After the Revolution
Art in Egypt

27/09/11  Clare Davies

Art has blossomed in Egypt after the fall of Mubarak’s regime. There is freedom of expression now – or so it is claimed. Clare Davies, a critic and curator who lives part of the time in Cairo, sketches a more nuanced picture. (This text is published in Metropolis M No 4/2011)

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Forty-One Years Later in Paris

01/12/09  Claire Fontaine

Museifcation is a composite process. One of its aspects is the deactivation of the living potential of an object or an event. But recently there is also another force: the petrifaction that occurs when an event, object or artwork is declared iconic.

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