Bringing India to the Beirut Art Fair

Despite the noise the Lebanese art market creates within the capital, it fails to generate a strong echo beyond the borders of the country. “We have a feeling that despite the fact that the country has recognized artists, the art scene is not developed,” says Fabrice Bousteau, chief editor of renowned French magazine Beaux Arts. Over morning coffee at Le Gray hotel in Beirut, Bousteau shared his enthusiasm at discovering Lebanon for the first time, thanks to founder and director of the Beirut Art Fair (BAF) Laure d’Hauteville’s invitation to be the guest curator for the fifth edition of the fair to be held in September of this year. After welcoming more than 18,000 visitors last year, and with total sales of $2.8 million, the organizers of the fair announced this week that the BAF will host around 50 art and design galleries this year, and is expected to attract