Helen Khal: Gallery One and Beirut in the 1960s is a living testament to the late Helen Khal (1923-2009), a polymath-artist, educator, and writer. Khal was also the co-founder of Gallery One, the first modern and contemporary art gallery in Lebanon. This book emerges following an exhibition initiated by Carta Chammas, and curated by Chammas and Rachel Dedman as part of Home Works 8-an initiative of Ashkal Alwan, Beirut. The show, "At the still point of the turning world, there is the dance," opened its doors to the public at Beirut's historic Sursock Museum in the fall of 2019. Soon after, a revolutionary fervor emerged in the streets of Lebanon, which led to a form of "perpetual postponement." In the intervening years, a newfound reflective urgency has emerged. Presenting unseen archival documents, and original criticism, this publication seeks to mirror the spirit of the exhibition itself, using the details of Helen Khal's life and practice as a catalytic lens through which to explore the work of a group artists to whom she was close, in life and in art-many of whom would go on to change the face of modern and contemporary art, globally. Those featured include Chafic Abboud, Yvette Achkar, Etel Adnan, Huguette Caland, Saloua Raouda Choucair, Simone Fattal, Farid Haddad, Helen Khal, Aref El Rayess, and Dorothy Salhab-Kazemi.