Arts & Culture - Visual Art

Games and celebrities in Ahmed El Shaer's Mashrabia exhibition

Contemporary artist Ahmed El Shaer experiments with gaming technology and celebrity portraiture this October at the Mashrabia Gallery

Munch's 'The Scream' to show at NY Met Museum

After selling for $120 million in auction, iconic image will be put on display at New York's Museum of Modern Art in October

Louvre opens new wing to restore 'full glory to Islam'

In wake of recent flap over anti-Islam film, Louvre Museum in Paris is set to open new wing dedicated solely to Islamic art and culture

The Virus is spreading, says artist Ganzeer in his new exhibition

Well-known visual and graffiti artist Ganzeer describes to Ahram Online the concept of his exhibition opening 1 October at Safarkhan Gallery on revolutionary versus orthodox art

Bibliotheca Alexandrina calls for participation in miniature graphics event

The 3rd Biennale for Miniature Graphics will take place in April next year

Youssef Kamel's art vanishes in Egypt's security vacuum

Artist's family finds home after 40-year absence ransacked and occupied by thugs who have dug up foundations looking for artefacts, ignoring value of paintings belonging to Egypt's father of impressionism

Photography by Ziad Bakir, martyr of revolution, to show in Zamalek

Starting Saturday, Zamalek's Faculty of Fine Arts will feature work by photographer Ziad Bakir, killed by security forces at the height of last year's Tahrir Square uprising

Arab Festival of Caricature to kick off in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia

In December, Egypt, Libya and Tunisia will host the Arab Festival of Caricature, an event aiming to showcase the works of the region's accomplished caricaturists

Life imitating art? Warhol-inspired soup for sale

On the 50th anniversary of Andy Warhol's first solo exhibition Campbell's Soup and the Andy Warhol Foundation bring Warhol's iconic paintings to consumers

Political cartoonist jailed in India sedition case

A political cartoonist whose drawings mock Indian government corruption has been jailed in sedition investigation that was widely condemned as evidence of political leaders' growing intolerance of criticism

Johannesburg highlights African art

Fourth annual Johannesburg exhibit showcases artists, galleries and museum collections from across Africa provoking debate on many of Africa's social issues

Decade on, Iraq to replace iconic Saddam statue

Monument by Abbas Gharib to replace bronze statue of Saddam Hussein pulled down with help of US marines on 9 April 2003

Video project by late Amal Kenawy showcased at Beirut gallery

Late Egyptian artist Amal Kenawy's 'You Will Be Killed' to be exhibited at Q Contemporary gallery in Beirut this month

Egypt paintings might fetch record price at Christie’s art auction

Two masterpieces by Egyptian Mahmoud Said to be auctioned through Christie’s in Dubai on 23 and 24 October might set a new world record for an Arab painting sold at auction

Sleeping Beauty recreated in Kiev museum

A Ukrainian-Canadian artist is presenting an interactive art project called "Sleeping Beauty," in which five attractive young women take turns sleeping under dim lights in Kiev's top gallery

Arab curator in South Korea Biennale

Iraqi co-artistic director of the 9th Gwangju Biennale, Wassan Al-Khudhairi, talks to Ahram Online about the South Korean art extravaganza and Arab work therein

The Fertile Crescent: Female artists from the Middle East take on New Jersey

The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society is a project that brings together 25 female artists from 11 countries across the Middle East in a series of exhibitions in New Jersey, US

Safarkhan Gallery spreads the virus of art onto the street

The petite art gallery in Zamalek that typically hosts modern and contemporary works presents in October 'The Virus is Spreading' an art show that uses the streets as its canvas

Homage to Amal Kenawy at Amman's Darat Al-Funun

Exhibition paying homage to Amal Kenawy, an Egyptian artist who passed away recently, will be held at Darat Al-Funun in Amman, Jordan

Iranian artist Reza Derakshani holds solo exhibit in New York gallery

Silence of the Night, a solo exhibition by artist Reza Derakshani featuring 10 sand paintings and an installation, opens 6 September at the Leila Heller Gallery in New York

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