Curating an exhibition to mark a gallery’s anniversary is both a moment of reflection and an active engagement with its history, through the lens of the present. It is clear that the particular program of Sfeir-Semler Gallery is rooted in two distinct contexts that shaped it over the years. First in the West, in Germany’s Kiel and Hamburg, then, beginning in 2004, in the Arab world, with the opening of a space in Beirut in 2005 marking a definitive turning point. That moment, fueled by the desire to make contemporary art accessible to local audiences, acknowledged the vitality of the local art scene in Lebanon.