Heba Elkayal
Heba Elkayal has a master’s degree in modern art history and curation from Columbia University, has served as a consultant and staff member for numerous art collectors, galleries, and an auction house, and was the lifestyle editor for Daily News Egypt from 2008 to 2012.
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In New York, More Eyes Turn to Middle Eastern Art
The art calendar begins a new season with a number of exhibitions that reflect growing interest in Arab artists and Arab-world art themes.
An Iraqi-Born Artist Rejects Identities Imposed on Women
Hayv Kahraman brings a unique perspective to representations of, and assumptions about, women like herself in a post–9/11 world.
The Story of the 2011 Egyptian Uprising Told in Song and Dance
The musical theater production, “We Live in Cairo,” narrates the events that led to the Tahrir Square protests and the overthrowing of a regime and then, the unraveling of a dream.
New Waves: How Moroccan Artist Mohamed Melehi Shaped an Aesthetic
An intimately scaled retrospective of Moroccan artist Mohammed Melehi in London shows how abstract expressionism in the Middle East was culturally inspired.
For Emirati Artist Farah Al Qasimi, Her Photographs ‘Filter’ Her World
Teaching and working in New York, the artist opens viewers to new possibilities of seeing the mundane with curiosity and wonder.
Arab Artists at the World’s Premier Art Event: ‘Art in an Era of Lies’
The Venice Biennale displays the strengths of Arab artists working today and some of the political pitfalls that can await them.
An Iraqi Artist Explores the Spiritual Echoes of Migration
Through animation and painting, Sadik Kwaish Alfraji confronts the human condition of having to leave one’s home and settle elsewhere.
The Artist Kader Attia Mocks Colonial History, then Heals Its Effects
The French-Algerian artist explores the way Western countries collected art, nature and artifacts from colonized countries, then tries to repair some of the damage done by such collections.
An Adroit Artist Expresses the Breadth of Female Power and Beauty
A retrospective of works by Mohammad El Rawas melds lifelong themes with big political questions and allusions to the power of female forms.
Emirati Artist’s Playful Exhibition Transcends His Local Environment
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, a key figure in the Emirates’ avant-garde art scene, uses vivid colors in works that blur the line between painting and sculpture.
