DHAHRAN: The Egyptian capital will be bursting with art this month as the inaugural Cairo Art Summit is held from July 9-11, with further programming lasting until the end of July.
Regional artists, architects, anthropologists, museum professionals, developers, policymakers, academics, financiers and cultural leaders from Egypt — and across the region — are convening under one common vision: To explore and examine the future of cities through the lens of culture.
Among the confirmed speakers and featured guests are Hafsa Al-Khudairi from the Royal Commission for AlUla, who recently served as co-curator of Saudi Arabia’s still ongoing Venice Biennale pavilion for 2026; and Riyadh-based Adam Kucharski, an urbanist, anthropologist and culture master planning expert. They will be joined by dozens of architects, artists, filmmakers, urbanists, journalists, museum professionals, developers and cultural practitioners from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Lebanon, Europe and North America.
Adham Hafez is the curator of the Cairo Art Summit. (Supplied)
The program will explore subjects including heritage-led regeneration, culture as economic infrastructure, museums and new institutional models, public art, architecture, cultural policy, placemaking, independent cultural initiatives and the future of historic cities.
