Art galleries exhibition spaces foundations and cultural centers Amman

Renovated in 2005, the Jordan Fine Arts Museum comprises two buildings facing each other around a small park. The first building houses the permanent collection and the ticket office, while the second houses the temporary exhibitions. The museum showcases the best of contemporary art in Jordan and more broadly in the Arab and Muslim world. Painting, sculpture and pottery are among the arts represented here. The exhibitions have a very good reputation.

Darat Al Funun means "House of Arts" in Arabic. It is a dynamic place established in 1993 by Khalid Shoman, a prominent Palestinian who has been involved in contemporary Arab art all his life. The art gallery highlights regional artists through its permanent collection which exhibits such renowned artists as Ismail Fattah (Iraq) or Nasser al Soumiou (Palestinian). It also organizes temporary exhibitions of paintings, sculptures, photos, installations... intended to reveal preferably artists in the making. The Maison des Arts also houses a library of art books and receives painters and sculptors in residence. Finally, in addition to exhibitions, it organizes film screenings, concerts, readings and debates. The house wants to be a real place of exchange and not only a static forum.

The house. Darat Al Funun is housed in one of the oldest houses in the city. It was built in 1920 by a family of Amman notables, like all the houses in this residential area of Jebel Al Weibdeh. It dominated the small Circassian town that became the gigantic Amman a few decades later. Outside the property are the remains of one of the many Byzantine churches that existed in Philadelphia (6th century), perhaps dedicated to Saint George. The open garden at the rear of the building, decorated with sculptures, is home to a pleasant tea room

This art gallery located in the trendy Rainbow Street area exhibits a large number of Arab artists, some of whom are very young and very talented. It has the art of sniffing out the talents of tomorrow and offering them a pleasant exhibition space. The exhibitions, often of short duration, are open to the public. You need only push the door to discover the prolific contemporary scene in the Arab world. The gallery, like most of its counterparts, organizes workshops for adults and children to discover contemporary art.

This large private gallery actively participates in the dissemination of art in Jordan. It presents artists' exhibitions on larger surfaces than traditional galleries, which allows it to arrange exhibitions in an original way. The gallery aims to be an incubator for national artists and to show another face of Jordanian art. In addition to the painting and sculpture exhibitions, one can also appreciate the presentation of contemporary ceramists who perpetuate and reinvent the art of pottery with talent.

This art gallery, located near the Wild Jordan Center, exhibits contemporary Jordanian artists who are recognized beyond their borders, as well as uncovering new talent. It broadens its horizons (and yours) by following closely the artistic expressions of the Middle East and Maghreb, by regularly highlighting some of their artists. The amateurs of paintings will find here temporary exhibitions of quality. Moreover, the place is very welcoming, with a patio planted with trees, and it organizes drawing courses for all levels.

This beautiful art gallery located in the upscale neighborhood of Umm Uthaina usually exhibits contemporary Arab artists and exceptionally English, Italian or New Zealand artists. It opened in 1993 at the request of a private collector with a passion for contemporary art. In addition to the gallery, there is an art centre offering drawing, pottery, sculpture and graphic arts courses for children and adults. If you are in the neighbourhood, don't hesitate to come in, if only out of curiosity.

Orient Gallery focuses on the exhibition of emerging Arab artists. It represents artists from Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar. Her remarkable and acclaimed work contributes to the emergence of painting in the Arab world, with a selection of artists with strong invocative powers. The gallery, which opened its doors in 1996, when art was reserved for an intelligentsia open to the world, has built up a permanent collection which is exhibited on its walls alongside temporary exhibitions.

Dar Al-Anda Art Gallery occupies two old houses in Old Amman. The first houses the gallery itself and has been carefully restored with original tiles dating back to the 1930s. The second houses a café with a pleasant roof terrace offering beautiful views of the city. The gallery opened in 1998 and is one of the most prominent in Jordan. With more than 200 exhibitions to its credit, presenting some of the most renowned artists of the Arab world, it has also built up a private collection over the years.

This handicraft production centre, established under the auspices of the Noor Al-Hussein Foundation, works in pottery, mosaics and weaving, among other things. Traditional embroidery is one of the arts applied here. The centre provides training for future craftsmen in order to preserve know-how and provide a job for people who are far from the cities and from employment. The creations, sometimes original, are sold in the showroom. The workshops can be visited freely.