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Side hustle #2: OPEN WITH LEFT HAND ✋
Dina Danish 📅 Friday 16 October, 17:00

Ten years in the making. Almost finished. Zero images. And it will never be published.

Dina Danish has been working on Open with Left Hand (designed by Felix Salut) for more than ten years. It began as an attempt to document her work without a single image, and it has resisted completion ever since: endless revisions, a constrained vocabulary, and lately, AI.

So instead of waiting for the book, Dina brings it to life. Come and hear her read performative passages and the introduction by philosopher Graham Harman, followed by an invisible signing of a book you can’t buy. 🖋️

Possible guests: Felix Salut, Dorothe Orczyk and perhaps Graham Harman himself.

Tomorrow, 17:00. Bring a pen. Or don’t. by @dina.danish

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a day ago

SINKING SHIP, 2026
Khayameyya hand-sewn appliqué and emboidery
203 × 129 cm

Executed with the help of master Khayameyya craftsman Mohemed Amin and his daughter Malak.

Image inspired by recent events.

From Ships and Multilateral Meetings
Stigter van Doesburg, Amsterdam
5 September — 6 November 2026 #soloexhibition #khayamiya #amsterdamart #exhibition taken in Amsterdam, Netherlands by @dina.danish

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18 days ago

In Cairo’s historic tent making district, artisans have sewn Khayameyya appliqué for centuries , vast hand-stitched canvases once made for weddings, mourning and celebration.

Dina Danish borrows this language for something else entirely: the news cycle. (Anonymous) portraits of world leaders. Straits closed by war. Diplomatic tables where nothing gets resolved.

Her solo show Ships and Multilateral Meetings turns what flashes past in a feed into something built to last. by @dina.danish

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22 days ago

THE GATHERERS, 2026

I vaguely recall a boat stuck in a canal. I vaguely recall a boat in a canal carrying crops, or something like crops, perhaps wheat, perhaps other stuff. Stuff gathered by hands in a manner similar to how it may have been gathered a few years ago, or two years ago or three thousand (s) of years ago.

Three months of stretching one thread while sewing it down with another. Three months of traveling back and forth to work with them. Hand sewn in Cairo with the help of Khayameyya master Mohamed Amin and his daughter Malak Amin @malak.amin.5680899

THE GATHERERS, 2026
Hand-sewn appliqué of thread on canvas
192 × 137 cm

From SHIPS AND MULTILATERAL MEETINGS
Stigter van Doesburg @stigtervandoesburg
5 September — 24 October 2026

#soloexhibition #dinadanish #contemporaryart #amsterdam more soon about side hustle @phenixdecesrois amongst other stuff #phenixdecesrois taken in Amsterdam, Netherlands by @dina.danish

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23 days ago

❕SAVE THE DATE: Gypsum is excited to announce a collaboration with Sargent’s Daughters, presenting an exhibition in their lower-level space in New York. The limited-run show, “The Bestiary,” marks Gypsum’s first exhibition in New York and opens on May 15 in conjunction with Tribeca Gallery Night.

“The Bestiary” brings together three Egyptian artists from Gypsum’s roster–Dina Danish, Huda Lutfi, and Mohamed Monaiseer–whose works reach into medieval craft histories to reflect on contemporary personal, historical, and political narratives.

This invitation was sparked by conversations between the gallerists at Art Basel Qatar, where they discussed a shared desire to find new modes of working together across regions.

“The Bestiary” a group show at Sargent’s Daughters (lower-level space)
4.5 Cortlandt Alley, NY
May 15 - 30 2026
Opening reception: Friday, May 15, 6-8pm

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@sargentsdaughters 💙

@hudalutfi7 @dina.danish @mohamedmonaiseer

Image 1. Dina Danish, Trilateral Meeting, 2026, Hand-Sewn Khayamiya, appliqué, 140 x 200 cm
Image 2. Mohamed Monaiseer, I, Pet Lion (Coat of Arms), 2022, Khayamiya and acrylic on found fabric, 40 x 35 cm
Image 3. Huda Lutfi, Healing Devices, 2025, Mixed media on paper, 25 x 18 cm

#gypsumgallery #sargentsdaughters #hudalutfi #dinadanish #mohamedmonaiseer by @dina.danish

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6 months ago

💙 Gypsum is thrilled to invite you to the opening reception of the show “The Bestiary,” a collaboration with Sargent’s Daughters, New York, in their lower-level space.

“The Bestiary” will showcase three Egyptian artists from the gallery’s roster–Dina Danish, Huda Lutfi, and Mohamed Monaiseer–whose work mobilizes medieval Egyptian material histories, techniques, and motifs to reflect on contemporary personal, historical, and political narratives.

This invitation was sparked by conversations between the gallerists at Art Basel Qatar, where they discussed a shared desire to find new modes of working together across regions.

Opening reception: Friday, May 15, 6–8 pm (in conjunction with Tribeca Gallery Night)

📍 Sargent’s Daughters (lower-level space)
4 Cortlandt Alley, New York
🗓️ May 15–30, 2026

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@sargentsdaughters 💙

@hudalutfi7 @dina.danish @mohamedmonaiseer

#gypsumgallery #sargentsdaughters #hudalutfi #dinadanish #mohamedmonaiseer taken in Sargent's Daughters by @dina.danish

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5 months ago

🌟 Swipe-through a walkthrough of THE BESTIARY, our current group show in NYC at Sargent’s Daughters lower-level space.

Featuring tapestries by Dina Danish, hand embroidered works by Mohamed Monaiseer, and collage works by Huda Lutfi, their works reach into medieval craft histories to reflect on contemporary personal, historical, and political narratives.

📍 Sargent’s Daughters (lower-level space)
4.5 Cortlandt Alley, New York
On view until May 30, 2026

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@sargentsdaughters 💙

@hudalutfi7 @dina.danish @mohamedmonaiseer

#gypsumgallery #sargentsdaughters #hudalutfi #dinadanish #mohamedmonaiseer taken in Sargent's Daughters by @dina.danish

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5 months ago

//الأزرق المصري: عرض ونقاش مع دينا دانش وجان باتيست ميتر//

دعوة لحضور لقاء ونقاش مع الفنانين دينا دانش وجان باتيست ميتر حول مشروعهما المستمر منذ أربع سنوات لإعادة تصنيع "الأزرق المصري"، يوم الأحد القادم، 1 مارس 2026 الساعة 8 مساءً.

يُعدّ الأزرق المصري أحد أقدم الأصباغ الصناعية التي عرفها الإنسان. قبل أكثر من 4500 عام، أُنتج في مصر القديمة باستخدام النار والرمل والنحاس والملح — ثم طُمست وصفته إلى حدٍّ كبير مع مرور الزمن.

على مدى السنوات الأربع الماضية، عمل الفنانون دينا دانش وجان-باتيست ميتر في مصر على إعادة تصنيع هذه الصبغة باستخدام مواد محلية المصدر. بالتعاون مع خزّافين وحرفيي زجاج وبنّائي أفران في القاهرة، يتعاملان مع المشروع بوصفه بحثًا فنيًا لا إعادة بناء تاريخية — عبر التجريب، والفشل، والتكرار.

في هذا اللقاء المدعوم من صندوق موندريان، سيعرضان صورًا ولقطات مصوّرة من الورش، ويناقشان عمليات الحرق والاختبارات المادية التي قاما بها؛ يتأملان في كيفية تصرّف هذا الأزرق القديم اليوم — كمسحوق، وسطح، وصورة. كما سيتطرّقان إلى خاصية توهجه في نطاق الأشعة تحت الحمراء القريبة، وارتباطه الطويل بالحماية، من عين حورس إلى خرزات النَّظَر — لونٌ يمتصّ ويعكس، وربما حتى يحدّق في المقابل.

English in comments section by @dina.danish

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8 months ago

The wait is over! As promised, we're unveiling one of the most magical things we've worked on - Egyptian blue, glowing under infrared light! A pigment that stood the test of time, first made over 3000 years ago. We've recreated it in our Cairo studio using basic materials and a regular pottery kiln. What can't be seen by the naked eye reveals its magic under infrared. Part of our ongoing research in experimental archeology and art practice. #egyptianblue #egyptology Special thanks to the @mondriaanfonds @john_ocarroll_studio taken in Fustat by @dina.danish

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a year ago

Just finished our talk/ workshop on Making Egyptian Blue in Egypt hosted by the wonderful @salimaegypt at @auc_egypt . We were happy to see AUC’s Egyptology students get together with KU Leaven and Leiden (hosted by NVIC) students get together during this workshop. taken in American university in cairo by @dina.danish

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8 months ago

Biographical possibilities, white ink on blue carbon paper, 2011 by @dina.danish

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7 months ago

Can You Make This Fall, rotating machine made with the special help of Stephan Kuderna, lined cloth, spoon, string, hand, video camera, 2010 by @dina.danish

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4 years ago