Artist & Artwork

Amal Kenawy
The destruction machine. About the video animation Purple Artificial Forest, shown at "Nafas".
By Simon Njami
May 2006

11 - 31 December 2005
Exhibitions

PhotoCairo 3
International exhibitions, video and film screenings, presentations, panels, workshops.
January 2006

8 December 2002 - 21 October 2004
Exhibitions

Dar al-Hiwar
Joint or corresponding artworks by Egyptian and German artists. Project series of the Goethe Institute Cairo/Alexandria, 2002 - 2004.
March 2005

 
Institutions

Goethe Institute Egypt
Interview with Johannes Ebert, director of the GI Cairo / Alexandria, regional representative for Middle East & North Africa.
By Haupt & Binder
March 2005

 
Art Scene

Art Scene & Curators in Egypt
Interview with the independent curator Mai Abu ElDahab on current developments in Egypt.
By Haupt & Binder
March 2005

 
Institutions

Townhouse Gallery
Cairo-based gallery, a center of alternative art in the context of the contemporary Egyptian art scene.
By Negar Azimi
August 2004

13 December 2003 - 13 February 2004
Exhibitions

9th Cairo Biennial 2003
Review and critical remarks on the structure and background of the Biennial and its organizers.
By Iolanda Pensa
January 2004

14 December 2003 - 7 January 2004
Exhibitions

PhotoCairo 2003
Photo festival with extensive program. Initiated in 2002, organized yearly by the Townhouse Gallery in Cairo.
January 2004

1 October 2003 - 30 March 2004
Events, Projects

Going Places
Four Cairo-based artists created artworks for advertising boards of public buses.
By Mai Abu ElDahab
January 2004

 
Events, Projects

In a furnished flat in Cairo
Collaboration project organized by artists from Egypt and Switzerland. Funded by the Arts Council of Switzerland.
January 2004

 
Artist & Artwork

Chant Avedissian
The adoring and the adored. Group of works, presented in the exhibition "Love Affairs".
By Rose Issa
January 2004

 
Opinions

Walk like an Egyptian
Remarks on the lack of differentiation in the representation of contemporary Egyptian art.
By Basim Magdy
September 2003

21 March - 4 April 2003
Events, Projects

Wasla
International workshop for contemporary art in Nuweiba on the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt.
By Dina Ramadan
June 2003

17 May - 27 July 2003
Exhibitions

Cairo
Contemporary Arab Representations. New stage of Catherine David's long-term project.
May 2003