contemporary Egyptian art

Fresh artistic voices emerge at ‘The Parenthesis Show’
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Fresh artistic voices emerge at ‘The Parenthesis Show’

Over the past month, a hazy green light has emanated from a window of the Contemporary Image Collective, overlooking downtown’s…
Mahfouz tightropes over a bridge, ‘Nahdet Misr’ travels in a pickup truck
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Mahfouz tightropes over a bridge, ‘Nahdet Misr’ travels in a pickup truck

The French Cultural Center's main hall is currently hosting "Hyperrealisme," a selection of multimedia artist Ramy Dozy’s latest works that…
Shayma Kamel’s theater of collage
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Shayma Kamel’s theater of collage

When Shayma Kamel speaks about her work, she laughs a lot. She has rolled up into her painting-collages a whole…
Ethnography of the mundane
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Ethnography of the mundane

In large part, our lives consist of objects: things we use, arrange, store, consume, and transport from place to place.…
Is it broken, or is it art?
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Is it broken, or is it art?

Entering the world of online glitch art can feel like stepping into your worst computer nightmare. Error messages, garbled code…
Pulling the strings on Arab history
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Pulling the strings on Arab history

  One of Egypt’s most celebrated contemporary artists, Wael Shawky, makes work of a grand and complicated scale. His recent…
Promising future at the Youth Salon
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Promising future at the Youth Salon

Once a year, the winding pathways of the Palace of the Arts are filled with the creative efforts of Egypt’s…
Did we get in?
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Did we get in?

On Thursday afternoon, artists continued to flock to the Palace of the Arts at the Opera House grounds, eager to…
Yassin El-Tohami, Ramses Square and a Funhouse?
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Yassin El-Tohami, Ramses Square and a Funhouse?

LONDON - For 14 nights, Hassan Khan and Nida Ghouse sit down in conversation to explore the back catalogue, artistic…
Mubarak is melting!
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Mubarak is melting!

Two Cairene galleries exhibited ruminations on revolutions in the environment, but the difference between the success of the two is…
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