A Look Around Beirut’s Brand New Aïshti Foundation

The Editors of ARTnews

October 29, 2015 2:18pm

The retail section of the Aïshti Foundation's complex in Beirut. COURTESY AÏSHTI FOUNDATION — The retail section of the Aïshti Foundation’s complex in Beirut.

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In the Summer issue of ARTnews, our annual “Top 200 Collectors” issue, we profiled prodigious contemporary art collector and fashion retail magnate Tony Salamé, whose hotly-anticipated 40,000-square-foot exhibition space for his Aïshti Foundation opened in Beirut last weekend. This slide show provides a brief look around the new David Adjaye–designed building, which also encompasses a high-end shopping center, and the inaugural exhibition “New Skin,” curated by New Museum artistic director Massimiliano Gioni.

Alice Channer, New Skin, 2013.

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Alice Channer, New Skin, 2013.

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Carol Bove, Prudence, 2013.

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Carol Bove, Prudence, 2013.

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Sterling Ruby, Monument Stalagmite/Black & Yellow, 2011.

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Sterling Ruby, Monument Stalagmite/Black & Yellow, 2011.

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Sterling Ruby, Monument Stalagmite/Black & Yellow, 2011.

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Urs Fischer, Dunno, 2012.

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Urs Fischer, Dunno, 2012.

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