The Gezira Center for Modern Art, also known as the Egyptian Modern Art Museum, is an art museum for modern

Modern art

Modern art includes artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of...

 and contemporary art

Contemporary art

Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...

, located in Cairo

Cairo

Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...

, Egypt

Egypt

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. It is part of the National Cultural Centre with the Cairo Opera House

Cairo Opera House

The Cairo Opera House , part of Cairo's National Cultural Center, is the main performing arts venue in the Egyptian capital. Home to most of Egypt's finest musical groups, it is located on the southern portion of Gezira Island in the Nile River, in the Zamalek district west of and near downtown...

, on Gezira Island

Gezira Island

Gezira Island is located in the Nile River, in central Cairo, Egypt. The southern portion of the island contains the Gezira District, and the northern third contains the affluent Zamalek District....

, just across the Nile

Nile

The Nile is a major north-flowing river in North Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. It is long. It runs through the ten countries of Sudan, South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Egypt.The Nile has two major...

 on Qasr el-Nil Street

Qasr el-Nil Street

Qasr el-Nil Street, also spelled Qasr al-Nil, is a street in Downtown Cairo, Egypt. Qasr el-Nil Street is one of the biggest streets in the downtown Cairo area with many businesses, restaurants, and an active nightlife....

 west of downtown Cairo

Downtown Cairo

Downtown Cairo, , has been the urban center of Cairo, Egypt since the late 19th century, when the district was designed and built.-History:The area, designed by prestigious French architects was commissioned by Khedive Ismail...

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Collections

The museum displays more than 10,000 paintings and sculptures that show the development of the Egyptian art movement from the early 20th century pioneers through contemporary artists' works. There is a permanent collection of works by renowned Egyptian artist Ibrahim Mohammed Khalil, one of the pioneering innovators of modern Arabic calligraphy in Egypt.

A modern art pavilion displays works by major international impressionist art painters, including Monet, Van Gogh and Gauguin.

See also

• El Sawy culturewheel
  El Sawy culturewheel
  El Sawy culturewheel is an all-purpose, private cultural center, located on Gezira Island in the Zamalek district, central Cairo, Egypt. It is considered one of the most important cultural venues in Egypt...
  
  
• Museum of Islamic Ceramics
  Museum of Islamic Ceramics
  The Museum of Islamic Ceramics is an art museum for ceramics in central Cairo, Egypt.The museum is located in the Zamalek district on Gezira Island in the Nile, just west of Downtown Cairo. It is located in the palace of Prince Amr Ibrahim, built in 1924....
  
  
• Index: Egyptian artists

Note:

• The similarly named but separate modern art institution, the 'Museum of Modern Art in Egypt
  Museum of Modern Art in Egypt
  Museum of Modern Art—Port Said is a modern and contemporary art museum, located in Shohada Square, in Port Said, Egypt. The town of Port Said has an international history of being a cultural crossroads and cosmopolitan community, located at the confluence of the Suez Canal and Mediterranean Sea, on...
  
  ', is in Port Said
  Port Said
  Port Said is a city that lies in north east Egypt extending about 30 km along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 603,787...
  
  , Egypt, near the confluence of the Suez Canal
  Suez Canal
  The Suez Canal , also known by the nickname "The Highway to India", is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Opened in November 1869 after 10 years of construction work, it allows water transportation between Europe and Asia without navigation...
  
   and Mediterranean Sea
  Mediterranean Sea
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