Le Salon du Finjan
A New Chapter in Cultural Collecting
Press Release — Beirut, Lebanon | July 2025
✸ INTRODUCING A NEW TRADITION
In a country where memory is often the only inheritance, Coqlico® is proud to unveil the first edition of Le Salon du Finjan — a curated exhibition that reimagines one of the Levant’s most iconic objects: the finjan chaffé.
Once used to serve Arabic coffee in moments of hospitality, mourning, or meditation, the finjan becomes in this exhibition a canvas of expression — a vessel of ritual, resistance, and rebirth.
“We didn’t just invite artists to decorate a pot,” says Georges Antonios, founder of Coqlico®. “We invited them to reclaim an object that lives in every Lebanese home and memory, and turn it into a piece that could one day live in museums, collections, and sacred spaces across the world.”
✸ THE 2025 EXHIBITION
Le Salon du Finjan — Edition I July 2025
📍 Rebirth Beirut, Gemmayze
🗓 July 15 to July 29, 2025
🕔 Daily from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
17 of Lebanon’s talented emerging and established artists were each invited to reinterpret Coqlico’s signature Coqlipot© 180 ceramic vessel. The result is a rare collection of one-of-a-kind, signed, hand-decorated pieces, each imbued with personal stories of memory, exile, identity, and hope.
The exhibition merges design, heritage, and storytelling — elevating the Coqlipot from functional form into art object, collector’s item, and cultural time capsule.
✸ CREATED BY ARTISTS. COLLECTED BY VISIONARIES.
These works are not only artistic statements — they are scarcity-backed cultural assets. In an era where currencies collapse and markets fluctuate, art remains one of the few enduring repositories of value, memory, and identity.
By collecting a piece from Le Salon du Finjan, you are not simply acquiring an artwork —
You are preserving heritage,
Funding the future,
And staking a claim in the narrative of our people.
✸ A PLATFORM FOR COMMUNITY AND LEGACY
This first edition of Le Salon du Finjan also marks the 5-year anniversary of Coqlico® — a Lebanese brand reimagining everyday ritual objects into global design collectibles. The exhibition serves as a cultural cornerstone for Coqlico’s next chapter, which includes:
- A community investment platform for diaspora youth
- Future editions of Le Salon du Finjan (next in 2026)
- A broader vision for cultural wealth, slow design, and multi-sensory storytelling
✸ COLLECTOR ACCESS
Artworks are available for acquisition both during and after the exhibition, with prices ranging from $250 to $3,200 USD. Proceeds support the artists and help fund Coqlico’s community-driven expansion initiatives.
Collectors, curators, and media are invited to preview the pieces and request private consultations via: 📩 hello@coqlico.co
✸ ABOUT COQLICO®
Founded in Beirut in 2020, Coqlico® is a design house rooted in memory, ritual, and storytelling. With a signature product line inspired by the Levantine finjan, Coqlico has reached thousands of homes around the world — combining craftsmanship, cultural resonance, and modern form. The brand is celebrated for its iconic packaging, limited-edition collaborations, and cross-disciplinary vision.
✸ FOLLOW THE STORY
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Exhibition Tag: #LeSalonDuFinjan