eL Seed: Building bridges with Arabic from Korea to Cape Town

As an artist focused on creating work for the public arena, eL Seed relinquished a conventional career in commercial art and instead focuses on the utopian vision of spreading peace and tolerance through art. With such bold ideas, he has taken his work all over the world.

Features, Most PopularAnna SeamanJuly 28, 2018eL Seed, DMZ, South Korea, North Korea, Cairo, Perception, Zabaleen, Zarareeb, Al Jazeera

An Alternative Alexandria: Ahmed Morsi's ode to his home city

Ahmed Morsi is one of Egypt's great modernists but is also a contemporary artist still practicing today. His work has recently gained traction in the region and is also being recognised internationally.

Editor's Picks, FeaturesAnna SeamanJanuary 11, 2018Ahmed Morsi, Cairo, Alexandria, Gypsum Gallery, Sherine Morsi

A Night At The Museum

During a one-night only exhibition at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, audiences were asked to reconsider the relationship between ancient Pharaonic artifacts and contemporary Egyptian art

Caravan to the Dark Side of the Moon

Rev Paul-Gordon Chandler founded Caravan in 2009 as a peace-building arts initiative. Now hosting annual internationally touring exhibitions, its success is all about the content.

Features, Editor's PicksAnna SeamanSeptember 15, 2017Caravan, Paul-Gordon Chandler, Cairo, Mohamed Abla, Omar Sharif, I AM, Janet Rady

On a Paper Trail to find Gypsum

Gypsum Gallery is arguably Cairo's strongest contemporary art gallery. I visited the space and saw the current exhibition, dedicated to works on paper.

Features, Most PopularAnna SeamanAugust 31, 2017Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Islam Zaher, Nada Baraka, Fadwa Ramadan, Paper Trail

Two Middle Eastern galleries to show at FIAC

FIAC, France's leading art fair will feature two Middle Eastern galleries for the first time this year. Green Art Gallery from Dubai and Cairo's Gypsum Gallery will be participating in the prestigious fair