Etel Adnan

Artist, poet and essayist

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Etel Adnan (1925-2021) was a Lebanese-American artist, poet and essayist, writing in French and English. Born in Beirut, she moved to Paris after a long period of residence in California. She began painting in the 1960s and her work has received international recognition since DOCUMENTA(13), in 2012. In 2014, she was invited to the biennial of the Whitney Museum (New York) and the Qatar museum of modern art, the Mathaf, which dedicated a retrospective to her, organized by Hans Ulrich Obrist. Since then, numerous museums (Bern, Luxembourg, San Francisco, Aspen, Lille, etc.) and art centres have devoted exhibitions to her. Adnan’s works appear in numerous collections, including the MNAM-Center Pompidou, Paris; Mathaf, Doha, Qatar; MoMA, New York; M +, Hong Kong; Royal Jordanian Museum, Amman; the Museum of Modern Art, Tunis; Sursock Museum, Beirut; Institute of the Arab World, Paris; British Museum, London; Tate Gallery, London; World Bank Collection, Washington D.C.; National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.; as well as in many private collections. Photo credit: Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co. Paris

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Etel Adnan, ceramic mural, 2021. A unique work inspired by the movement of trees in the wind, based on original drawings and composed of vibrant tiles characteristic of Adnan’s late style.

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Etel Adnan, ceramic mural, 2021. A unique work inspired by the movement of trees in the wind, based on original drawings and composed of vibrant tiles characteristic of Adnan’s late style.