Dina Danish's 'Today in History' at Gypsum Gallery

Gypsum Gallery in Cairo presents 'Today in History', Dina Danish's first solo show in Egypt in nearly a decade. The exhibition features appliqué tapestries resembling medieval banners, crafted with artisans from Cairo's tentmaking (khayamiya) district. Danish combines Western and Egyptian fabrics—gobelin, jacquard, and Akhmim—to satirize political imagery and media spectacle. A key work, 'Launching Soon (Head of Wisdom)', critiques the sale of Ras El-Hekma to Emirati investors, using a Hermès scarf pattern woven in ancient Akhmim technique. The tapestries draw on parallels between medieval banners and khayamiya, both using appliqué stitch. Danish (b. 1981, Paris) holds degrees from AUC and CCA San Francisco, completed a residency at Rijksakademie, and has shown at MAC/CCB, MAMbo, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, and SFMOMA. She has been nominated for the Volkskrant Prize, Prix de Rome, and Abraaj Art Prize, and won the illy Present Future Award at Artissima 18. Her work is in collections including MAMbo, SFMOMA, MoMA, Berkeley Art Museum, and Getty Museum.