Etel Adnan
1925 (Beyrouth (Liban)) / 2021
Living in : Paris
Working in : Paris
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Painter and poet, born in Beirut in 1925, Etel Adnan is Lebanese and American. She studied philosophy at the Sorbonne, Berkeley and Harvard. She writes poetry, essays and plays. First painting exhibition in 1960 in California, while teaching philosophy of art. Solo exhibitions around the world: USA, France, Germany, UK and several Arab countries. Numerous public and private collections throughout the world: National Museum for Women in the Arts (Washington), World Bank Collection (Washington), Institut du monde arabe (Paris), British Museum (London), Nicolas Sursock Museum (Beirut), Museum of Contemporary Art (Tunis), Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art (Doha), Contemporary Crafts Museum (New York, Los Angeles). After living in California for a long time, Etel Adnan now lives mainly in Paris.
She also exhibits at the Galerie Lemand
Living in : Paris
Working in : Paris
Artist's webSite
Artist's gallery
Painter and poet, born in Beirut in 1925, Etel Adnan is Lebanese and American. She studied philosophy at the Sorbonne, Berkeley and Harvard. She writes poetry, essays and plays. First painting exhibition in 1960 in California, while teaching philosophy of art. Solo exhibitions around the world: USA, France, Germany, UK and several Arab countries. Numerous public and private collections throughout the world: National Museum for Women in the Arts (Washington), World Bank Collection (Washington), Institut du monde arabe (Paris), British Museum (London), Nicolas Sursock Museum (Beirut), Museum of Contemporary Art (Tunis), Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art (Doha), Contemporary Crafts Museum (New York, Los Angeles). After living in California for a long time, Etel Adnan now lives mainly in Paris.
She also exhibits at the Galerie Lemand
Artist's exhibitions
16e Biennale de Lyon / manifesto of fragility : Beyrouth et les Golden Sixties
14/09/2022 - 31/12/2022
(Lyon) MACLyon- Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon
14/09/2022 - 31/12/2022
(Lyon) MACLyon- Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon
Etel Adnan – Découverte de l'immédiat
13/01/2022 - 12/03/2022
(Paris) Galerie Lelong
13/01/2022 - 12/03/2022
(Paris) Galerie Lelong
Écrire, c’est dessiner
06/11/2021 - 21/02/2022
(Metz) Centre Pompidou-Metz
06/11/2021 - 21/02/2022
(Metz) Centre Pompidou-Metz
Lumières du Liban
21/09/2021 - 02/01/2022
(Paris) Institut du monde arabe
21/09/2021 - 02/01/2022
(Paris) Institut du monde arabe
La Collection Barjeel. 100 chefs d'oeuvre de l'art moderne et contemporain arabe
28/02/2017 - 02/07/2017
(Paris) Institut du monde arabe
28/02/2017 - 02/07/2017
(Paris) Institut du monde arabe
Etel Adnan
18/10/2016 - 01/01/2017
(Paris) Institut du monde arabe
18/10/2016 - 01/01/2017
(Paris) Institut du monde arabe
Fragonard amoureux. Galant et libertin
16/09/2015 - 24/01/2016
(Paris) Musée du Luxembourg
16/09/2015 - 24/01/2016
(Paris) Musée du Luxembourg
Etel Adnan. Peintures
12/02/2015 - 28/03/2015
(Paris) Galerie Lelong
12/02/2015 - 28/03/2015
(Paris) Galerie Lelong
Etel Adnan. Writing Mountains
15/11/2014 - 08/03/2015
(Salzbourg ) Museum der Moderne
15/11/2014 - 08/03/2015
(Salzbourg ) Museum der Moderne
Paysages, entre réel et imaginaire. Peintures de Abboud, Adnan, Azzawi, Benanteur, Guermaz, Saikali
11/06/2014 - 12/07/2014
(Paris) Galerie Claude Lemand
11/06/2014 - 12/07/2014
(Paris) Galerie Claude Lemand
D’Orient et d’Occident
07/03/2013 - 27/04/2013
(Paris) Galerie Claude Lemand
07/03/2013 - 27/04/2013
(Paris) Galerie Claude Lemand
Ici, Ailleurs
12/01/2013 - 31/03/2013
(Marseille) Friche la Belle de mai
12/01/2013 - 31/03/2013
(Marseille) Friche la Belle de mai