Christie’s is honoured to present SILSILA: Highlights from the Dalloul Collection including Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art, a live auction taking place on 6 November 2025 at King Street, London.

Following the record-breaking auctions of 2023 and 2024, this evening sale is led by 20 exceptional works from the esteemed Dalloul Collection, Beirut. Silsila, meaning ‘chain’ or ‘sequence’ in Arabic, marks the next chapter in the evolution of the Dalloul Collection and Dr Basel Dalloul’s collaboration with Christie’s. Renowned for its extraordinary breadth and depth, the Dalloul Collection offers a captivating journey through Arab art history, paying tribute to the region’s rich cultural heritage and diversity, from North Africa and Egypt to the Levant and Iraq. Among the 20 highlights are masterpieces by Mohamed Melehi, Mahmoud Saïd, Dia Al-Azzawi and Marwan. There is a distinct focus on Lebanon and Palestine, the ancestral homelands of the Dalloul family, exemplified by works by Huguette Caland, Paul Guiragossian, Samia Halaby and Kamal Boullata.

The live sale also features important works from other notable private collections, including pioneering female artists such as Etel Adnan, Laila Shawa, Gazbia Sirry and Monir Farmanfarmaian. Evocative homages to the landscape are represented by Mahmoud Saïd’s La colline de Mekarzel (Mekarzel Hill) and Soukhour Meyrouba (The Rocks of Meyrouba) by Aref El Rayess. Following the recent publication The World of Saïd El-Adawi, the sale will include a rare 1972 painting by the artist, as well as Back Garden, Camden Town, painted by Jewad Selim during his time in London.

The live sale is complemented by an online sale running from 28 October to 11 November. Together, these auctions represent a marquee moment in the international art calendar, reflecting the vitality and diversity of artistic production from North Africa, Egypt, the Levant, Iraq and Iran.