In a first of its kind live painting performance celebrates milestones for the artist and the gallery with a body of work whose story continues to evolve with time.

Bekaa based painter and master colorist, Aida Halloum tells ZHAG about her artistic process, her artistic inspirations, her love for nature and more, in Arabic & English.

A short conversation with Lebanese artist Carla Habib about her artistic process and how she came to create her most recent body of work Side Conversations. Inspired by selfies, social media and mainstream media to create a series of unique works drew Habib back to the art of painting.

In this intimate conversation between gallerist Zalfa Halabi and painter Rola Abu Darwich, we come to understand the state of mind in which the artist created the series Foreign Bodies as a collection of observations and experiences, of qualms and queries, communication and connection. Through the intricate use of symbols at the cellular level, and drawing on patterns – both repetitive and random – of splashes, dashes, and dots, signature motifs and symbols of hers.

Yasmina Hilal tells us about the beginning of her career as an artist, how it all started and what she aims to achieve with her unique photo collages. From fashion shoots with analog photography, she shoots her base image and then through different manipulation techniques and Trial & Error she makes a final artwork that is inversely impossible to photograph.

It all begins with an idea.