Forever Is Now 05: Contemporary Art at the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

Art D’Égypte by Culturvator announces the fifth edition of Forever Is Now, the internationally acclaimed contemporary art exhibition returning to the Pyramids of Giza from 11 November to 6 December 2025. Presented under the auspices of Egypt’s Ministries of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, and Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with Experience Egypt and UNESCO, this edition unites ten artists from ten countries at the meeting point of ancient wonder and contemporary imagination.

A Dialogue Across Millennia

Since its inception in 2021, Forever Is Now has evolved into a cultural landmark, transforming the Giza Plateau into a space where art and archaeology, innovation and heritage coexist in active conversation. The exhibition reframes Egypt’s monumental landscape not as a relic, but as a site of ongoing inquiry—one where the ancient and the contemporary illuminate each other. In doing so, it reaffirms Egypt’s role as a crossroads of civilizations and ideas, situating artistic experimentation within the continuity of human creativity.

Endurance, Myth, and the Present Moment

The fifth edition invites reflection on endurance, legacy, and the shifting narratives of permanence. Here, contemporary voices engage with the mythic resonance of the plateau, asking how art might speak to what outlasts us. The Pyramids, vast and silent, act as interlocutors in this dialogue. They remind us that while modern life is defined by speed and volatility, meaning is often found in what endures—and in how each generation reimagines the enduring.

A Culture of Exchange

Beyond its monumental setting, Forever Is Now fosters a culture of dialogue and inclusion. The exhibition engages craftspeople, students, and local communities, situating art within the rhythms of daily life. It redefines accessibility by encouraging diverse publics to participate in the creative process, blurring the boundaries between audience and maker. At Giza, contemporary art becomes both a shared language and a living bridge between the global and the local.

Participating Artists

The 2025 edition presents ten artists whose practices traverse geography, philosophy, and form:

• Michelangelo Pistoletto (Italy) – Founder of Arte Povera, examining the moral and social dimensions of art.
• Alexandre Farto / Vhils (Portugal) – Renowned for wall carvings that reveal urban memory’s layered depths.
• Recycle Group (France/Russia) – Investigating consumerism, digital identity, and the post-human condition.
• Ana Ferrari (Brazil) – Exploring ecological transformation and cultural hybridity in the Anthropocene.
• Mert Ege Köse (Turkey) – Sculptor uniting ancient materials with contemporary poetics.
• Salha El Masry (Egypt) – Cairo-born ceramicist weaving heritage and modern identity through form.
• Nadim Karam (Lebanon) – Architect and sculptor constructing monumental allegories of resilience and play.
• King Houndekpinkou (Benin/France) – Fusing Beninese spirituality with Japanese ceramic traditions.
• J. Park (South Korea) – Multidisciplinary artist probing consciousness, technology, and emotion.
• Alex Proba & SolidNature (USA/Netherlands) – A collaboration exploring color, texture, and the sensorial possibilities of material.

Together, their works animate the desert as a site of reflection and transformation, engaging the timeless geometry of the Pyramids with contemporary vision.

Beyond the Plateau

Two collateral exhibitions—the Cairo International Art District (CIAD) and the Art Décoratifs Exhibition—extend Art D’Égypte’s mission to activate cultural spaces across Egypt and strengthen international exchange between art, design, and heritage. Each initiative builds on the platform’s commitment to making contemporary art a vital, accessible part of Egypt’s cultural present.

Art D’Égypte and the Architecture of Legacy

Founded in 2017 by Nadine Abdel Ghaffar, Art D’Égypte has transformed the global perception of Egypt’s cultural landscape. Through exhibitions such as Eternal Light at the Egyptian Museum, Nothing Vanishes, Everything Transforms at Manial Palace, and Reimagined Narratives on Al-Mu’iz Street, it positions heritage as a continuum rather than a static archive. Through its multidisciplinary arm Culturvator, the organization expands this vision across visual arts, design, film, and heritage, linking contemporary expression to the enduring pulse of history.

The Past as Compass

Emerging amid a time of global uncertainty, Forever Is Now 05 feels especially resonant. Rooted in ancient Egyptian philosophy—its belief in renewal, transcendence, and cyclical time—the exhibition suggests that the past is not inert but generative. It continues to shape the questions artists ask and the futures they imagine.

On the Giza Plateau, surrounded by stone and silence, each work becomes a gesture of continuity. Together they form a meditation on the persistence of human creativity: how art, like the monuments themselves, resists disappearance. In its fifth edition, Forever Is Now stands as both reflection and reminder—that history does not fade into the distance but unfolds, still, in the present light of Egypt.