Hello Beirut, with love from five artists in Cairo
22nd Sep 2005, 21:57 GMT
Karim Francis had big plans. The 42-year-old gallerist had been running numerous contemporary art spaces and experimental exhibition venues throughout Cairo for 10 years. (He had also, at various points in his life, been a painter, photographer, and musician). His main gallery, Espace Karim Francis, had distinguished itself for being.
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