Mai Elwakil
Framing celebrity: Ahmed Kamel’s photographs
Art news
September 28, 2010
Framing celebrity: Ahmed Kamel’s photographs
Portrait photography has long been concerned with celebrity. Early photographs aimed to capture the stature of their subjects who were…
Love till the last breath: Remembering artist Adli Rizkallah
Art news
September 16, 2010
Love till the last breath: Remembering artist Adli Rizkallah
Last night, at the age of 71 and following a long illness, Egyptian painter, writer and children’s books illustrator Adli…
A hearty harvest of satire
Art news
January 10, 2010
A hearty harvest of satire
Twenty-six caricaturists came together last week to give a satirical visual narrative of 2009. Recurring themes included the war on…
Assuming the position
Art news
January 3, 2010
Assuming the position
Assume the Position' is the final exhibition of the year at the Townhouse Gallery of contemporary art. The group show…
Street life and foregone times: An artist reflects
Art news
December 3, 2009
Street life and foregone times: An artist reflects
"As I finished my seven-hour shift at the factory, I started to plan my evening. Should I go see a…
Exploring public space in Cairo
Art news
November 22, 2009
Exploring public space in Cairo
After a three-year investigation into the urban landscape of the great Cairo megalopolis, Swiss Artist Maia Gusberti is currently exhibiting…
Turtles all the way down
Art news
November 22, 2009
Turtles all the way down
Life on the moon, a tortoise that carries the earth on its back and the rhetorical question: Chicken or egg?…
From scrap-heap to avant-garde
Art news
October 28, 2009
From scrap-heap to avant-garde
When it comes to recycled art, the sky's the limitEverywhere you look, Cairo provides numerous examples of the vitality and…