The Beirut Art Week opens public spaces and luxury boutiques to artistic expression from Sept. 13 to 18.
The week surrounds the Beirut Art Fair, which first launched in 2010 and will run from Sept. 15 to 18 at BIEL. "Exhibiting artists represent all of the trends of current art and express themselves through painting, drawing, sculpture, video, or performance," according to Beirut Art Fair's Facebook page .
If you've wandered around Downtown Beirut, you may have noticed some interesting – and bizarre – works of art on display. Here is a look at some of the most unique art dotting the city this year.
Strange bed fellows: an angry gorilla and a blue lion by Officine Panerai
Crazy turtles parked outside of Le Gray Hotel
A gorilla doing acupuncture
Some abstract blocks of cement
Here's a very appropriate clam with a trash bag instead of a pearl
Go and enjoy the public art!
