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| Palace of Arts, Cairo |
The historic exhibition,
When Art Becomes Liberty: The Egyptian Surrealists (1938-1965), organized by
Salah M. Hassan and
Hoor Al-Qasimi at the Palace of Arts, Cairo closes in about week, and I count myself fortunate to have been able to see it. I shall write more about this exhibition, which because of the depth of research and amazing scale of it, deserves fuller comment (please, please, Salah and Hoor, make sure the accompanying book comes out soon!). But as far as exhibitions go, this is a milestone for the African continent. Congratulations Salah and Hoor, and your curatorial team at the
Sharjah Art Foundation, the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and the American University in Cairo. Here are a few images from the installation.
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| Exhibition panel |
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| Installation view with Carlo Desidero's Satan Around the World, n. d. (left) |
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| Photographic self-portraits by the enigmatic Van Leo |
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| Archival documents by Art and Liberty Group |
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| Hadi El-Ghazzar, Man and Cat, 1952 |
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| Kamal Youssef, Hoda, 1942 |
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| Installation view |
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