Woke Capital #Abraaj ✒️ Laleh Khalili 🇵🇸 lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/…

Demolitions are now on hold at the City of the Dead. I have not seen an official post yet but many are saying the governor ordered them to stop. What we know is that visits and photography are now banned. Everyone please be safe! Farid al-Atrash, Asmahan, and Ahmad Mazhar.

Join me next weekend Darb 1718, as I talk on Cairo through the collection of the V&A. The last time we gather at this cultural space in Fustat, in a special community of potters, as it's demolition is eminent by the authorities, to make way for yet another highway!

Rare and vintage picture of a Mawlid celebration somewhere in England, 1937

Witches, shamans and grims: why the occult is on the rise in the art world theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

For my Cairo folk

Historic paintings given expressions x.com/Artsworlld/sta…

BREAKING: US declares war on UK.

Imagining Islamic Maximalist Design . Created by the talented visionary Artist Hassan Ragab A thread…

A small mid-week joy:

Excellent Louise Bourgeois exhibition at ⁦Compton Verney⁩. She was 94 when she made these.

Khaleb Brooks wins commission for London’s transatlantic slavery memorial: theartnewspaper.com/2024/08/23/kha…

sothebys.com/en/articles/ar…

المكان الخيالي ده إسمه الجمعية الجغرافية المصرية تأسست سنة 1875 #مصر مليانة عجايب

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📱 iPhone/iPad Universal Hieroglyph Translator. Translates Egyptian into any of 59 modern languages, on the fly, and without any internet connection.  The dictionary has over 101,000 entries and its glyph catalog has 2889 hieroglyphs: arch.aviametrix.com/portfolio/univ…

Seeing is believing: Gérôme and Pakistan shows mark 20 years of museum building in Qatar: theartnewspaper.com/2024/12/20/ger…

In collaboration with Arnold, we’re thrilled to give the chance to two Saudi artists to embark on a two-week Public Art Training Program through workshops and explorations, inspiring creativity and shaping bold new visions for public art in the Kingdom.

Grand Egyptian Museum, With 12 Galleries Now Open, Recontextualizes Ancient Egyptian History: artnews.com/art-news/news/…