Festivals and Films
Cairo What's on
Two Events at Cairo Opera Complex
8-17 May 2011. Throughout May the Cairo Opera Complex hosts two events.
The first one takes place from 8 to 17 May at the Cairo Opera Gallery, which hosts a group exhibition of paintings and ceram...
Cairo What's on
4 May-4 June 2011. This exhibition pays homage to Mohamed Ghanem displays a series of pastel paintings entitled Places in Egypt.
Nairobi What's on
The Lake Basins Art Exhibition
5-16 May 2011. The Lake Basins Art Exhibition displays over 100 pieces of art by artists coming from Kisumu, a port city of Western Kenya located on the shores of Lake Victoria.
These artists are...
Cairo What's on
1-21 May 2011. This first Egyptian Photo Marathon is organized by the Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute (DEDI) and the International Media Support (IMS) in collaboration with a number of local Egypti...
Cairo What's on
1-28 May 2011. This is the 45th exhibition by the Egyptian painter Mohamed Shaker. On display are a colourful selection of recent paintings created using oil on wood and oil on canvas. In his works Sh...
Cairo What's on
1-31 May 2011. The American University of Cairo organizes this photography exhibition, which pays homage to the Egyptian revolution.
On display are the large colour reproductions of the images pri...
Nairobi What's on
Exhibition Like Father Like Son
30 April-19 May 2011. This exhibition entitled Like Father Like Son features the paintings by the leading African artist Zacharia Mbutha and by his son John Kamicha.
Mbutha is a social commentator...
Cairo What's on
24 April-7 May 2011. This exhibition entitled Inter Being features 25 paintings by the Korean artist Kim Hyun Ju. This artist spent a whole year in Cairo, where he portrayed the Egyptian life with som...
Accra What's on
Memories of Yesterday by Isaac Awuley
13-30 April 2011. This exhibition brings together the works by the Ghanaian artist Isaac Awuley.
His paintings are realistic and portray images from Ghanaian settings as well as scenes from other A...
Cairo What's on
13-30 April 2011. Extra displays the recent works by the Egyptian artist Mervat El-Seweify.
Nairobi What's on
The Wayfarers at Italian Institute of Culture
28 April-14 May 2011. On occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Italian unification, the Italian Embassy in Kenya and the Italian Institute of Culture present this painting exhibition entitled I Cam...
Cairo What's on
Assumptive Faces by Mustafa Yehia
13-23 April 2011. This exhibition entitled Assumptive Faces features the paintings by the Egyptian artist Mustafa Yehia.
Cairo What's on
11 April-12 May 2011. This exhibition entitled Still Valid showcases the works by contemporary Egyptian artists, who document aspects of the pre-revolution Egyptian scene. This event underlines Egypt
Cairo What's on
10 April-10 May 2011. This exhibition entitled Here is Cairo brings together 50 paintings and drawings by the Egyptian artist Farid Fadel. Fadel portrays this crazy metropolis by piling up strata upon...
Cairo What's on
The Family Home by Khaled El-Samahy
10-24 April 2011. This exhibition entitled The Family Home displays a series of pastel paintings by the Egyptian painter Khaled El-Samahy.
Lagos What's on
Moments of Beauty by J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere
15 April- 27 November 2011. This comprehensive exhibition entitled Moments of Beauty displays over 150 images by the Nigerian visual artist and commercial photographer J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere.
The ar...
Cairo What's on
7 April-5 May 2011. This photographic exhibition entitled Tahrir! Features the works by a large group of Egyptian photographers and artists such as Amr Abdallah, Nabeela Akhtar, Roger Anis, Thomas Har...
Lagos What's on
2-23 April 2011. This exhibition, entitled The Ruptured Landscape: On the Constructions of Difference, brings together several new images by the Nigerian photographer Mallam Mudi, in art Mudi Yahaya....
Dar Es Salaam What's on
Photography Exhibition Sauti Zisizosikika
28 April-7 May 2011. This photographic exhibition entitled Sauti Zisizosikika (Silent Voices) features the works created by young, emerging artists as well as common people after a one-year photograph...
Cairo What's on
Throughout 2011 the American University of Cairo promotes this initiative in order to document Egypt
