The third edition of Cairo International Art District CIAD will kick off from October 10-30

 

• The entire Cinema Radio complex on Talaat Harb Street; 

• Access Art Space, 

• the Hangar, and; 

• the Corridor next to the Radio Complex. 

And as part of our community engagement activities, we did a collaboration with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugeesand International Organization for Migration IOM to give exposure and a chance for more than 20 refugees to exhibit their art works.

 

The choice of Downtown as the location for CIAD should come as no surprise. The newly renovated 19th century district was built by renowned architects, who came from all over the world to leave their imprint on Egypt’s capital when Khedive Ismail, the ruler of Egypt between 1863 and 1879 decided to transform the face of Cairo’s city center.

 

 

 

Nadine Abdel Ghaffar founder of Culturvator/Art D’Egypte explained the significance of the choice of Downtown for the annual exhibition: “Not only does the area have a history that extends back to the nineteenth century and buildings conceived by the most famous architects of the time, but it has also recently become one of the most important centers of art and creativity in Egypt and a destination for art lovers, collectors, and enthusiasts.”

 

Culturvator/Art D’Egypte is thrilled is presenting Cairo International Art District CIAD in Downtown Cairo for its third edition of Cairo International Art District CIAD. This year, emerging and established contemporary Egyptian and international artists will explore how historical periods in the art scene have fostered conversations around emergent forms of visuality through the years, with artists merging different eras in their work, practicing past methods through their contemporary language and experimenting with juxtaposed discourses. CIAD’s exhibitions aim to offer the public a chance to engage, observe and contemplate artistic practices across time and culture, viewing the structural and metaphorical overlaps in our growing metropolitan city.

 

 

 

About Culturvator

 

Founded by Nadine Abdel Ghaffar in 2023, Culturvator is a multi-disciplinary cultural consultancy that works with private and public entities to activate spaces for cultural promotion, working across all creative disciplines, spanning visual arts to film, heritage, design, fashion and music. Fostering and promoting new collaborations across the global creative industry is also at the core of the model, aiming to create new connections and immersive cultural experiences for a global audience on an international scale.