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Egyptian Art

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Unique Egyptian Gilded Coffin Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum

by Claire Voon September 13, 2017September 13, 2017

The museum’s ancient Egyptian art collection now has a highly ornamental coffin belonging to a high-ranking priest.

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Egyptian Surrealism and the Quest to Define Modern Art in Egypt

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian January 5, 2017April 19, 2022

Hyperallergic travels to Cairo to see one among a new wave of exhibitions that are reintroducing Egyptian modern art to a wider audience.

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One of Ancient Egypt’s Most Celebrated Paintings May Be a 19th-Century Fake

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 10, 2015April 12, 2015

According to an Italian Egyptologist, one of the Egyptian Museum of Cairo’s most prized ancient paintings could be a 19th-century archeological forgery.

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Egyptian Antiquities Minister Sentenced to Prison, Under Fire for Fashion Faux Pas

by Danny Ramadan April 18, 2011December 11, 2011

The bad news keeps rolling in for Egyptian Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass, who yesterday was sentenced to one year in prison for his failure to enforce a court ruling. In other news, many Egyptians are outraged that Hawass used ancient Egyptian artifacts to promote his own menswear line.

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Egypt’s Representative to Venice Biennale Was Killed in Tahrir Square

by Kyle Chayka April 7, 2011December 11, 2011

Artist Ahmed Basiony was to represent Egypt in the 2011 Venice Biennale in an exhibition at the country’s national pavilion, curated by Shady El Noshokaty. Yet the artist will now be representing his country’s art community posthumously — Basiony died in gunfire in Tahrir Square while documenting the recent revolutionary protests.

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