Arab American Heritage Month

Born in Boston, Lebanese American artist Kahlil G. Gibran (1922–2008), cousin and godson of the famed writer, studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and was a fixture of the South End’s mid-century artistic community. For his Bouquet (1963), Gibran hammered the steel lilies by hand and welded and weathered them with a blowtorch into a permanently downcast and withering position.

Celebrate National Arab American Heritage Month with a visit to the exhibition “Counter History: Contemporary Art from the Collection” to see Bouquet and stop by our Arts of Islamic Cultures Gallery (175) to view the work of artists like Wasma’a Chorbachi.