Out of Beirut.
MIRANDA // THE ICA BLOG
Thanks to all who contributed to ICA's recent benefit! For a glimpse into the glitter that was ICA
Benefit 2011—complete with quail eggs, Mylar tablecloths, and personal garments wrapped in
thread—read this
week's Miranda.
It's early evening, and the servers are holding trays of champagne glasses—not flutes,
but the saucer-shaped kind said to have originally been molded from the breast of Helen of Troy...
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