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Book review: ‘Twentieth-Century Egyptian Art: The Private Collection of Sherwet Shafei’
Books

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

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
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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

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
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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
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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
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‘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
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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

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…
Off Biennale: Intimacy between strangers
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Off Biennale: Intimacy between strangers

Several flights up a dark stairwell waits the Contemporary Image Collective’s (CIC) current show, a solo exhibition from Egyptian artist…
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