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Silence of Tunes: painting women’s movements
Hend El Falafly’s Silence of Tunes is on display at Safar Khan Gallery in Zamalek
Eros, or the case of the hidden crotch
Most paintings are of strange-looking women in repose, with an emphasis on thighs and crotches
Beirut explores logic behind drawing
Drawing is the result of an inward process that the exhibition wishes to explore
Takeoff continues a series of imaginative exhibitions
The works require you to look past the purposefully organic but generic feel of the works in order to follow the artist’s creative process
Nihal Wahby’s solo exhibition engages and inspires
The paintings exhibited are separated in two series,I Want To Be Free and The Path
Portraits of the past in Face Time
The exhibition captures some of the most famous faces from the 19th century onwards
CIC launches Hydrarchy
Instead, most of recorded history takes place on land, at least in our minds. Lands are the place where most of history is concentrated but the sea has been monumental in shaping modern history.
Exhibition gives attention to art of children’s book illustrations
Mashrabia gallery in Downtown Cairo is currently exhibiting Sahar Abdallah’s illustrations from her newly-released children’s book, A Picture and a Book. The gallery features the book’s illustrations in their full glory, accompanied with captions and descriptions. The book may be aimed at children, but the exhibition is for everyone. Abdallah studied at Helwan Univeristy and …
Chilean culture week opens in Cairo
The works were all representative of the artists’ native Chile in one way or another, often reflecting both the nature and people of Chile. In addition to the artworks exhibited in Cairo, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina has also received 13 works in a notable ceremony that will be permanently on display there.
Shakhabeet exhibition is charm on display
The exhibition itself offers a nostalgic insight into the minds of children with some being endearingly childish and simple and others surprisingly sophisticated. One of the drawings portrayed a grotesque male face that was almost disturbing, but excellent nonetheless, by a 12 year-old budding artist.
Egyptian artists showcase their stance against sexual harassment
A woman is a human being, not a product. But she is viewed as if she is a product, something to buy, sell or try out.
Safarkhan’s Rolling Summer Collection
Unique to the rest of the year, the Summer Collective presents stored art for display and sale. It is an opportunity to see what you missed when you missed the exhibition.
Talking chairs exhibition
Every chair has a story to tell, obviously from its own point of view. Just entangled pieces of life, left. Someone has decided to stand up and go away. Life must go on somewhere else.
Vatican archive treasures go on show for first time
By Dario Thuburn / AFP Vatican archives documenting centuries of European history including Galileo Galilei’s trial documents and Martin Luther’s excommunication went on public display for the first time Wednesday. The exhibit also includes a request to annul Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon and the ‘Dictatus Papae’ of Pope Gregory VII, an 11th-century script …
Synecdoche, Islamic art
By Marie-Jeanne Berger It is usually a bad omen to walk into a gallery and find out that the collection on display belongs to the ruler of the country that the gallery is named after. Luckily for the art-going public with access to the new American University in Cairo campus, Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohamed Al-Qasimi (member …
Impressive 1,000 maps leading to nowhere
By Mariam Hamdy The Palace of Arts at the Cairo Opera House has inaugurated its latest exhibition, a colossal one man show titled “Memory Maps” by Ashraf Ibrahim on Monday. The opening was quite the happening, with the minister of Culture Dr. Emad Abou Ghazi in attendance as well as the staff of the Austrian embassy. …