art
Off Biennale: Intimacy between strangers
Art news
December 21, 2010
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…
Off Biennale: ‘Beware of the Chili’ has no sting
Art news
December 20, 2010
Off Biennale: ‘Beware of the Chili’ has no sting
Egyptian painter Hany Rashed has undergone many stylistic shifts throughout his career, displaying a kind of risk-taking curiosity that has…
Off biennale: Tower of Babel, tower of Cairo
Art news
December 14, 2010
Off biennale: Tower of Babel, tower of Cairo
Progress can be a messy thing. Take, for example, the Tower of Babel. According to the story, humankind, united after…
Arterial Network: Connecting art in Africa
Art news
November 30, 2010
Arterial Network: Connecting art in Africa
Last Thursday at the Egyptian Center for Culture and Arts (Makan), Egyptian vernacular poet Zine al-Abidine Fouad, Sudanese singer Salma…
Freedom to Create presents artist awards
Art news
November 28, 2010
Freedom to Create presents artist awards
Since 2004, Sudanese playwright, director, and actor, Ali Mahdi, and his al-Bugaa theatre troupe, have been travelling from one Sudanese…
The Yes Men Fix the World
Cinema/TV
November 26, 2010
The Yes Men Fix the World
20 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy-–the worst industrial accident in history—a Dow Chemical Company spokesman announced live on BBC…
Giuseppe Fanfoni’s ‘Visual Arts and Restoration’
Archaeology
November 2, 2010
Giuseppe Fanfoni’s ‘Visual Arts and Restoration’
Visual Arts and Restoration, currently on display at the Italian Institute of Culture, is a complex exhibition that chronicles the…
Hiwar: Art in conversation
Art news
October 26, 2010
Hiwar: Art in conversation
Visitors should be glad to know that the Hiwar (Dialogue) group exhibition at Darb 1718 is not just another attempt…
The Bidoun Library at Townhouse
Art news
October 18, 2010
The Bidoun Library at Townhouse
The book Bechtel fi Bilad al-Arab (Bechtel in the Land of the Arabs) tells the story of the great adventurer…
Egypt’s Museums III: The Coptic Museum
Art news
October 13, 2010
Egypt’s Museums III: The Coptic Museum
The Coptic Museum in Cairo has more to offer its visitors than is generally thought. Still, only a small group…