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Youssef, 16, runs art galleries, highly-awarded
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Youssef, 16, runs art galleries, highly-awarded

“I long for the days of my course with Syran plastic artist Sorour Elwany,” with those words 16-year-old Youssef Ayman,…
Doubts loom over the real painter of the Mona Lisa
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Doubts loom over the real painter of the Mona Lisa

 Researchers into the provenance of a painting dubbed the "Early Mona Lisa" reported on Monday they had identified an English…
Manet painting sells for $65 million at NY auction
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Manet painting sells for $65 million at NY auction

A stunning 1881 masterpiece by Edouard Manet sold for $65 million at auction in New York on Wednesday, a record…
Kareem El Qurity’s ‘Passing Faces’ exhibit explores nuances in facial expressions
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Kareem El Qurity’s ‘Passing Faces’ exhibit explores nuances in facial expressions

Internationally acclaimed Cairene artist Kareem El Qurity is exhibiting a series of mixed-media portraits under the moniker “Passing Faces” at…
Ahmed Kassim’s ‘Chaotic Order’ labors the point
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Ahmed Kassim’s ‘Chaotic Order’ labors the point

Ahmed Kassim handles paint confidently. He uses it in a relaxed way. He paints silhouettes and fills them in cursorily…
‘Metaphysics’: One man’s enduring passion for painting
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‘Metaphysics’: One man’s enduring passion for painting

At a commercial gallery in Zamalek, there is currently an exhibition of work by an Egyptian painter and writer who…
Artist Ramy Dozy returns with playful exhibit
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Artist Ramy Dozy returns with playful exhibit

Visual artist Ramy Dozy is featuring his latest collection of work in the exhibit “Alia’s Drinks: Fruit Paradise — Mustache…
Internet humor becomes paintings in Hany Rashed’s ‘ASA7BY’
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Internet humor becomes paintings in Hany Rashed’s ‘ASA7BY’

The multitude of paintings that make up “ASA7BY,” Hany Rashed’s current exhibition at Mashrabia Gallery, may appear at first glance…
Critic’s pick: Reham Alaa’s first exhibition breaks the rules
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Critic’s pick: Reham Alaa’s first exhibition breaks the rules

Reham Alaa, a 27-year-old painter, launched her first solo exhibition on 26 June. Despite the rundown venue of the Cairo…
Intellectuals slam Al-Ahram for covering naked woman in a painting
Egypt

Intellectuals slam Al-Ahram for covering naked woman in a painting

Anger surfaced this week after the Egyptian state's flagship newspaper Al-Ahram modified a famous painting by Abdel Hadi al-Gazzar by…
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