On the ground floor of Villa Audi, a pretty city palace in Beirut's Christian district Ashrafieh, a crystal chandelier lies on the floor, as if someone had placed it there on purpose.
But that is deceptive.
The chandelier, says Jean-Louis Mainguy, has been there since the explosion.
"He fell from the ceiling."
Now he is part of “L'Art blessé”, an exhibition for which Mainguy is responsible, full of art that was damaged in the devastating explosion in the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020.
The curator has compiled over sixty torn and riddled works from the destroyed galleries and private collections of the broken city.
"We Lebanese," says Mainguy, "are masters at repairing things halfway."