Countdown to our opening at the end of the month after months of renovation and expansion!
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We missed you and look forward to an adventurous new Art Season!
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Meet us at the Grand Egyptian Museum!
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It gives me great pleasure, as a member of the Board of Trustees of Art Cairo, the world's newest Middle Eastern Art Fair, to welcome you all to Art Cairo's Fourth Edition at the iconic Grand Egyptian Museum.
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Art Cairo opens its doors on Saturday, February 11, 2023, at 3 PM.
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Thirty galleries from across the region, from Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi, the UAE, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan, join forces to shift the narrative and turn Cairo into the Voice of Arab art.
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This year, Art Cairo also launches Hiwar, a 2-day symposium that will take place in the Small Autitoriun at the GEM on the evening of Sunday, February 12, and Monday, February 13th.
For the first time, collectors, patrons, gallery founders, artists, artists' estates, and the head of the ministry of culture's fine arts sector will gather and share their experience, knowledge, and hopes for Egypt and the Arab world 's art ecosystem.
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Grab your ticket and Join us. هنا القاهرة. #letsgo
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@artcairoofficial #artcairo2023 @grandegyptianmuseum
ArtTalks is thrilled to be taking part in the first edition of the Cairo Art Book Fair, taking place this weekend between 8-10 December at Startup Haus in Downtown CAIRO ART BOOK FAIR معرض القاهرة للكتب الفنية
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Copies of "Modern Art in Egypt: Identity and Independence (1850-1936)" by Fatenn Mostafa-Kanafani (Bloomsbury, 2020) will be available for sale, along with other publications by ArtMatters, the publication arm of ArtTalks, and Zamân Books (Paris).
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Short-listed for the prestigious Peter Mackenzie Smith Book Prize, here is what the judges had to say about Modern Art in Egypt:
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"Modern Art in Egypt is a brilliant book that examines the history of fine art in Egypt and shows how the artists were influenced by political developments of the nationalist and anti-colonialist movements.
In introducing the reader to the Egyptian contribution to modern art, the author has written one of the best introductions to modern art that is available. This is an important, original, well-researched, beautifully written, and accessible publication that is to be of long-lasting significance.” London, March 2022.
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Don't miss Egypt's first art book fair @cairoartbookfair at @startuphauscairo starting tomorrow!
#ArtTalks @arttalksdaily
We are thrilled to present the second edition of :
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FROM MOKHTAR TO GAZBIA
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Our signature exhibition takes you on a journey into 20th century Egyptian modern art and features masterpieces by celebrated as well as forgotten artists.
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Some of the works are instantly recognizable like Mahmoud Mokhtar's stunning "On the Banks of the Nile" or the legendary "Ibn El-Balad" sculptures, while others will go on public display for the first time in decades.
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Join us for a rare treat.
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Opening Tuesday 25 October 2022 at ArtTalks Gallery.
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Music: violinist Anwar Hariri
Join us on a tour of the Egypt Pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia 2022. Artists: Weam El Masry, Ahmed El Shaer and Mohamed Shoukry. Il Giardini.
Exclusive and for one week only, we are delighted to announce the book launch of The George Bahgory Museum, together with an Exhibition of 25 Works on Loan from The George Bahgory Museum at ArtTalks.
Opening 26 02 2022 at 6PM
Book Launch & Exhibition in the presence of George Bahgory. @Georgebahgory
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Running until 04 03 2022
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Join us in this exclusive week to celebrate the life and contribution of a unique Egyptian.
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حصري. إصدار كتاب عن متحف جورج بهجوري و معرض ل ٢٥ عمل من متحف جورج بهجوري في أرت توكس يوم ٢٦ فبراير الساعة ٦ مساء بحضور الفنان.
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#fypage #explorepage #ArtTalks #arttalksegypt #georgebahgorymuseum #exclusive #art #egytianart
Listen to what Saleh Barakat had to say about Egypt and its urgent role as the leading cultural hub for the Arab world.
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Sharing the same vision.
Speaking the same language.
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Saleh is one of the most important Arab art experts and a leading advocate for Arab modernism. He is the owner of Agial Gallery (established in 1991) and Saleh Barakat Gallery, both in Beirut, Lebanon.
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@s_m_barakat @salehbarakatgallery @agialgallery #Egypt #Lebanon #arabmodernart #arabmodernism #solidarity
عُشبة الخلود
A close up with Ali Said the remarquable artist behind
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عُشبة الخُلود - Oath to Eternity
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Opening at ArtTalks on Tuesday 30 November.
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Ali Said is inspired by the Epic poem of Gilgamesh from ancient Mesopotamia, regarded as the earliest surviving notable literature and the second oldest religious text, after the Pyramid Texts.
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A captivating fantasy world highly inspired by ancient Egyptian art and other civilisations.
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In the epic written c. 2150 - 1400 BCE, Gilgamesh is a demigod of superhuman strength and the semi-mythic King of Uruk in Mesopotamia. His greatest accomplishment was the construction of massive city walls around Uruk, an achievement mentioned in both myths and historical texts. Over hundreds of years, legends and myths were built up around his actual deeds, and these became the Epic of Gilgamesh!
Gilgamesh is known to be the first great hero, and the epic is known as the 'first great masterpiece of world literature! He has encounters with creatures, kings and gods and provides a story of human relationships, feelings, loneliness, friendship, loss, love, revenge and the quest for eternity.
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The main theme in The Epic of Gilgamesh is that wisdom and kindness are superior attainments to immortality, and immortality may symbolize all self-centered attainments such as strength and power.
#arttalks #exhibition #oathtoeternity #عُشبة الخلود
Le Boudoir - Exhibition by Ahmed Ezzat Aka ez@
