Sursock Museum
Modern and contemporary – Beirut
2011 – Ongoing
  • Work Overview
  • Identity Redesign
  • Way-finding
  • COLLECTION DISPLAY
  • COMMUNICATION
  • RESTO / STORE

The story of Sursock as a cultural institution began when Lebanese collector Nicolas Sursock, recognizing the need for institutional support of artists in Lebanon, left his mansion to the city of Beirut as an art museum upon his death in 1952. The Museum officially opened its doors in 1961 with the Salon d’Automne, an open call exhibition showcasing new art of the time, that was held regularly alongside a set of diverse exhibitions throughout most of the Lebanese Civil War and until 2008, the year the Museum closed for a major renovation and expansion. The works aimed at repositioning the Museum as a cutting-edge art institution, and were paralleled by the revisiting of the Museum’s identity, signage, exhibition and communication design in preparation for its grand reopening in October 2015 – a task as monumental as the architectural icon itself.

  • Work Overview
  • Identity Redesign
  • Way-finding
  • COLLECTION DISPLAY
  • COMMUNICATION
  • RESTO / STORE
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