Curatorial Ethos
CiC’s programme highlights socially and politically conscious practices rooted in visual culture, fostering regional and international collaboration through curated exhibitions, occasional artist residencies, and long-term exchange projects.
Established in 2004 by a group of visual artists and photographers in Cairo, the Contemporary Image Collective (CiC) is a non-profit initiative dedicated to nurturing image-makers. It fosters regional and international collaboration through curated exhibitions, occasional artist residencies, and long-term exchange projects. The collective operates as an itinerant and evolving programme highlighting socially and politically conscious practices rooted in visual culture.
Why this gallery matters
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A second-floor space in downtown Cairo — and before that several other downtown floors, because CIC has moved more than once since 2004. What has not moved is the subject. A group of artists and photographers founded it to think about the image: who makes it, who circulates it, what it does in the street and on the screen. So the programme is half exhibition, half school — CIC PhotoSchool, a darkroom, a digital lab, a library open to use — with screenings and talks that run late. In a city where the photograph became political overnight in 2011, that focus stopped being niche. Not a place to buy. A place to understand how images are made in Cairo.
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Address
15 Emad El-Deen, Oraby, Al Azbakeya, Cairo
Opening hours
- Monday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- Closed
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- 11:00 – 18:00
Later opening for events; check the programme before visiting. Free entry.
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