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"To Egypt with
Love"
Plus special video
by the artist Khaled Hafez
in Frankfurt - Germany
Dear Friends and
Art Lovers,
We are proud to
announce that SAFARKHAN
will be present with its art in the grand
Tutankhamun Festival; the largest traveling
exhibition of the Pharaoh's legacy in
Frankfurt, Germany
from November 15th, 2011 till April, 2012.
The Tutankhamun festival has been touring
Europe since 2008 presenting the history of
Tutankhamun with giant replicas of his tomb
and treasures and attracting 2.5 million
visitors. This year and in Frankfurt; the
sister city of Cairo, the forum of the
Festival decided that the show should
also include under its umbrella a whole
spectrum of the Contemporary Egyptian
cultural scene including a selection of
Egyptian movies, books, music and art. This
"Festival of Egyptian Culture" will
present each month cultural
activities to the thousands of daily
visitors from art exhibitions by SAFARKHAN
to book readings with Khaled el Khamisi and
from Naguib Mahfouz, film choices by Marwan
Hamed to music and dance performance from
various local young talents etc.
SAFARKHAN will
be present with its art for almost the whole
duration of the festival which is running
from November 15th till April 2012 with the
following shows:
"To Egypt with
Love" - Alaa Taher - Bassem Samir - Hossam
Hassan - November 15th, 2011 till January
22nd, 2012
with
special guest video artist "Khaled Hafez"
presenting his video " The A77a Project: On
Presidents and Super Heroes"
"Egyptian
Art Today" includes a selection of young and
established contemporary Egyptian artists -
March 7th 2012- April 2012. Stay tuned for
more information.
We
look forward to your continued support to
promote Egyptian art internationally.
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