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In 2013, MACAM organised "The Age of Bronze" competition in which artists were invited to present a sculpture that the museum would cast in bronze, if they won the competition. In 2014, the competition was between wood sculptures, as part of the "Age of Wood". In 2015, the competition was themed the
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The collection is organised according to the material used by the sculptor. In the wood sculptures room, one finds works by
Youssef Basbous, Salwa Raouda Shoucair, Charles Khoury, Mouazzaz Rawda, Marwan Saleh, Ibrahim Zod and Mohamad Darwish Sakr. In the stone sculptures room, works by Ezzat Mezher,
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Each year, MACAM honours a
Lebanese sculptor whose work has marked the country's art scene. In 2014, it exhibited a large selection of Zaven's work. He is renowned for his monumental bronze work, but also for his small bronze cast sculptures. Later the same year, it honoured Youssef Basbous who
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This hall covers 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) of indoor exhibition space, and offers artists a space to preserve their installations. This hall features work by Mona
Sehanoui, Ziad Abillama, Nabil Helou, Raouf Rifai, Mario Saba and Nicole Younes.
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The museum presents a selection of 400 sculptures and installations created by 90 artists born or having lived in
Lebanon. It organises regular events highlighting Lebanese artists and inviting new audiences to discover Lebanese art.
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The museum's permanent collections are distributed in two halls, one dedicated to
Lebanese sculpture and the other to Lebanese installations. Many works are either on loan or offered to the museum by the artists or their family.
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worked extensively on wood. In 2015, MACAM honoured Boulos Richa, an artist who trained as a blacksmith, and who transforms scraps of iron into figurative art.
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