Jenifer Evans
Playful exhibition offers a rare chance to revisit Egypt’s photographic studios
Art news
December 5, 2012
Playful exhibition offers a rare chance to revisit Egypt’s photographic studios
Coming up to the former Hotel Viennoise on the third floor of the ramshackle but very grand and spacious 7…
Blackbirds and work songs: A watery meditation on times of transition
Art news
November 27, 2012
Blackbirds and work songs: A watery meditation on times of transition
On downtown’s Mahmoud Basiouny Street, at the corner with the After Eight café, you can duck into a dark, empty…
Internet humor becomes paintings in Hany Rashed’s ‘ASA7BY’
Art news
November 26, 2012
Internet humor becomes paintings in Hany Rashed’s ‘ASA7BY’
The multitude of paintings that make up “ASA7BY,” Hany Rashed’s current exhibition at Mashrabia Gallery, may appear at first glance…
Some hits, but quite a lot of misses at TransDance 2012
Art news
October 29, 2012
Some hits, but quite a lot of misses at TransDance 2012
There’s something risky about going to see performance art and contemporary dance — especially dance that is not performed on…
Internet art in real life
Art news
October 26, 2012
Internet art in real life
Internet art can bypass galleries, museums and the money that gives the art world its glamorous hierarchy of exclusivity. People…
Meet Heba Yossry: A quietly subversive filmmaker
Cinema/TV
October 22, 2012
Meet Heba Yossry: A quietly subversive filmmaker
Heba Yossry seems to make her films for herself. They do not seek to impress through any slickness or bravura,…
Two TransDance performances make for a lively evening
Art news
October 13, 2012
Two TransDance performances make for a lively evening
An audience of about 25 people sat in a row of chairs in the garden of the British Council in…
Why water? Read CIC’s new book ‘Hydrarchy’ to find out
Books
October 11, 2012
Why water? Read CIC’s new book ‘Hydrarchy’ to find out
Robert Wedderburn’s mother was a slave who was sold by Wedderburn’s father, a Scottish plantation owner, when she was five…
Igor Dobricic builds tables with people
Art news
October 4, 2012
Igor Dobricic builds tables with people
Over the past three years, Igor Dobricic has built eight tables in various cities with people he largely didn’t know…
‘The Virus is Spreading’: Safarkhan’s next show takes them out of their comfort zone
Art news
September 29, 2012
‘The Virus is Spreading’: Safarkhan’s next show takes them out of their comfort zone
Ganzeer has been pretty much living in Safarkhan gallery since 7 September. First he was hanging wooden panels of varying shapes and…