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Members of staff pose for a photograph with paintings Still Life with Apples and Peaches (L) and 'Still Life with Ginger Jar, Sugar Bowl and Oranges, by French artist Paul Cezanne.

Cezanne steals spotlight at National Gallery show

A new show at the National Gallery, entitled After Impressionism, includes almost a hundred paintings and sculptures by artists as fabulous as Van Gogh, Gauguin, Rodin, Klimt and Picasso

Bryn Haworth 28, Apr 2023

Donatello’s sculpture The Ascension With Christ Giving The Keys To St Peter forms part of the exhibition

Donatello graces London’s V&A

An exploration of the life and work of the iconic Italian sculptor as the V&A hosts the UK's first major Donatello exhibition

Farouk Yousif 12, Apr 2023

A gallery staff member poses with a painting titled 'An Old Woman ('The Ugly Duchess')' (1513) by Quinten Massys.

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The Ugly Duchess gets another chance to shine

The afflicted were fair game for mockery in the medieval times, a sensibility that seems to have been lost in our modern era

Bryn Haworth 04, Apr 2023

The iconic singer has touched the hearts and souls of Arabs throughout the region with her nostalgic songs about the glorious homelands that once were

Andy Edwards

Celebrating Fairuz, Lebanon’s ambassador to the stars

The iconic singer has touched the hearts and souls of Arabs throughout the region with her nostalgic songs about the glorious homelands that once were

Mohamed abi Samra 13, Mar 2023

A members of staff poses for a photograph with a painting entitled Portrait of the artist with a pink background, by French artist Paul Cezanne.

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Paul Cezanne: The father of modern art

Many venerated 20th century painters, such as Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Gustav Klimt, and Piet Mondrian embraced the Cezannian doctrine

Farouk Yousif 11, Mar 2023

90 Years Old and Still Young

As the 79th Venice International Film Festival begins on Wednesday, August 31st, this Italian event is regaining prominence due to two key factors. The first is that it has consistently (especially…

Mohammed Rouda 02, Sep 2022

Egyptian visual artist Mohamed Abla. Photo by: Salma Adham

Mohamed Abla: The First Arab Artist to Obtain Goethe Medal

On May 4, fine Egyptian artist Mohamed Abla won the Goethe Medal 2022. The medal is an official badge of honor of the Federal Republic of Germany and the most coveted prize in its foreign cultural…

Salma Adham 21, May 2022

Akhenaten Museum in Minya governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt. Photo courtesy of Ahmed Hemeida

Akhenaten Celebrated in Egypt’s Minya

Minya, a Middle Egyptian governorate located south of Cairo on the western bank of the Nile, has history that dates back to the Predynastic Period (before 3100 BC). It will celebrate the opening…

Salwa Samir 08, Apr 2022

Mohammed Khayran Al-Zahrani in the Abu Dhabi Festival (Photo Credit: Mohammed Khayran Al-Zahrani)

Meet KSA’s First Countertenor to Sing in Coro Polifonico Musica

Mohammed Khayran Al-Zahrani dreamed of singing opera, an art that does not resemble his environment and culture. He became one of the first pioneers in performing this art and presenting it to a…

Sarah Gamal 08, Apr 2022

Audience attending a show by the Confrontation and Roaming Theater troupe held in Halayb town, Red Sea Governorate. Photo Credit: Mohamed El-Sharkawy, the Director

Fighting Extremism With Arts

An Egyptian theatrical troupe was established in 2018 to tour the country and to correct wrong perceptions and dispel harmful thinking. The “Confrontation and Roaming Theater” is affiliated with…

Salwa Samir 12, Feb 2022

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