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Cairo Art Show: “Making a Man out of Him” at the Townhouse Gallery

By Ben Morales-Correa

In her first solo exhibition in Egypt in several years,artist Huda Lutfi presents masculinity as a continuous and changing performance of power versus vulnerability. The work is multi-layered, playing, as Lutfi is known to do, with an array of collected objects and images from around the city, which meticulously give new meaning through carefully... »

Guilt becomes an inspiration for art piece featured at the Tate

By Ben Morales-Correa

Image via Wikipedia When Andy Holden was 12, he broke and stole a chunk of the Great Pyramid of Giza during a visit to Egypt with his father, who was there on business. The guilt kept creeping up until it it became so unbearable that Holden, now an sculptor, had to do something positive to raise... »