Latest in Tag: artist Highlight
Latest in Tag: artist

Artistsâ wages determined by success of their works only: Yousra
I am not concerned with art jealousy, and I do not ask producers to release my works in Ramadan season

Meet the self-taught artist who recycled cardboard boxes into a nostalgic art show
A Tale to Tell is an exhibition about the generations who were born and raised before the internet, says Ezzat

Popular artist accused of performing erotic moves in his concert
Concert was Ramadanâs first where he sang his extremely popular songs

Amateur artist features Nubiaâs alluring beauty
âMany people believe Nubians still live in tents, with nothing but desert in faraway landâ: artist
Abdelwahab Hawam: Young Egyptian artist brings painting, puppeteering togetherÂ
âI was repeatedly told by teachers and acquaintances that painting is forbidden, but I never agreed with that. I donât hurt anyone when I paint,â says artist

From public to personal: A discussion with artist Aya Tarek
Daily News Egypt interviewed artist Aya Tarek during the exhibition Aya Tarek’s Sprezzatura at the SOMA art gallery. In this exhibition, Tarek is taking the concept of sprezzatura from the fashion world to her own visual world. She is expressing the ease, individuality, beauty, and simplicity that come with maturity through a monochromatic scheme. She …
Mahinaz Soliman: an artist who blends reality with surrealism
With a blurred vision in her mind and a palette of watercolours between her fingers, Mahinaz Soliman uses art as a method for reflecting her own interpretations about the world around her. In her paintings, she presents reality under a surreal cover that gives the people, places, landscapes, nature, and even animals she portrays a …

Hesham Rizk: a late artist risen again through the eyes of his friends
On the second anniversary of his death, Rizkâs friends organised an exhibition to display the work of a young artist who went missing and died under mysterious circumstances

Christo’s floating piers closed
Artist Christo’s orange floating walkway on a northern Italian lake closed after attracting over 1.2 million visitors, twice as many as expected.

Iran blocks renowned sculptor Tanavoli from traveling
Iranian authorities have confiscated the passport of an Iranian artist, barring him from traveling to London for a book launch. The authorities did not provide a reason for why he was prevented from leaving Iran.

Solo graffiti artist gives voice to the underprivileged
Despite many of his walls being whitewashed, Nemo insists on expressing the suffering of the poor

Want to be heard? Surveillance art project wants you to let NSA listen
Cologne’s stone advertising columns are iconic – as iconic as Germany’s loathing of government surveillance. Artist Christian Sievers is using these “LitfaĂsĂ€ulen” to say: don’t be scared, call this number! The message is loud and clear: we have no fear! “This mobile phone was used to call the personal number of William Binney, a former …

United Nations in Cairo calls out fake awarding of ambassadorships
Singer Hany Shaker is not a Goodwill Ambassador, says UN
China’s most famous artist abroad: Who is Ai Weiwei?
After four years without a passport, the dissident artist can now travel and has arrived in Germany. DW looks at what political restriction means for the artist and why his ties to Berlin are so strong. Ai Weiwei landed in Munich on Thursday (30.07.2015), on his way to Berlin. After spending over four years confined …

Refki El-Razzaz revives the spirit of civilisation
El-Razzaz is a true advocate for art in Egypt. His method mainly depends on critical thinking and genuine identity.

âJars of Clayâ speaks of a life of struggles
The timing of the exhibition, right after the killings of 20 Egyptians in Libya, added a lot of feeling to the paintings, which aimed to convey the notion of mourning death a new kind of depth.

âThe image is always stronger than the wordâ: Ganzeer
âThe inspiration behind my own projects comes from a desire to comment on certain aspects of our lives.â

From the scraps of violence, artist creates beauty
Ezzat Hamed, Egypt’s first scrap artist, uses ammunition collected during violent clashes between protesters and state security to make motorcycles, bikes, tanks, animals and vases

Dina El-Wedidi sings to the beats of a generation
Popular singer uses Cairo as an inspiration for her music and her upcoming album

Artists comment on the state of art after a year of Morsiâs rule
Adham Hafez, choreographer and music composer, and painter Nihal Whaby speak about the art scene in Egypt.
Alexandria intellectuals’ sit-in attacked
Attack by âthugsâ causes two serious injuries; sit-in abandoned âtemporarilyâ

A nostalgic vision of Egypt
Uncovering and dissecting Downtown, an exhibition at Gallery Misr
ARC.HIVE of contemporary Arab performing arts to open in Cairo
ARC.HIVE, a research centre on performing arts will open next September in Cairo.

Omar El Nagdi: Conversing with the Subconscious
Omar El Nagdi’s exhibition is filled with colourful paintings that mix a contemporary style with traditional folkloric symbols

Ramses Wissa Wassef: a life lived in search of beauty
Exhibit marking Ramses Wissa Wassef centennial at Cairo Opera House

Graffiti: an alternative expression of dissent
Asyut University holds graffiti workshop

Aleppo pounded as Jolie visits Syria refugees
Bloodshed continues in Syria, as Lakhdar Brahimi hold Syrian-crisis talks in Cairo