Vit à : Mougins , France et international
Trained in art history, museology, and heritage conservation at the École du Louvre and EHESS, Yasmine Chemali has developed a curatorial practice focused on photography, archives, and contemporary issues of representation for more than ten years. She directed the Fouad Debbas Collection, specialising in 19th and 20th-century photographs, and served as head of the modern and contemporary art collections at the Sursock Museum in Beirut (2014–2020). Since 2020, she has been directing the Centre de la Photographie de Mougins, established to promote contemporary photography through exhibitions, residencies, and publications. Her curatorial approach foregrounds underrepresented narratives and treats images as tools of power and resistance, favouring understated displays that invite a more intuitive engagement with the works. She also works as an independent curator, participates in conferences, and serves on the board of the Saradar private collection in Beirut.
Vitreous Body: Lara Tabet / BMW Art Makers 2026, Arles, Cloître Saint-Trophime. Rencontres d’Arles.
Bertien van Manen: Echoes of the ordinary. Mougins Center of Photographyhy. Co-curators: Jerôme Sother, François Cheval.
Beyond the Spectacle: Andre Villers, Clara Chichin and Elsa Leydier. Mougins Center of Photography. Co-curator: François Cheval.
Becoming Icon. Beirut, Sursock Museum.
ENSP Génération : Calista Bizzari Malou, Mathis Clodic and Rıfat Göbelez. Arles, Croisière. Rencontres d’Arles.
Kwame Brathwaite: Black is Beautiful. Mougins Center of Photography. Co-curator: François Cheval.
Issei Suda: Fushikaden. Mougins Center of Photography. Co-curators: Jérôme Sother, François Cheval.
Bayeté Ross Smith: Beyond Appearances. Mougins Center of Photography. Co-curator: François Cheval.
Stephen Shames : Comrade Sisters. Mougins Center of Photography. Co-curator: François Cheval.
The Bonfils Household. Portrait of a family of photographers in Beirut. The Fouad Debbas Collection Gallery. Beirut, Sursock Museum.
Small Street Trades. A Selection of Images from The Fouad Debbas Collection. Beirut, Sursock Museum.
Looking for Leisure. The Fouad Debbas Collection Gallery. Beirut, Sursock Museum.
Samir Müller: Painter of Clay, Beirut, Sursock Museum.
Through the Crowd. A Selection of Images from The Fouad Debbas Collection. Beirut, Sursock Museum.
Click, Click. The Repetition of the Photographic Subject Matter in the 19th century. A Selection of Images from The Fouad Debbas Collection. Beirut, Sursock Museum.
Ten Stories from the Sursock Museum Collection
Visit Beirut! A Selection of Images from The Fouad Debbas Collection. Beirut, Sursock Museum.
Eight Stories from the Sursock Museum Collection
The Human Scale. A Selection of Images from The Fouad Debbas Collection. Beirut, Sursock Museum.
In the Clouds. A Selection of Aerial Views from The Fouad Debbas Collection. Beirut, Sursock Museum.
Listening through the Lens. A Selection of Images from The Fouad Debbas Collection. Beirut, Sursock Museum.
Picturing Identity. A Selection of Images from The Fouad Debbas Collection. Beirut, Sursock Museum.