‘Egypt Art Fair’ kicks off on Feb. 26

CAIRO – 25 February 2021: The second Egyptian International Art Fair "Egypt Art Fair" for fine arts will kick off on Friday 26 at 2 p.m. and will run until February 28. The fair will be held in one of the hotels of New Cairo. Egypt Art Fair is the largest artistic event in the Arab world.

The importance of this extraordinary event lies in the gathering of distinguished Arab artists in Egypt, which reflects Egypt's pioneering role in arts and culture.

The fair will be held in the presence of a large group of Arab plastic artists, critics, art collectors, businessmen, filmmakers and public figures from Egypt and the Arab world.

Holding this great artistic event in light of the exceptional global conditions due to the COVID-19 epidemic is recognition of Egypt’s resilience and ability to revitalize the artistic movement in Egypt and the Arab world.

The exhibition will also present a group of seminars on topics related to contemporary plastic arts and the diversity of their treatments and formulations, in order to enrich the event and create a state of artistic and cultural dialogue between Egyptian and Arab artists.

More than 120 Egyptian artists, including plastic artists and sculptors from various modern and contemporary artistic trends, will participate in this edition of the fair. In addition, a number of artists from Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Sudan will participate.

It is worth noting that a number of Egyptian and Arab exhibition pavilions will take part in the exhibition. Each exhibition hall nominated a group of artists from different generations. Among these halls are Azad, Misr Gallery and Ibdaa.