Africa & the Middle East

Monumental art takes many forms, and its history does not stop at the boundaries of a single artistic tradition.

Across Africa and the Middle East, artworks are woven into the architecture of cities and communities: on façades, inside public buildings, along civic bazaars, and within everyday surroundings. Some are prominent works by recognised artists; others are encountered almost incidentally, embedded in buildings and places that were never designed as museums.

RACMAS seeks out these works and records them where we encounter them.

Discoveries

Unlike some of our larger regional initiatives, our work in Africa and the Middle East is currently built around individual discoveries rather than a single, defined programme.

The gallery below brings these discoveries together, preserving their location and visual record while allowing new information to be added as research continues.

Explore the collection

The gallery below presents artworks documented by RACMAS and its collaborators.

Each entry includes its location and available information, creating a starting point for further exploration and research.

Cairo:

30.035119, 31.233855 (Unknown, Unknown):

30.048009, 31.261593 (1974, Wagdy Soliman):

“Church, Synagogue, Mosque” by Ahmed Abdel-Gawad (2020?), 30.005378, 31.2295

“Nagib Mahfouz”, Noble prize of Literature in 1988, mosaic from 2023, 30.045764, 31.261407

“President Sadat with Peace Dove” Egypt monumental Art, 1987, Metrostation “Sadat” under Tahir Square (30.045, 31.235667)