Past
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Solomon’s Steed
Ahmed Saber October 29 - November 26, 2024 After his wildly successful 2021 exhibition ‘Al Maqam’ which delved into the spiritual and folk rituals and rites of Upper Egypt’s Nubian heartland, Luxor native and contemporary starlet Ahmed Saber now turns his artistic endeavors to an equally enrapturing explorative focus. Saber’s contemporary surrealism blends the arcane with the mundane... Read more -
Becoming
Tasneem El Meshad October 1 - 22, 2024 Helwan Academy of Fine Arts graduate Tasneem El Meshad describes her art as “a reflection of the chaotic world, and the dilemma of modern life” which for her as a mother of three remaining devoted to her artistic journey revolves around the unyielding and unenviable balancing act of maintaining life’s... Read more -
Sunburst
Safarkhan Anthology 2024 June 14 - September 14, 2024 As is customary at Safarkhan, and after the powerful conclusion of our regular season with a one-of-a-kind commemorative centennial collection and homage to Egypt’s foremost artist-activist Inji Efflatoun (1924-1989), the very first of our Safarkhan Anthology series will run from June 14 to September 14. This summer collective, following on... Read more -
Remembering Inji
Inji Efflatoun (1924-1989) April 16 - May 21, 2024 Opening exactly one century since the day of her birth, Safarkhan presents on Tuesday April 16 to Tuesday May 21, a specially-prepared commemorative centennial collection for Egypt’s foremost artist-activist, Inji Efflatoun (1924-1989). Inji, as she is now affectionately known to us all, left in her wake an enduring legacy that... Read more
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Karam
Ramadan Collective March 12 - April 9, 2024 In celebration of this spiritual period which sees Muslims observe the Holy Month of Ramadan while their Christian counterparts observe their own fasting during Lent together simultaneously, we have prepared a collective following our recent tradition over the past few years for a charitable cause. This group exhibition brings togther... Read more -
The Descent
Ahmed Farid February 1 - March 5, 2024 As one of the marquee exhibitions and now a proud regular fixture in our seasonal calendar, we present the latest output from the brilliant mind of Egypt’s foremost contemporary talent, Ahmed Farid, from Thursday February 1 to Tuesday March 5, 2024. Farid’s exemplary artistic journey has not even reached its... Read more -
Fragments of Time
Neama El Sanhoury January 9 - 29, 2024 A couple of years devotedly in the making, we are thrilled to present for only the second time the enthralling work of Neama El Sanhoury’s fabric appliqué and collage tapestries from Tuesday 9 to Monday 29 January, 2024. Neama’s painstaking compositional style of what Safarkhan deems ‘textile painting’ involves her... Read more -
Layers of Love
Ibrahim Khatab December 5, 2023 - January 2, 2024 The art of one of Egypt’s brightest contemporary stars, Ibrahim Khatab, graces the walls of Safarkhan once again this season from Tuesday 5 December, 2023 to Tuesday 2 January, 2024, with scarcely a better way to commemorate the New Year. Some philosophical traditions describe love as consisting of seven distinct... Read more
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Exuberance
Ashraf El Zamzami October 31 - November 28, 2023 We have the pleasure of opening our new season with a Safarkhan favorite, Ashraf El Zamzami, who has been a mainstay on the contemporary arts scene since the early 1990s. El Zamzami’s art has undergone several stages of distinct evolution, demonstrating a versatility few may boast of. In its most... Read more -
Folklore
Zaccaria El Zeini (1932-1993) October 3 - 25, 2023 Almost seven years after his last exhibition at Safarkhan, we are proud to be opening our new season with a long overdue revisiting of late pioneer Zaccaria El Zeini’s (1932-1993) celebrated oeuvre. This collection has been formed through a combination of works sourced from the private collections of the artist’s... Read more -
Confluence
Summer Collective June 1 - September 1, 2023 As we longingly head into the summer months after a blissful Ramadan and Eid break, this recent period has been marked by economic upheaval not just in Egypt but globally as a result of a combination of meta factors converging. However, it is not the confluence of such debilitating forces... Read more -
Roots
Omar Abdel Zaher May 2 - 24, 2023 After his enchanting Safarkhan debut last season, Omar Abdel Zaher returns with another spirited collection of works conceived in his heartfelt brand of expressionism. Abdel Zaher’s latest work constitutes a sincere, impassioned exploration and meditation on the modest and down-to-earth sanctities of Egypt’s rural communities, specifically the roots of Egyptian... Read more
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Enchantment
Sarkis Tossoonian & Alfonse Louis March 7 - 29, 2023 As our sole sculpture exhibition this season, Safarkhan will again be the proud exhibitors for the alluring and thought-provoking work by accomplished Alexandrian duo, Sarkis Tossoonian and Alfonse Louis, from Tuesday 7 to Wednesday 29 March. This pair are intensely devoted to their craft and each holds his own personal... Read more -
Zāt
Karim Abd Elmalak February 7 - March 1, 2023 “As in art, so in people,” is a phrase the artist, Karim Abd Elmalak, has expressed to define his latest upcoming collection showing from Tuesday 7 February to Wednesday 1 March. The beauty of the human spirit lies in the sheer diversity of their types, orientations, and conceptualizations of themselves,... Read more -
Collision
Ahmed Farid January 10 - February 1, 2023 As one of our most anticipated annual fixtures, the internationally-acclaimed Ahmed Farid – Egypt’s foremost contemporary abstract artist – will be unveiling his sixth solo collection with Safarkhan from January 10 to February 1, 2023. The animating concept behind Farid’s latest creative output has been his oscillating notions on the... Read more -
L'Orient
Katherine Bakhoum December 13, 2022 - January 4, 2023 In her 16th showing at Safarkhan, longtime resident talent Katherine Bakhoum brings us a new stellar output in her traditionally classical style of painting. This time Bakhoum reverts to a predominant focus of her artistic oeuvre in the portrayal of the various cultural facets of the orient, which she has... Read more
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Sanctuary
Ashraf El Zamzami October 18 - November 9, 2022 It is with great pride that Safarkhan can again bring to you the rare artistic genius of Ashraf El Zamzami for his fifth solo exhibition with Safarkhan. This truly one-of-a-kind talent has delivered another resounding collection of works in his inimitable art brut (outsider art) brand of expressionism. Zamzami’s works... Read more -
The Modernists
A Retrospective September 20 - October 12, 2022 We are delighted to be showcasing for our season opener a special pioneer retrospective from September 20 to October 12, the likes of which cannot be experienced anywhere else. This unique exhibition features exquisite works from Egypt's golden era Modernists across a varied selection of mediums, including; watercolor, oil, ink,... Read more -
Collage
Summer Collection June 7 - September 14, 2022 Safarkhan capped off yet another exhilarating season filled with fresh surprises and crowd favorites across some of Egypt’s most promising and established contemporary talents, we also enjoyed a noteworthy showing of some of the country’s most renowned masters, in our special Pioneer Revival, which was surely a memorable one for... Read more -
Years of Love
Ibrahim Abd Elmalak May 10 - June 1, 2022 Safarkhan has the utmost pleasure to bring you a timely exhibition that is a revival of the late Ibrahim Abd Elmalak’s (1944-2011) celebrated oeuvre from May 10 to June 1. Abd Elmalak is the father of our resident artist Karim Abd Elmalak, and Ibrahim’s indelible influence is imbued in his... Read more
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Pioneer Revival
Collective April 11 - May 5, 2022 We are delighted to be showcasing for the Holy Month of Ramadan, a Pioneer Revival from April 11 until May 5, the likes of which cannot be experienced anywhere else. This unique exhibition features exquisite works from Egypt's golden era Modernist's across a varied selection of mediums, including; watercolor, oil,... Read more -
New Horizon
Amal Nasr March 15 - April 6, 2022 by Dr. Amal Nasr 'There is a constant quest to restore the joy of discovery and the pleasure of the first experience, and the passion of moving to another, more astonishing and attractive horizon. It is what keeps our hearts alive instead of being killed by the monotony of habit.... Read more -
Adam
Ibrahim Khatab February 15 - March 9, 2022 Safarkhan has the pleasure of unveiling the fifth consecutive exhibition from one of Egypt’s youngest and brightest contemporary talents, Ibrahim Khatab. ‘Adam’ is an honorific commemoration of the First Man, and the letter aleph, the singular sources of the powers of creation and communication respectively. Inspired by the great wisdom... Read more -
Crossroads
Ahmed Farid January 18 - February 9, 2022 Celebrated international contemporary talent Ahmed Farid’s fifth exhibition with Safarkhan is an artistic exploration and abstract meditation on the resonant notion of intersectionality. His conceptual impression of intersectionality refers to our world having in recent times become enveloped in a sort of stasis that to a great extent has suspended... Read more
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Magic of Fabric
Neama El Sanhoury December 14, 2021 - January 12, 2022 Safarkhan is proud to present for her first solo exhibition in Egypt, the rare talents of Neama El Sanhoury from December 14 to January 12. Although El Sanhoury has been practicing as an artist for over three decades, exhibiting across Europe, she has yet to garner the acclaim that her... Read more -
Al Maqam
Ahmed Saber November 10 - December 8, 2021 Safarkhan is proud to present the second exhibition for esteemed resident artist Ahmed Saber from November 10 to December 8. Luxor native Saber’s latest collection is the product of over two years of intense commitment to his craft and personal beliefs. Al Maqam, loosely translated as the ascension to enlightenment,... Read more -
Once Upon A Time
Omar Abdel Zaher October 20 - November 7, 2021 Safarkhan is pleased to introduce to the public the talents of Aswan native Omar Abdel Zaher for his first solo exhibition from October 20 to November 7. Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has been painting for three decades, and has notably... Read more -
Charisma
Kinda Adly, Khaled Abdo & Tasneem El Meshad September 28 - October 17, 2021 Kinda Adly is a self-taught artist who left a career in marketing to pursue her passion for art. Her paintings are inspired by pop art symbolism and the Japanese super flat concept, a postmodernist movement based on manga and anime. Her love for texture is clear in her painstaking, layering... Read more
