"New to MoMA: Marwan Rechmaoui’s Beirut by the Sea" | Interview with Marwan Rechmaoui by Paulina Pobocha, November 18, 2021

"Marwan Rechmaoui’s Beirut by the Sea (2017–19) depicts the coastline of Beirut in 13 panels made of beeswax, brass, and cement. For the Lebanon-based artist, the work not only references geography but functions as an atlas of the city’s rich and troubled history. “Each curve, each corner has a story in it,” he has said. Recently, Paulina Pobocha—the associate curator in the department of Painting and Sculpture who helped bring the work to MoMA—spoke to Rechmoaui about mapmaking, Beirut in the 1990s, and the power of stories." (Paulina Pobocha in "New to MoMA", Marwan Rechmaoui’s Beirut by the Sea, November 18, 2021)

Interview with Paulina Pobocha, Associate Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture with the artist Marwan Rechmaoui about their new acquisition
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