Belfast
Metropolitan Arts Centre (MAC)
10 Exchange Street West, Belfast, BT1 2NJ, Tuesday - Sunday, 11am - 5pm
Opening weekend events
Thursday, January 22, 6pm – 8pm: Opening reception
Friday, January 23, 2pm – 3pm: Curators tour with Rula Khoury, Joëlle Tomb & Haidi Motola
Free admission, booking required: https://themaclive.com/event/curators-tour-the-lost-paintings
Friday, January 23, 6.30-8.30pm – Panel: The Nakba from 1948 to Now
A conversation between Rawan Damen, director of award-winning documentary series Al-Nakba, and Fintan Drury, author of Catastrophe: Nakba II, moderated by Claire Hanna, Leader of SDLP and a Member of Parliament for Belfast South and Mid Down.
This event is a fundraiser for the IDEALS Medical Charity in Gaza. Every ticket purchased directly supports providing vital medical aid, training, and rehabilitation to those most in need.
Tickets 3 £, donation for IDEALSM Medical Charity. For more info and booking: https://themaclive.com/event/the-nakba-from-1948-to-now
Saturday, January 24, 2pm – 3.30pm Artists panel: with Fouad Tomb, Mary Tuma, Iman Jabrah and Aya Abu Hawash
Free admission, booking required: https://themaclive.com/event/curator-and-artist-panel-the-lost-paintings
Boston
Join us at two venues in Boston for the U.S. premiere exhibition of The Lost Paintings: a Prelude to Return, presented in collaboration with the Boston Palestine Film Festival. Exhibits and events will take place at Unbound Visual Arts in Brighton and Brookline Art Center, with additional short films and video art screenings at MassArt.
Calendar of events
Opening Reception at Unbound Visual Arts
Sunday, October 19, 2025, 5-7 PM
UVA’s Overlook Gallery, 175 Washington St., Brighton, MA
Opening Reception at the Brookline Arts Center
Saturday, October 25, 2025, 6-8 PM
86 Monmouth Street, Brookline, MA
7ajar حجر & The Lost Paintings – Screening of short films and video art
MassArt – Thursday, October 23, 6:30pm
621 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA
Oct 26: 1-2:15 PM; 3-4:15 PM
Nov 1: 1-2:15 PM; 3-4:15 PM
Nov 2: 1-2:15 PM; 3-4:15 PM
Unbound Visual Arts
UVA’s Overlook Gallery, 175 Washington St., Brighton, MA
Opening hours: Saturday 12-4pm, Sunday 12-4pm
Brookline Arts Centre
86 Monmouth Street, Brookline, MA
Opening hours: Wed-Fri 2–8 pm, Saturday 11am–4pm
Tiohtià:ke/Montréal
Join us for the premiere exhibition of The Lost Paintings: a Prelude to Return, in collaboration with Montréal, arts interculturels (MAI) and articule.
articule
6282 Saint-Hubert Street, Montreal, Quebec
Exhibition at articule from August 29 to October 4, 2025
Opening Reception at articule, with curators and artists present
articule — Friday, August 29, 2025, 5 - 7 pmGuided tour of the exhibition with curator Joëlle Tomb
articule — Saturday, September 6th, 1 to 2 PM (English)
Doors open at noonEchoing ‘The Lost Paintings’: a musical encounter
articule — Saturday, September 27, 2025, 3:30 to 4:30 PM
With multi-instrumentalist Radwan Ghazi Mouhmneh and Florence Blain Mbaye (english horn & voice)Painting Workshop for Kids with Sandra Tomb
articule — Sunday, September 28th, 2 to 4 PM (English)
Doors open at noon.
MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels)
3680, Jeanne-Mance Street, Montreal, Quebec
Exhibition at MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) from September 5 to October 4, 2025
Opening Reception at the MAI, with curators and artists present
MAI — Thursday, September 4, 2025, 5 - 7 PMConversation with the curators and artists of the exhibition, moderated by Farah Atoui
MAI’s Café-bar — Friday, September 5, 2025, 6 - 7:30 PMGuided tour of the exhibition with curator Joëlle Tomb
MAI — Saturday, September 6, 2025, 3 to 4 PM (French)
Doors open at 2:30 PM.