After a quarter century of pioneering work in modern and contemporary Arab art, with Agial Art Gallery playing a central role in putting Beirut back on the map of Arab art, it was time to meet the new challenges, and reach out beyond regional arenas through an expansion into a new space.   Three years of planning and creative architectural remodeling design work, and the Saleh Barakat Gallery is born in one of Beirut’s emblematic historical cultural locations: The former Cinema Clemenceau – later Theatre of Beirut, that is now transformed into a truly modern art gallery by today’s best professional standards.