Mamdouh Ammar (1928 – 2012) New Artist Representation by ArtTalks ArtTalks is proud to announce that the gallery now represents the estate of the late artist Mamdouh Ammar. Born in 1928, Mamdouh Ammar graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo in 1952 – the year of the 23 July Revolution and during a […]
17 Nov, 2016
ArtTalks is thrilled to announce the selection of Moataz Nasr to represent Egypt at the 57th edition of the prestigious La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition to be held between 13 May and 26 November 2017. The Egyptian Ministry of Culture and the Egyptian High Supreme Council for the Arts have announced on November […]
09 Nov, 2016
In our pursuit to nurture an early culture of art appreciation, we invite schools to visit our ongoing exhibitions. The Lycée Français du Caire makes our gallery a regular stop bringing children aged 7 – 12 to visit, explore and draw.
22 Apr, 2016
A panel discussion around gallery practices in Egypt, with Mohammed Talaat (Gallery Misr), Aleya Hamza (Gypsum) and Fatenn Mostafa (ArtTalks), took place as a launch platform for MHWLN (pronounced Mohawellun, deriving from the 1930’s avant-garde Egyptian group Les Essayistes). Founded by Clare Davies, Ahmed Naji and Ahmed Shawky, MHWLN is a working group devoted to […]
11 May, 2015
ArtTalks Gallery is proud to announce Juxtaposition, Hazem El Mestikawy’s first solo exhibition in Egypt in five years. In his sculptural installations and wall objects, Vienna-based Egyptian visual artist Hazem El Mestikawy seeks to create minimalist work in reduced forms yet rich in layers of meaning. His unique act of juxtaposing, overlapping and locking or glueing different modules made of cardboard and paper, creates […]
21 Apr, 2015
T20Egypt, a Think Tank with a group of 700 Egyptians educated in the top global 40 universities across the world, hosted a brainstorming session at ArtTalks Egypt, using Art as a platform for soft power. The discussion, with Dr Ziad Bahaa Din as guest speaker, revolved around Egypt’s economic future.
20 Feb, 2015
ArtTalks Gallery And Pashion, Egypt’s premier fashion magazine, cooperated to launch an annual one-day event to exhibit merging works of art by Egypt’s new generation of Fashion and Jewelry Designers with Egyptian Contemporary Art. Featured this year, fashion and jewelry designers Dina Shaker, Dido Embaby, Kojak, Nuniz, Okhtein, Reem Jano, Rons Bags, Yasmin Mansour, Mema […]
ArtTalks is pleased to announce the addition of Hossam Dirar to its growing roster. His first solo exhibition at the gallery will take place in April 1, 2014. Dirar was born in Cairo in 1978. He completed his BFA from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University in 2000. Fascinated by the art of calligraphy, […]
02 Mar, 2014
As part of our continuous efforts to raise art appreciation and Arab art exposure, ArtTalks is excited to welcome Mr Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, a renowned UAE-based columnist on Arab affairs, an influential Twitter commentator and most of all, one of the Emirates’ leading art collectors and patrons of the art. Al-Qassemi is the founder of […]
12 Feb, 2014
“I never paint reality. I always paint a parallel world.”says Riham ElSadany (b. 1978), who is also known as Riham AbouSeada. Her solo show, “Fantasmagoria” takes place at ArtTalks gallery this month. The artist, who has a Ph.D. in Performance Arts, says that her studies of human psychology and the Egyptian personality inspire her work. […]
02 Feb, 2014
ArtTalks is pleased to announce the addition of Hady Boraey to its growing roster. His first solo exhibition at the gallery will take place in March, 2014. Born in Beheira in 1984, Hady el Boraey lives and works in Alexandria, Egypt. He received a BFA (2005), MFA (2011) and finally a PhD (2012) from the […]
01 Jan, 2014
On December 18, 2013 at 6.30PM As Another step towards cementing our mission of nurturing art knowledge and appreciation, ArtTalks is pleased to announce an upcoming talk with the renowned scholar and author Patrick Kane. Kane has recently published “The Politics of Art in Modern Egypt: Aesthetics, Ideology and Nation-building.” He will discuss the prominence […]
18 Dec, 2013
ArtTalks is proud to announce the signing for the management of the estate of the late Egyptian pioneer artist Sobhy Guirguis with the family. This is an important milestone to preserve, document and exhibit the legacy of one of Egypt’s most influential artists of the twentieth century. A comprehensive perspective will take place at the […]
13 Dec, 2013
Zamalek’s ArtTalks Gallery currently hosts an exhibition of rare artworks by key figures in modern Egyptian art representing the artistic movements that emerged in the first half of the 20th century. Works by Mahmoud Said, Mahmoud Mokhtar, Ragheb Ayad, Adham Wanly, Seif Wanly, Margaret Nakhla, Yousef Kamel, Ramses Younan and Fouad Kamel, on loan to […]
27 Nov, 2013
12 – 20 NOVEMBER 2013 From 6pm to 8.30pm The seminar History of Egyptian Modern Art Part One is a two and a half hour introduction to the glorious history of Egyptian Modern Art. It examines the reasons behind the birth and rise of Egyptian modern art at the turn of the 20th century, […]
12 Nov, 2013
Sequoia and ArtTalks Gallery are cooperating to launch a FANOUS RAMADAN PUBLIC ART Event to celebrate our heritage during the 2013 Ramadan. Twenty Egyptian Artists (Established and Emerging) have been approached to turn a 1.20meter Fanous into an artwork to be displayed around Sequoia during the holy month of Ramadan. The 20 Ramadan Lanterns are […]
08 Jul, 2013
As part of our efforts to grow the number of art lovers and art patrons in Egypt, ArtTalks is launching COLLECTING 101 | New Collectors Artweek. This Group Exhibition aims at encouraging novice collectors to go beyond appreciating art by starting to gradually build an art collection. Works by modern pioneer artists such […]
25 Jun, 2013
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 From 11am to 1.30pm Lecturer: Fatenn Mostafa The seminar History of Egyptian Modern Art Part Two is a two and a half hours introduction to the spectacular development of Egyptian Modern Art from the 1940s to 1970. It will cover the 1940s surrealists of the Art & Freedom Group; the […]
05 Jun, 2013
ArtTalks is pleased to announce the addition of Weaam El Masry to its growing roster. El Masry’s first solo exhibition at the gallery will take place in May, 2013. Weaam el Masry was born in 1987. She works and lives in Cairo, Egypt. She holds a PhD in Media Arts from the Faculty of Applied […]
28 May, 2013
Egypt now has its own Donkey Parade, thanks to the Caravan Festival promoting interfaith – Peace & Compassion. 90 Donkeys will be displayed across Cairo! Al-Azhar representative Sheikh Mohamed El-Hawwary at the opening night on May 9th, 2013: “Islam is not against art. Art is a form of beauty…although we always prefer moral principles […]
03 May, 2013
APRIL 3, 2013 AT 7 PM As part of our mission to nurture art knowledge, we are celebrating the 79th passing anniversary of Egypt’s iconic sculptor – Mahmoud Mokhtar. Dr Emad Abou-Ghazi, Egypt’s former minister of culture and a historian, will indulge into our glorious past, celebrating Egypt’s nationalistic hero and sculptor by taking us […]
03 Apr, 2013
As part of our mission to act as a search engine for Egypt’s next generation of Contemporary Artists, ArtTalks is proud to announce the addition of Maged Mekhail to its roster of promising emerging artists. Born in1982,Mekhail graduated from Helwan Fine Arts Institute in 2004, after which he trained during 4 years under the […]
13 Feb, 2013
Five rebellious, avant-garde Egyptian writers and painters founded in 1939 a movement that for the first time in modern Egypt linked politics to art – The Art & Freedom Group. Though surrealism prevailed amongst the founders, the group was an eclectic cluster of some of the most important creative forces Egypt had ever seen. […]
13 Dec, 2012
February 20, 2013 at 11am Ahram Online Praises Maged Mekhail’s Solo Exhibition http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/65374.aspx Come and Join us for our ArtCafe in the Presence of the Artist Maged Mekhail. Presenting over 50 works of sculptures and paintings, ArtTalks is proud to launch Mekhail’s first solo show in Egypt. A Mahmoud Mokhtar in […]
“Stich by stich, a Daughter of Islam Takes on Taboos” wrote the New York Times in 2001 about Ghada Amer. On November 20, 2012, ArtTalks had the priviledge to host Ghada Amer who defies nationality, religion and gender and established herself as a universal artist. Born in Egypt, educated in France and currently living in New […]
13 Nov, 2012
In Conversation with Fatenn Mostafa, founder of ArtTalks, Iranian-born, New-York based filmmaker and artist Shirin Neshat talked for the first time in Egypt to a packed audience of art collectors and artists. Present with Shirin Neshat was her life-long professional collaborator and photographer Larry Barns. After going through a snapshot of her extraordinary politically-charged portfolio of work, Neshat talked about […]
02 Nov, 2012
Internationally-acclaimed, Egyptian-born, New-York based Ghada Amer is currently exhibiting a series of rare, limited edition original hand painted prints available for sale at ArtTalks | Egypt. Continually challenging convention and turning traditions on their head, Ghada Amer celebrates female pleasure and seeks to unravel the incomprehensibility of love, playing with Fairy Tales legends, Superman or […]
01 Nov, 2012
On October 19th, 2012, Galleria Continua | San Gimignano | Beijing | Le Moulin | organized a panel discussion, part of FIAC, Paris to discuss the status of Egyptian Contemporary Art a year after the sweeping Arab Spring. The panelists were Moataz Nasr, artist and founder of Darb 1718, Simon Njami, curator and art […]
19 Oct, 2012
ArtTalks organised a Guided Tour of the Museum of Egyptian Modern Art for 25 wives of Ambassadors in Egypt. Under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, the 3-hour tour focussed on a selected number of masterpieces displayed at the hidden, unknown gem – that is the Museum of Egyptian Modern Art, located at the […]
13 Mar, 2012
On March 14, 1925, Abdel Hadi el Gazzar was born in Alexandria. Forty one years later, on March 7, 1966, Abdel Hadi el Gazzar passed away in Cairo. To celebrate one of Egypt’s undisputed modern art pioneers and greatest masters, The Egyptian Museum of Modern Art exhibited some of Gazzar’s works from the Museum’s storage that had […]
For the fourth consecutive year, the European Union in Egypt has sponsored its annual EU Photography Competition, encouraging amateur Egyptian photographers to take on their cameras. This year’s theme – New Egypt, was particularly important as it asked the photographers to share their thoughts about their country following the January 2011 revolution. Thirty winners were […]
13 Dec, 2011
Free Egyptians Party (El Masryeen el Ahrrar) held a Fund Raising Gala Dinner entitled “Egypt … the Ultimate Investment” on 25th Of October, 2011 at the Four Seasons Hotel, in Garden City. As part of the Fund Raising Gala, ArtTalks organized and curated a live auction with 28 works of art from 25 established […]
01 Oct, 2011