who we are
TEMPORARY. ART. PLATFORM (TAP) is an international curatorial platform that was founded in 2014 to commission projects, residencies and site-specific artworks concerned by social practices and public spaces in Lebanon and abroad. TAP’s structure and its organic, non-regular programming, gives way to a deeper engagement with the context in which it unfolds with a focus on knowledge production and community impact.
TAP is also concerned with legal and artistic research that stimulate more proactive attitudes towards curating art projects outside of the art world in collaboration with private and public partners.
Since its very beginnings, TAP has focused its efforts on facilitating art interventions in physical and intangible public spaces; fostering debates around social themes, and positioning communities at the core of the reception of contemporary art, while providing artists with unique production and creation opportunities.
TAP is an international platform based in Beirut, Lebanon.
It is registered as a non-profit association under Lebanese law (3704).
Get in touch: together@temporaryartplatform.com
Individuals we've worked with*
*TAP’s contextual approach is also reflected in its organic institutional model. Since our projects tap into different topics, geographies, and communities, we call in specialized members according to the specificities and needs of our unique endeavors.
Abir Saksouk-Sasso
Adib Dada
Ahmad Ghossein
Akram Zaatari
Ali El-Darsa
Andrea Garza
Annabel Daou
Ashraf Mtaweh
Axel Meunier
Caline Aoun
Catherine Cattaruzza
Christine Kettaneh
Daniele Genadry
Doa Aly
Ghassan Maasri
Ghassan Salhab
Gilbert Hage
Haig Aivazian
Hania Mroué
Hatem Imam
Hiram Naaman
Hussein Nassereddine
Ieva Saudargaité
Ilaria Lupo
Lara Tabet
Laura Yuile
Lea Cremona
Mahmoud Safadi
Metasitu
Mo Abd-Ulla
Mona El Hallak
Monira Al-Qadiri
Mustapha Jundi
Mustapha Yammout
Myriam Boulos
Nada Sehnaoui
Nayla Geagea
Nadim Mishlawi
Nathalie Harb
Omar Fakhoury
Pascal Hachem
Petra Serhal
Raafat Majzoub
Rana Haddad
Rani Al-Rajji
Raya Badran
Raymond Gemayel
Roy Dib
Saleh Barakat
Shaikha Al-Mazrou
Sharif Sehnaoui
Sirine Fattouh
Souheil Suleiman
Suzy Halajian
Tamara Al SamerraeiVartan Avakian
Vatche Boulghourjian
Vikram Divecha
Walid Abu Saifan
Walid Sadek
Youmna Geday
Zeina Aboul Hosn
Zeina Arida
Zeina Badran
Zoukak
Institutions we've partnered with*
*TAP’s projects respond to the context in which they take place. These can emanate from an idea we have, an invitation by an institution, a need from a community, or an initiative from an artist.
AFAC (The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture)
Al-Akhbar
Al Mawred Al Thaqafy
APEAL (Association for the Promotion and Exhibition of the Arts in Lebanon)
Assafir
AUBMC
Beirut Museum of Art (BeMA)
Brazilian Embassy
Civil Campaign to Protect the Dalieh of Raouche
The Daily Star
Directorate General of Antiquities
French Institute
Goethe Institute
Lebanese International University (LIU)
Lebanese University (LU-FIA)
L’Orient Le Jour
Ministry of Culture
Mophradat
Municipality of Jezzine
Municipality of Meziara
Municipality of Ras Masqa
National Museum of Beirut
Robert Matta Association
Soros Art Foundation
Union of Jezzine Municipalities
Université Saint-Joseph (USJ)
