by Steven May | Nov 6, 2013 | Articles
Leslie Bull for Yale University News reports on the recent visit by the Gabr Fellows. The Fellows visited Yale University on October 21 to attend lectures and workshops, meet faculty and the President of the Univeristy, and attend an exhibition. Full...
by Steven May | May 16, 2013 | Articles
BOND magazine, a high-end business and style publication, interviews Shafik Gabr to discuss the East:West initiative. Discussing his own background and the foundations of East:West, The Art of Dialogue, Shafik Gabr explains how he hopes to provide “a pragmatic...
by Steven May | Apr 19, 2013 | Articles
Robert Irwin for The Times Literary Supplement reviews Shafik Gabr’s book, ‘Masterpieces of Orientalist Art.’ Irwin provides a brief history of Orientalism and how the art of this time “seemed to open a window on a vanishing world”. He...
by Steven May | Feb 21, 2013 | Articles
Bill Turque discusses Shafik Gabr’s art collection and the inspiration behind his East:West exchange initiative. Commenting on the “desperate need of mutual understanding” at this time, Turque looks into the background of Gabr’s Orientalist art...
by Steven May | Feb 15, 2013 | Articles
The Art Collector, a digital and print resource for art collectors, publishes an interview with Shafik Gabr. Talking about his collection of Orientalist art, Shafik Gabr comments on the essence of dialogue and why communication must not be allowed die. Full...
by Steven May | Feb 4, 2013 | Articles
HALI Magazine, which specialises in news about Islamic art, discusses Shafik Gabr’s “Masterpieces of Orientalist Art”. Juliet Highet reviews the book and praises Shafik Gabr’s “bridge building” between East and West. Full...
