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Menart Fair returns for its 6th edition between October 25-27, 2025 with a theme on ‘the ode to softness’, a daring and poetic approach that defines this distinctive art fair.

Ahead of the 6th edition of the MENART Fair in Paris, the art fair devoted to art from the Middle East and North Africa, TLmag spoke with the fair’s founder, Laure d’Hauteville, about her 30 +-year career that has been devoted to supporting and promoting art and artists from the region.

Artisans have always told stories with their hands, bringing traditions, knowledge and place into their craft. This storytelling becomes even more critical when it’s done to preserve a culture in a time of war.

For its 5th edition, Menart Fair pays tribute to women artists from the Middle East and North Africa. The fair opens at Galerie Joseph, in Paris, on September 20th.

House of Today, in collaboration with 10 Lebanese designers, launches a limited edition series of candles on November 20th, made entirely with artisans in Lebanon.

Thirty international galleries participate in the 4th edition of the Menart Fair taking place in Paris at the Palais d’Iena between September 15-17.

1-54 art fair celebrates 10 years with a much anticipated return to Marrakech and an exciting new edition opening on February 9th at the iconic La Mamounia.

Menart Fair opens its 3rd edition in Brussels on February 3rd and will run through February 5th. Set in the intimate and beautiful Villa Empain in Brussels, this up & coming art fair, dedicated to art and design from the Middle East and North Africa, will welcome 24 galleries and host special installations and events.

With Essai, an exhibition in Beirut’s Carwan Gallery, the two ceramic artists relent control of their pieces to the unexpectedness of chemical trials

MIKO+, the winner of the Progress Prize at the 2017 Global Grad Show in Dubai, presents an alternative to physical therapy: gilded pink brass jewellery

The most recent version of Paula Zuccotti’s series, a pop-up installation during the Dubai Design Week, highlighted the city’s position as a cross-cultural hub

In terms of international visibility, Dubai-born designer Khalid Shafar is leading the pack: Czech brand Lasvit recently unveiled a prayer-inspired light installation, their first collaboration together