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art exhibitions
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Subtle intimacies: On Gypsum Gallery’s “Codes of Coupling”
Mariam Elnozahy
| The works on display expose the intimate nature of everyday spaces we mindlessly occupy.
art exhibitions
18 min read
Systems of subtleties: Reflections on MASS Alexandria’s latest exhibition
Ash Moniz
| The exhibition is MASS Alexandria's first since 2016.
American University in Cairo
17 min read
AUC students merge politics and play in graphic design exhibition
Farida Hussein
| The program has recently been placing increased emphasis on conceptual thinking.
art
40 min read
On Farouk Wahba’s atelier: Chronicle of a mentor and his students
Ali Hussein Al Adawy
| Alexandrian artist Farouk Wahba created a contemporary art movement which still echoes today
cinema
35 min read
The Wardrobe Man, or how to create a biography from an archive
Lina Attalah
| A conversation about Egyptian artist Bassem Yousri's film about a Danish hermit
exhibition reviews
17 min read
Huda Lutfi creates a captivating world of silence in AUC show
Sara Elkamel
| Instead of the outside world of Cairo, we’re seeing the inside world of Huda.
exhibition reviews
17 min read
A history of petro-modernism in the Middle East: Crude
Mai Elwakil
| A show featuring contemporary artwork that engages with the oil industry’s vast, messy archive
visual art
15 min read
Impatient nostalgia: The far-reaching and the familiar in Basim Magdy’s Gypsum show
Ash Moniz
| In this show with his artist father, Basim Magdy looks at the world as if it is already history.
Cimatheque
10 min read
Persistently relevant: Atteyat al-Abnoudy
Ahmed Refaat
| Ahmed Refaat explores the reasons behind the continued significance of Atteyat al-Abnoudy’s work
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Shelves of time
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Opinion
Sultan al-Qassemi
Egypt’s art museums: Out of sight, out of mind
Tucked away in the bustling commercial street of Mohamed Pasha Said in the Janaklees district of Alexandria
Lina Attalah and Mark LeVine
Another 48 hours
Editor’s note: We found it hard to solicit pieces commemorating the January 25 revolution, mainly because
Shehab Fakhry Ismail
Revolutionizing art
Wandering the streets of downtown Cairo you may have noticed a change in the tone of much of its street
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art fraud
4 min read
2 arrested for forging paintings by Mubarak-era culture minister
Hani El-Masri
2 min read
Obituary: Egyptian ‘Disney’ artist Hani El-Masri dies at 64
ek3a
5 min read
Have an alternative Valentine’s Day in Cairo
rock music
3 min read
Teenage Egyptian artist designs new album cover for Pink Floyd
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