Basim Magdy

*1977 / Egypt

Works

Contacts for the work of Basim Magdy

Basim Magdy

www.basimmagdy.com

Solo exhibitions

When Rain Clouds Gather 4

The Birds Choose the Cards

Kunsthalle Bern, Bern (CH)
28 Feb 2025 – 30 Mar 2025
BASIM MAGDY

KM21, Den Haag (NL)
17 Dec 2022 – 23 Apr 2023
M . A . G . N . E . T

MAAT Museum of Art, .., Lisboa (PT)
11 Sep 2019 – 17 Feb 2020
The Stars Were Aligned for a Century of New Beginnings

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
10 Dec 2016 – 19 Mar 2017
No Shooting Stars

CAPC Bordeaux, Bordeaux (FR)
17 Nov 2016 – 15 Jan 2017
No Shooting Stars

Jeu de Paume, Paris (FR)
18 Oct 2016 – 15 Jan 2017
THE STARS WERE ALIGNED FOR A CENTURY OF NEW BEGINNINGS

MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti, Roma (IT)
15 Sep 2016 – 30 Oct 2016
An Absent Population Laughs at its Haunting Withdrawal

Art in General, Brooklyn (US)
7 Nov 2014 – 10 Jan 2015
A Future of Mundane Miracles

hunt kastner, Praha (CZ)
7 Sep 2013 – 19 Oct 2013
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ACAF Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum, Alexandria (EG)
10 Jun 2007 – 30 Jun 2007

Group

Memento

Photography, interrupted

Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (NL)
28 Jun 2025 – 12 Oct 2025

with Farah Al Qasimi, Valerie Belin, Myriam Boulos, Edward Burtynsky, Widline Cadet, Coco Capitan, Kennedi Carter, James Casebere, Mat Collishaw, Luc Delahaye, David Goldblatt, Eddo Hartmann …
On Immanence

Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisboa (PT)
6 Jun 2025 – 13 Sep 2025

with André Romão, Fulvio Ventura
FOTOGRAFIE HEUTE III: RESISTANT FACES

Pinakothek der Moderne, München (DE)
27 Nov 2020 – 11 Apr 2021

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Eli Cortinas, Antye Guenther, Lynn Hershman, Esther Hovers, Frida Orupabo, Emmanuel Van der Auwera
UNSERE GEGENWART

MGK Siegen, Siegen (DE)
14 Feb 2020 – 1 Jun 2020

with Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Charles Atlas, John Baldessari, Eric Baudelaire, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Vajiko Chachkhiani, Forensic Architecture, Simone Forti, Bernhard Fuchs, Dan Graham, Candida Hoefer, Hans Haacke …
KNOCK KNOCK: HUMOUR IN CONTEMPORARY ART

South London Gallery, London (GB)
22 Sep 2018 – 18 Nov 2018

with Eleanor Antin, Chila Kumari Burman, Heman Chong, Ryan Gander, Rodney Graham, Lynn Hershman, Judith Hopf, Christian Jankowski, Barbara Kruger, Sarah Lucas, Pilvi Takala, Bedwyr Williams
Oceans

Le Fresnoy, Studio National des arts con, Tourcoing (FR)
10 Feb 2018 – 22 Apr 2018

with Doug Aitken, Darren Almond, Edith Dekyndt, Simon Faithfull, Ellie Ga, Tue Greenfort, Camille Henrot, Enrique Ramirez, Ana Vaz, Susanne M. Winterling
GIBCA 2017 - Göteborgs Internationella Konstbiennal 2017

WheredoIendandyoubegin - On Secularity

Göteborgs Konsthall, Göteborg (SE)
9 Sep 2017 – 19 Nov 2017

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Fatma Bucak, Shilpa Gupta, Santiago Mostyn, Francesc Ruiz, Jonas Staal, Haegue Yang
Imperfect Chronology: Mapping the Contemporary I

Barjeel Art Foundation Collection

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (GB)
26 Apr 2016 – 14 Aug 2016

with Yto Barrada, Mona Hatoum, Khaled Hourani, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Mohammed Kazem, Maha Maamoun, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Akram Zaatari
Ocean of Images: New Photography 2015

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
7 Nov 2015 – 20 Mar 2016

with Indre Serpytyte, Ilit Azoulay, Zbynek Baladran, Lucas Blalock, Edson Chagas, Natalie Czech, DIS, Katharina Gaenssler, David Hartt, Mishka Henner, David Horvitz, John Houck …
Grace of Intention

Photography, Architecture and the Monument

MoCP Contemporary Photo, Chicago (US)
15 Oct 2015 – 23 Dec 2015

with Geert Goiris, Iman Issa, Florian Joye, Nadav Kander, Jan Kempenaers, Nicolas Moulin, Ana Vaz
LA BIENNALE DE MONTRÉAL

L'avenir (looking forward)

Musée d'art contemporain, Montréal (CA)
22 Oct 2014 – 4 Jan 2015

with Abbas Akhavan, Edgar Arceneaux, Nicolas Baier, Taysir Batniji, Amanda Beech, Ursula Biemann, Raymond Boisjoly, Andrea Bowers, Matthew Buckingham, Simon Denny, Charles Gaines, Ryan Gander …
Sharjah Biennial 11

<em>Re:emerge</em> - Towards a New Cultural Cartography

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
13 Mar 2013 – 13 May 2013

with Ravi Agarwal, Francis Alys, Jananne Al-Ani, Nevin Aladag, Carlos Amorales, Burak Arikan, Ismail Bahri, Matthew Barney, Tony Chakar, Tiffany Chung, David Claerbout, Thomas Demand …
Photo Cairo 5

Mohamed Abdelkarim, David Degner, Ahmed El Ghoneimy, Samir ElKordy, André Romão, Hanaa Safwat, Sarah Samy, Noura Seif, Mahmoud Tarek, and Sama Waly

The Townhouse Gallery of contemporary ar, Cairo (EG)
14 Nov 2012 – 17 Dec 2012

with Danny Degner, Saskia Holmkvist, Iman Issa, Hassan Khan, Elizabeth Price, Ben Russell
Weltraum

Kunst und ein Traum

Kunsthalle Wien, Wien (AT)
1 Apr 2011 – 15 Aug 2011

with Pawel Althamer, Daniel & Geo Fuchs, Loris Greaud, Judith Hopf, Dona Jalufka, Astrid Johannessen, William Kentridge, Lena Lapschina, Simon Leigh, Jen Liu, Gianni Motti, Simon Patterson …
Street and Studio

Von Basquiat bis Séripop

Kunsthalle Wien, Wien (AT)
25 Jun 2010 – 10 Oct 2010

with Kader Attia, Dara Birnbaum, Christian Eisenberger, Shaun Gladwell, Leopold Kessler, Robin Rhode
PhotoCairo3

The Townhouse Gallery of contemporary ar, Cairo (EG)
11 Dec 2005 – 31 Dec 2005

with Ursula Biemann, Christoph Büchel, Giovanni Carmine, Osama Dawod, Sebastian Diaz Morales, rana elnemr, Iman Issa, Emily Jacir, Meiro Koizumi, Julika Rudelius, Fernando Sanchez Castillo, Igor Sevcuk …

Events

Rubaiya Qatar

Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha (QA)
21 Nov 2026 – 30 Apr 2027

with Bani Abidi, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Monira Al Qadiri, Farah Al Qasimi, Sophia Al-Maria, Sophia Al-Maria, Shaima Al-Tamimi, Kamal Aljafari, Nadia Belerique, Meriem Bennani, Mohamed Bourouissa, Liu Chuang …
Contemporary Istanbul 2026

Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centr, Istanbul (TR)
24 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026

with Ali Alisir, Nevin Aladag, Helena Almeida, Ghada Amer, Alkan Avcıoğlu, Roger Ballen, Vikki Bardot, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Vincent Bousserez, Edward Burtynsky, Judy Chicago, Isaac Chong Wai …
7th Mardin Biennial – SKYground

Mardin Biennial, Mardin (TR)
15 May 2026 – 21 Jun 2026

with Erkan Oezgen, Hamra Abbas, Carlos Aires, Mehtap Baydu, Isaac Chong Wai, Canan Dagdelen, Alfredo Jaar, Hiwa K, Ali Kaaf, Sejla Kameric, Khalil Rabah, Xul Solar
Taipei Biennial 2023

Taipei Biennial, Taipei (TW)
18 Nov 2023 – 24 Mar 2024

with Edgar Arceneaux, Tekla Aslanishvili, Yin-Ju Chen, Takashi Ito, Nesrine Khodr, Jen Liu, Jumana Manna, Bahar Noorizadeh, Arthur Ou, Ellen Pau, Riar Rizaldi, Natascha Sadr Haghighian …
Art Basel Miami Beach 2023

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (US)
8 Dec 2023 – 10 Dec 2023

with Albarran Cabrera, Janine Antoni, Diane Arbus, John Baldessari, Lillian Bassman, Oliver Beer, Valerie Belin, Lynda Benglis, Erwin Blumenfeld, Bill Brandt, Brassai, Kwame Brathwaite …
LOOP Video Art Fair 2022

LOOP, Barcelona (ES)
15 Nov 2022 – 17 Nov 2022

with Roger Ballen, Amie Barouh, Diego Bianchi, Kevin Bray, Lenora de Barros, Ira Eduardovna , Arash Fayez, Sigurdur Gudjonsson, Frieder Haller, Annika Kahrs, Anouk Kruithof, Diana Markosian …
Art Basel 2022

Art Basel, Basel (CH)
16 Jun 2022 – 19 Jun 2022

with Ignasi Aballi, Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Francis Alys, Leonor Antunes, Yael Bartana, Valerie Belin, Erwin Blumenfeld, Shannon Bool, Edward Burtynsky, Lynn Davis, Stan Douglas …
Art Basel 2021

Art Basel, Basel (CH)
24 Sep 2021 – 26 Sep 2021

with Berenice Abbott, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Robert Adams, Sophia Al-Maria, Diane Arbus, Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Valerie Belin …
LOOP Fair 2019

LOOP, Barcelona (ES)
19 Nov 2019 – 21 Nov 2019

with Gabriel Abrantes, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Olga Chernysheva, Peter Forgacs, Hamza Halloubi, Peyman Hooshmandzadeh, Aapo Huhta, Tao Hui, Polina Kanis, Vendula Knopova, Romain Kronenberg, Dodda Maggy …
Athens Biennale 2018: ANTI

ATHENS BIENNALE, Athens (GR)
26 Oct 2018 – 9 Dec 2018

with Loukia Alavanou, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Chim-Pom, Danielle Dean, Dorota Gaweda and Egle Kulbokaite, CAO Fei, Eloise Fornieles, Carsten Hoeller, Maryam Jafri, Geumhyung Jeong, Kahlil Joseph, Rachel Maclean …
À cris ouverts

Les Ateliers de Rennes - contemporary art biennale

Les Ateliers de Rennes, Rennes (FR)
29 Sep 2018 – 2 Dec 2018

with John Akomfrah, Oreet Ashery, Meriem Bennani, Raymond Boisjoly, Sonia Boyce, Madison Bycroft, Julien Creuzet, Enrico David, Katia Kameli, Paul Maheke, Senga Nengudi , Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz …
WheredoIendandyoubegin - On Secularity

Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art (GIBCA)

Göteborg Biennial, Göteborg (SE)
9 Sep 2017 – 19 Nov 2017

with Loulou Cherinet, Shilpa Gupta, Jens Haaning, Saskia Holmkvist, Eva Linder, Cecilia Lundqvist, Michele Matyn, Olivia Plender, Haegue Yang
GIBCA 2017 - Göteborgs Internationella Konstbiennal 2017

WheredoIendandyoubegin - On Secularity

Göteborgs Konsthall, Göteborg (SE)
9 Sep 2017 – 19 Nov 2017

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Jens Haaning, Santiago Mostyn, Francesc Ruiz, Jonas Staal, Haegue Yang
FIAC 2017

FIAC Paris, Paris (FR)
19 Oct 2017 – 22 Oct 2017

with Adel Abdessemed, Helena Almeida, Dieter Appelt, Sammy Baloji, Kim Sop Boninsegni, Elina Brotherus, Hannah Collins, Pauline Curnier Jardin, Liz Deschenes, Peter Downsbrough, Roe Ethridge, Alain Fleischer …
Frieze Art Fair 2017

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
4 Oct 2017 – 8 Oct 2017

with Marina Abramovic, Doug Aitken, John Akomfrah, Renate Bertlmann, Hannah Black, Candice Breitz, Anne Collier, Stan Douglas, Mary Beth Edelson, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Regina Jose Galindo, Luigi Ghirri …
Code Art Fair 2017

Code Art Fair, Copenhagen (DK)
31 Aug 2017 – 3 Sep 2017

with Per Morten Abrahamsen, Kader Attia, Neil Beloufa, Sophie Calle, Asger Carlsen, Rae di Martino, Tina Enghoff, Rainer Ganahl, Barbara Hammer, Stefan Heyne, Maryam Jafri, Sven Johne …