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Human beings have always searched for something beyond themselves. We pursue dreams, seek belonging, and try to understand a world that never reveals all its answers. The Ancient Glyph brings together, Lebanese artists, Ghanem Hassan and Philippe Farhat to explore desire, identity, and the mystery of human existence. Through two distinct artistic practices, the exhibition asks: What are we searching for, and what does that search reveal about us?
2026.10.24 - 2026.11.7
Spazio14 Gallery


Human beings have always searched for something beyond themselves. We pursue dreams, seek belonging, and try to understand a world that never reveals all its answers. The Ancient Glyph brings together, Lebanese artists, Ghanem Hassan and Philippe Farhat to explore desire, identity, and the mystery of human existence. Through two distinct artistic practices, the exhibition asks: What are we searching for, and what does that search reveal about us? Hassan's symbolic compositions bring together ancient-inspired signs, architectural forms, mineral colours, and gold leaf. His work explores memory, displacement, and transformation, with gold representing aspiration, permanence, and the things we hope to attain. Farhat approaches these questions through the human condition. His expressive paintings investigate identity, perception, and the uncertain boundaries between reality and illusion. By deconstructing and reconstructing faces and figures, he challenges familiar assumptions and invites us to question what we believe to be true. Together, the artists create a dialogue between the symbolic and the human, the material and the intangible. Ancient Void offers no definitive answers. Instead, it invites us to reflect on our own journeys and consider whether meaning lies not in possessing everything we desire, but in the experiences that shape us along the way. Curated by Ghanem Hassan

Born in Lebanon in 1993 and based in Milan, Ghanem Hassan is a self-taught contemporary artist who combines a professional career in finance with an independent artistic practice. Despite holding two master’s degrees in finance, he has continued to develop his passion for art, exploring themes of identity, displacement, resilience, and transformation. His artistic practice is distinguished by layered textures and symbolic materials, including 24k gold leaf, precious stones, GIA certified diamonds & emerald fragments. His exhibitions include What the Silence Carried (2025) and Beyond the Departure, presented at the European Parliament in Brussels in 2026. His work has been exhibited in Milan, New York, London, Hong Kong, Switzerland, and Athens.
Philippe Farhat is a Lebanese contemporary artist holding degrees in Interior Design (2009) and Fine Arts, specializing in Plastic Arts (2016), from the Lebanese University. His experimental practice explores identity, memory, perception, and the mystery of existence. Through the transformation of faces and figures, he questions the boundaries between reality and illusion, encouraging viewers to reconsider familiar truths. He has participated in more than 30 group exhibitions and five solo exhibitions, with presentations in Lebanon and New York.