art
The found art of voting
Art news
March 19, 2011
The found art of voting
Over the past weeks, a lot of Cairo's ordinary objects have been transformed by their participation in the revolution. Street…
Book review: ‘Twentieth-Century Egyptian Art: The Private Collection of Sherwet Shafei’
Books
March 3, 2011
Book review: ‘Twentieth-Century Egyptian Art: The Private Collection of Sherwet Shafei’
Eighty-seven-year-old Herbert Vogel and his wife Dorothy are a retired post office clerk and librarian with a massive collection of…
Intellectuals and artists reject Sawy as Culture Minister
Egypt
February 23, 2011
Intellectuals and artists reject Sawy as Culture Minister
A number of intellectuals and artists have expressed their opposition to the appointment of Mohamed Abdel Moneim al-Sawy, founder of…
Cairo’s artists thrive on revolution
Art news
February 10, 2011
Cairo’s artists thrive on revolution
Although art is generally perceived as an exclusive discipline with limited outreach, Egyptian curator Sarah Rifky argues that the boundaries…
Fallen faces of the uprising: Ahmed Basiony
Egypt
February 7, 2011
Fallen faces of the uprising: Ahmed Basiony
Ahmed Basiony, a Cairo-born artist, experimental musician and teacher in his early thirties, was killed while participating in the first…
Revolutionary art: Tahrir Square becomes Cairo’s stage
Art news
February 7, 2011
Revolutionary art: Tahrir Square becomes Cairo’s stage
The past two weeks have seen Cairo’s Tahrir Square filled by mass protests and scarred by violence. Much of the…
Off Biennale: Cairo Documenta cuts out the middleman
Art news
January 18, 2011
Off Biennale: Cairo Documenta cuts out the middleman
Documenta, the brainchild of German painter Arnold Bode, is a mega contemporary art exhibition held in Kassel, Germany every five…
‘What do you do exactly?’: Sarah Rifky on being a curator
Art news
January 10, 2011
‘What do you do exactly?’: Sarah Rifky on being a curator
– What do you do, again? Sorry, I never seem to get it right. – I am a curator. –…
Year Ender: Highlights of engaging artwork
Art news
December 28, 2010
Year Ender: Highlights of engaging artwork
For the entire month of February 2010, an air conditioning unit was fixed to the Palace of the Arts’ façade,…
Off-Biennale: The megacity through mixed media
Art news
December 24, 2010
Off-Biennale: The megacity through mixed media
A Survival Guide, currently on display at the American University in Cairo’s Sharjah Art Gallery, pinpoints the components of life…