Instilling an appreciation of art from both Egypt and the wider Middle East is also an aim for the fair’s talks programmed, dubbed Hiwar, or dialogue in Arabic.

With such large-scale works, a primary goal of the exhibition is to democratize art, a particularly meaningful intention in the region, Abdel Ghaffer explains. “We [Egypt] only have one contemporary ...

The structures, symbols, and images of ancient Egypt became fashionable features of European art and architecture. Europe's Egypt obsession led to its first museums of archaeology Goaded on by ...

Last Friday saw the official opening of Wekalet Behna, an art space focused on audio-visual arts in Alexandria. The space was once the office of Behna Films Selections, one of Egypt's largest ...

The last missing tomb of a king from Ancient Egypt’s Eighteenth Dynasty, King Thutmose II, has been found by researchers, marking the first royal burial to be unearthed since the discovery of ...