Museum of Modern Egyptian Art

The **Museum of Modern Egyptian Art**
متحف الفن المصرى الحديث
Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, in the Zamalek district, central Cairo.

Established	1927
Location	Cairo, Egypt.
Type	art museum
Collections	The museum holds paintings and sculptures that show the development of the Egyptian art movement from the early 20th century pioneers through contemporary artists' works.
Collection size	13,000
Owner	Ministry of Culture

The Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, is Cairo, Egypt's main modern art museum holding collections of early 20th Century contemporary art pioneers, including Mahmoud Said, Ragheb Ayad, Gazbeya Sirry, and Abdel Hadi Al-Gazzar, among others.^[1]^[2] It was inaugurated in 1927 and is part of the National Cultural Centre in the former fair grounds of Zamalek.^[1]

Collections

The museum holds more than 13,000 paintings and sculptures that show the development of the Egyptian art movement from the early 20th century pioneers through contemporary artists' works.^[1] There is are permanent and temporary exhibits of works by renowned Egyptian artists, such as:^[1]^[3]

Ahmad Sabri
Mahmoud Sa'id
Ragheb Ayad
Mohammed Naghi
Gazbia Sirry
Inji Aflatoun
Tahia Halim
Abdel Hadi Al-Gazzar
Ahmed Morsi
Ibrahim Mohammed Khalil
Georges Al-Sabbagh
George Bahgoury
Salah Abdel-Karim
Adam Henein
Abdel-Badie Abdel-Hay
Mahmoud Moussa
Hamed Abdallah

References

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^ "متحف الفن المصري الحديث". www.moc.gov.eg. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
^ "The Egyptian Museum of Modern Arts: The story behind its partial closure - Visual Art - Arts & Culture".

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