Modern Art in Cold War Beirut: Drawing Alliances

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Beirut as Cultural Capital: Cosmopolitanism in the Shadow of the Cold War
2. “An Artistic Coup”: Maryette Charlton and the Founding of the American University of Beirut’s Art Department
3. The Artist as Cultural Diplomat: John Ferren in Beirut, 1963–64
4. Abstraction’s Universalist Claims: Local Debates on the Practice of Art
5. Figuration, International Alliances, and Palestinian Art in 1960s Beirut: The Painting of Tamam al-Akhal and Ismail Shammout
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index