Culturvator Conversations
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Culturvator Conversations Podcast: Redefining Egyptian Craftsmanship with Shewekar Elgharably
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Culturvator Conversations, and in light of Designer’s Circle, Shahd Osman sits with renowned interior and furniture designer Shew...
Culturvator Conversations Podcast: Designing Harmony with Alia El Tanani
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Culturvator Conversations, and in light of Designer’s Circle, Shahd Osman sits down with interior designer Alia El Tanani, the vi...
Culturvator Conversations Podcast: Architecture That Speaks with Ahmed Fayyad
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Culturvator Conversations, and in light of Designer’s Circle, Shahd Osman sits down with renowned architect Ahmed Fayyad to explo...
Forever is Now Special | Rituals of Light with Federica Di Carlo and Nassia Inglessis
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this enlightening episode, we sit down with visionary artists Federica Di Carlo and Nassia Inglessis as they delve into their groundbreaking instal...
Forever is Now Special | Stelios Siganos on Alumil Egypt
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this exciting episode of "Forever is Now," powered by Art D'Egypte, we sit down with Stelios Siganos, Managing Director of Alumil Egypt and a proud...
Byblos Unveiled: Aya Moug's Journey of Innovation and Timeless Design
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Building a Design Legacy: Rania Fahmy’s Vision for R'KAN
19 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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The Art of Heritage: Unveiling Nagada’s Fashion Journey
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sylva Nasrallah is an Armenian Lebanese fashion designer and co-founder of NAGADA.After studying fashion in Paris, she moved to Cairo in the late 1980...
Threads of Heritage: Bridging Craftsmanship and Art with Mohamed Kahal
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Forever is Now Special | Calligraphy in Flame: The Transformative Art
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this exciting episode, we meet Lebanese sculptors Marie Khouri and Jean Boghossian. They share the journey behind their artistic vision and the p...
Forever is Now Special | The Race: Civilizations in Conflict featuring Khaled Zaki
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this exciting episode from "Forever is Now”, we meet Khaled Zaki, a master Egyptian sculptor whose monumental works have captivated audiences wor...
Eternal Vibrations: The Artistic Visions of Jake Singer and Chris Levine
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Culturvator Conversations, South African artist Jake Singer and Canadian artist Chris Levine discuss their intriguing contemporary ...
Forever is Now Special | Timeless Creations featuring Hassan Ragab and Daniah Saleh
17 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A special edition of Culturvator Conversations podcast takes place at “Forever is Now”, the iconic annual exhibition set at the foot of the pyrami...
Inspiring A Cultural Renaissance featuring Nadine Abdel Ghaffar
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Nadine Abdel Ghaffar, the founder of Art D'Egypte and Culturvator. She shares her unique cosmopolitan background and the inspirations behind her ...
Inspiring A Cultural Renaissance featuring Nadine Abdel Ghaffar (Arabic Version)
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Nadine Abdel Ghaffar, the founder of Art D'Egypte and Culturvator. She shares her unique cosmopolitan background and the inspirations behind her ...
PR & Personal branding
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Maha Abouelenein is a strategic communications expert and entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience. She is the CEO and Founder of Digital and Sav...
Peerless Paths of Art
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mrs. Giovanna Cicutto with over 35 years of experience in the art field, she is renowned for her talent recognition and expertise in public relations ...
Behind the patterns of Missoni
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A celebrated leader in fashion and the daughter of Missoni brand co-founders Ottavio and Rosita Missoni; Mrs.Angela Missoni and since she became a Cre...
Silver Threads: The Art of Luxury with Christofle
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Markus Jocher is a senior sales leader and international luxury brand development specialist with over 17 years of experience. He excels in high-end h...
What is UNESCO w/ The Director of UNESCO Cairo, Dr.Nuria Sanz
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nuria Sanz Gallego, archaeologist and anthropologist, is an international civil servant at the United Nations. She holds a PhD in Prehistory from the ...
The Art Guides
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past 3 years, Art D’Egypte’s innovative art guides program has been integral to the success of the annual Forever is Now exhibition at th...
World of Gemology w/ Mehdi Benbrahim
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A true luminary in the world of luxury jewelry and gemology. Mehdi's journey began in childhood, guided by a mother who infused love and artistry into...
Curating Beauty: The Intersection of Art & Jewelry
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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Women in Art Scene w/ Menna Geneidy
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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Eye on Arab Art
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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The Resounding Conversation between Art and Environment
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Tarek Attia, Director of Tahrir Culture Center
05 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Fares Akkad, Regional Director MENA - Meta
22 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fares Akkad is the new Regional Director of the Middle East and North Africa [MENA] region at Meta. In this role, Fares designs and leads the commerci...
Dr. Ridha Moumni & Arne Everwijn (from Christie's)
15 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Christie's has been founded in 1766, Christie’s is a world-leading art and luxury business. Renowned and trusted for its expert live and online auct...
Vilma Jurkute
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vilma has dedicated her career to developing creative industries across New York, Chicago, London and Dubai. She joined Alserkal in 2012 and, in her t...
Zeinab AlHashemi, Artist
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Zeinab Alhashemi is an Emirati conceptual artist based in Dubai. Since graduating from Zayed University with a BA in arts and science specialising in...
Ahmed Karaly , Artist
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ahmed Karaly graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in 1994 and participated in the annual Youth Salon exhibition organised by the Ministry of Cultur...
Omar Toussoun, Artist
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Born in Alexandria 1972, Graduated from the Faculty of specific Education, department of Art Education , Alexandria University 1993. Participated in a...
Vivian El Batanony
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The artist, Vivian Al-Batanony, has been participating in the plastic movement since 1998 until now.... She is interested in expressing human feelings...
Aly Mostafa, Artist
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ali is an Egyptian artist born in 1987 and graduated from Law school in 2011. Ali decided to follow his passion for art through sculpting.Ali decided ...
Mohamed Banawy, Artist
21 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mohamed Banawy graduated with B.sc. from faculty of Fine Arts - Helwan University in Cairo in 2000 and M.A in the relation between pharonic and Africa...
Ahmed Hafez, Artist
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Egyptian Artist Born in Alexandria 1989, who has studied sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts graduated in 2011& holds an MA (2018). currently a teac...
Taha Nasr, Artist
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A plastic artist and currently working as a member of the Alexandria University’s sculpture department staff. Nasr has previously participated in ma...
Mohamed Ziada, Artist
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alexandrian artist, working as a teaching assistant at faculty of fine arts, Alexandria university. He studied painting and sculpture in Academia di b...
Tamer Ragab, Artist
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tamer Ragab Moussa Mohamed Among the mixture of thoughts he finds himself interested in the moving forces and their effects. The wind's impacting all ...
Marwa Magdy, Artist
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Marwa Magdy is a graduate from faculty of art education in Cairo 2016 , she is deeply impressed by the form of ANIMALS she said “We can consider the...
Hossam Zaki, Artist
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hossam Zaki’s collection is the manifestation of the intersection between the Artist’s imagination and his fascination with the Etruscan ancient h...
Rose Issa, Curator, writer & producer
16 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rose Issa is a curator, writer and producer who has championed visual art and film from the Middle East for more than 30 years. She has lived in Londo...
Amy Mowafi, co-founder & CEO MO4 Network
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Mowafi co-founded MO4 Network, Born and raised in the U.K., graduated from the University of Bath with a BSc. in Business then she moved to Egypt ...
Hassan Gabr, content creator the gorilla & Fayrouz Eid, CEO of the daily Crisp
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hassan Gabr started his way in cross fit since 2012 and became one of the prominent personalities in the fitness filed in Egypt and an example of what...
Rasha El Gammal, Designer
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rasha was a student of Islamic/ African history, she entered the media field as a TV presenter as She belongs to a big media family, her mother is Sam...
Farida Temraz, Fashion Designer
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Temraz is known for designing luxury collections fabricated with the finest materials and embroidery. An advocate for education and nurturing young ta...
Ricardo Karam, TV Presenter
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ricardo Karam is a Lebanese television presenter, producer, talk-show host, author and public speaker. He has created several shows, series and do...
Farrah El Dibany, Opera Singer
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Farrah El Dibany is an opera singer, born in Alexandria, Egypt. El Dibany joined the Arts Centre of the Library of Alexandria in 2005 and then...
Ahmed El Shaer, Visual Artist
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ahmed El Shaer is a multi-disciplinary artist , was born in 1981. He got his B.A. in Art Culture Art College, Helwan University. He practices spans ...
Hany Rashed, Contemporary Egyptian Artist
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hany is a self taught artist, was born in Cairo in 1975. Rashed worked closely with renowned artist Mohamed Abla - who became his mentor. By experimen...
Yasser Omar Amin, Intellectual Property Lawyer, IP Researcher & Art Market Law Consultant
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yasser is an Intellectual Property (IP) Lawyer & Researcher and Art Market Law Consultant as well as a Certified IP Trainer by the World IP Organizati...
Simon Watson, Curator & art consultant
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Watson was born in Canada , he is an independent curator, art advisor and cultural event marketing specialist in New York, has discovered art stars an...
Fatma Said, Opera Singer
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fatma took her first singing class when she was fourteen with Soprano Neveen Allouba, she took her from Cairo to the hallowed boards of Milan’s Teat...
Peter Der Manuelian, Professor
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Der Manuelian is Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology at Harvard University, and director of the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East. His Gi...
Bobby Chinn, Chef
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bobby Chinn is an international chef, television presenter, restaurateur. He was born in New Zealand, half Egyptian half Chinese. He got his BA in Fin...
Natalia Kapchuk, Artist & Art collector
03 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Natalia Kapchuk is a Russian-born London-based artist. She works in mixed media, exploring ecological issues, global effects of pollution as well as p...
Aimee Dawson , Art Writer
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Aimee is the associate digital editor at The Art Newspaper and a co-producer of the Week in Art podcast. She specialises in art from the Middle East a...
Caroline Berzi, Contemporary Artist
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline Berzi was born and resides in Egypt, where she received her degree in Business Administration. Following a 7-year career as a financial analy...
Philip Machat: Managing Director, BARTA Art Insurance
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Philip Machat, managing director of BARTA Art Insurance. “Second to none insuring art” is not only a slogan, it is the core ...
H.E Mr. Paul Gariner: Swiss Ambassador to Egypt
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our founder Nadine Abdelghaffar speaks to H.E Ambassador Paul Garnier, Swiss Ambassador to Egypt. They talk about his background, his incredible care...
How art affects society
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture given by Prof. Dominique Lämmli, titled "How art affects society". Lämmli is an artist, philosopher, and educator herself, she works with ...
Rania Ezzat: Egyptian contemporary artist
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with the Egyptian contemporary artist, Rania Ezzat, in which she talks about her practice, diverse experience in the art world, and her...
Noura Abla: art curator, theorist and mediator
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Noura Abla is a Zurich-based curator, theorist and art mediator. She earned her M.A. in Curatorial Studies and Art Mediation from the Zurich Universit...
Islamic heritage under the spotlight of today's art
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture given by Yannick Lintz, director of Islamic Art Department of Louvre Museum, about the Islamic heritage under the spotlight of today's art. ...
Amir Youssef: Visual Artist
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amir Youssef is a visual artist, whose practice is concerned with media archaeology and robotics. He works with a variety of media including video, in...
French Ambassador Stéphane Romatet
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nadine Abdelghaffar in conversation with French Ambassador Stéphane Romatet. They discuss the importance of cultural diplomacy. We would like to th...
Yannick Lintz: Director of Islamic Arts at the Louvre Paris
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our founder Nadine Abdelghaffar, speaks to Yannick Lintz, director of Islamic Arts at the Louvre Paris. They will be talking about Yannick's education...
Conversation with artists Hany Sayed & Taha Nasr
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Hany El Sayed and Taha Nasr, both of whom are Egyptian sculptors and artists who worked on "Art by the Sea,”which is a symposi...
Sarah El Battouty: Founder of ECOnsult & MuBun
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our founder Nadine Abdelghaffar speaks to Sarah El Battouty, an award winning architect and expert in the field of Green and eco-friendly buildings an...
Thomas Girst: Head of BMW Group International Cultural Engagement
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mr Thomas will be speaking to our founder Nadine Abdelghaffar about his career being an author, curator as well as cultural producer ...
Thomas Girst: Head of BMW Group International Cultural Engagement
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mr Thomas talks about the importance of art in society, how vital it is for brands to support young and upcoming artists, as well as the ability for a...
Hala Khayat: Christie's Specialist on Modern & Contemporary Arab Art
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our founder Nadine Abdelghaffar speaks to Hala Khayat Specialist on Modern & Contemporary Arab Art at Christie's. They talk about the contemporary auc...
Alexandria with Esmat Dawestashy: Past & Present A Modern Art Retrospective
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is a series of conversations with Alexandrian artists who pioneered and shaped the modern art movement. It looks at the relationship between the ...
Alexandria with Dr.Hossam Rashwan: Past & Present A Modern Art Retrospective
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is a series of conversations with Alexandrian artists who pioneered and shaped the modern art movement. It looks at the relationship between the ...
Alexandria with Farouk Hosny: Past & Present A Modern Art Retrospective
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is a series of conversations with Alexandrian artists who pioneered and shaped the modern art movement. It looks at the relationship between the ...