The Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art opens the new season with its first ever show by the young, self-taught artist Essam Alaa.
Entitled "A Man in all His States", Alaa's collection uses dream-like visions to tackle such themes as desire and (...)
, one of Egypt's most popular artists, lived to the age of 89. Born in 1913 in Alexandria, Bicar graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Cairo in 1933. He taught in Morocco, later travelling across Europe. A painter and portraitist, Bicar (...)
"Tales of Scheherazade" solo exhibition by Egyptian artist Klay Kassem is scheduled to open tomorrow at TAM gallery.
In his latest body of work "Tales of Scheherazade", he is deeply inspired by the masterpiece of Arabic literature One Thousand and (...)
Egyptian painter Abdel-Hady El-Gazzar (1925-1966) occupies a unique position among artists of his generation.
Born in Alexandria in 1925, El-Gazzar moved to Cairo with his family in 1936 when his father became a professor of Islamic law at Al-Azhar (...)
What does it mean to make art during a global pandemic? Does the role of art change after death, illness and isolation have rocked the world? Should artists make art to personally cope with the trauma, or should their work help release viewers from (...)
"Soul", an exhibition of paintings by Ahmed El-Kutt, is currently on show at Samah art gallery.
"I always search for the expressive state of woman, especially in portraits conveying a multiplicity of looks. Woman is a concept that has its sanctity (...)
One of Egypt's best established artists, Farghali Abdel-Hafiz has had a career that spans six decades and several continents. Born in 1941, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Art in Florence and represented Egypt at several biennials, including (...)
Egyptian painter Salah Taher (1911-2007) earned his art degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in 1934, where he started his career, teaching until 1954. A prolific artist, Taher is well known for his contribution as a philosopher of art. His style (...)
Farghali Abdel-Hafiz presents a piece that combines painting with sculpture and subscribes to the philosophy of emergentism. This work is part of a project he started in the late 1970s, which was displayed at the German Cultural Centre at the (...)
Egyptian painter Abdel Aal Hassan passed away on Tuesday 6 July, leaving behind a rich legacy of portraiture.
One of the major figures in journalistic illustration, he is also a salon artist, and his work depicted various themes from the human face (...)
"Coming Together", a dual exhibition of paintings by Georges Bahgory and Jordanian artist Fady Dawoud, is currently showing at Picasso
gallery in Zamalek.
Born in 1984, Fady Dawoud grew up among artists, his father being the owner of Al-Balqaa (...)
"Coming Together", a dual exhibition of paintings by Georges Bahgory and Jordanian artist Fady Dawoud, is currently showing at Picasso gallery in Zamalek.
The exhibition brings together two artists belonging to two completely different generations, (...)
The Cervantes Institute (Spanish Cultural Centre) in Alexandria organised, on Sunday, an event in honour of artist Mustafa Abdel-Moaty, one of the most prominent Egyptian artists and the winner of the 2021 Nile International Award for Arts.
The art (...)
Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art hosts "My Backyard", a collective exhibition by five very young talents: Ahmed Yasser, Mahmoud Qabil, Marwa Atwa, Rawan Abbas and Sara Ayman.
Coming from different backgrounds, these artists ended up together (...)
"Look them in the Eye" exhibition of paintings by Nada Mobarak is on display at UBUNTU gallery located in Zamalek.
Bulls and buffalos are among some of the animals that feature prominently in her work, not only for their symbolism but also as (...)
Messadi art gallery is currently showing a new collection by artist Fatima El-Shiati. Entitled "Parole Parole", some 30 mixed media pieces celebrate the power of proverbs and lyrics through the humour and beauty of oversized figures, and the (...)
"Nights with Poultry!", an exhibition of painting, is currently showing at Arcade gallery. It focuses on the theme of poultry celebrating those creatures sharing the planet with humans.
Through time poultry have appeared in paintings, sculptures, (...)
Picasso gallery presents two exhibitions of painting by Suzanne Saad and Nazli Madkour, titled, respectively "What lies behind" and "Reflections"
On "Reflections", Madkour says, "For more than a year, we have all been trying to work out the new (...)
Celebrating Ramadan, the "Madad" trio exhibition of paintings at Safarkhan gallery features newcomers Mohamed Hassan and Osman Young alongside Rana Chalabi.
Dedicated to charity, the exhibition was curated around the universal concept of madad (...)
Celebrating Ramadan, the "Madad" trio exhibition of paintings at Safarkhan gallery features newcomers Mohamed Hassan and Osman Young alongside Rana Chalabi.
Dedicated to charity, the exhibition was curated around the universal concept of madad (...)
Celebrating the month of Ramadan, the "Madad" trio exhibition of paintings at Safarkhan gallery features newcomers Mohamed Hassan and Osman Young alongside Rana Chalabi.
Dedicated to charity, the exhibition was curated around the unique yet (...)
Celebrating the birthday of the late Saad Kamel (1924-2012), the prominent folklore-oriented graphic artist and founder of Mashrabia Gallery of Fine Arts, "Folklore Tales" showcases a rare collection of his works.
"Folklore Tales" takes the viewer (...)
"Singular", a solo exhibition of paintings by Salam Yousry, is currently showing at SOMA gallery. Yousry engages in a contemplative process of observation through dissecting the relationship between the individual and the group. Attempting to (...)
Safarkhan gallery presents a thrilling exhibition of paintings entitled "The Third Eye", by Karim Abdel Malak.
Abdel Malak explores notions of the soul and predestination, that everything that has happened or will happen os preordained by a higher (...)
"The Pandemic" solo exhibition of paintings by Mohamed Bassuony is currently on display at Easel and Camera Contemporary art gallery.
Bassuony is showing paintings that depict a host of dead and living Egyptian and international celebrities wearing (...)