Rafik GreissThe City and the City
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Oct 17, 2026 – Jan 10, 2027 Mitte
Opening soon
Fri, Oct 16Opening of the fall program, 7–10 pm
The first institutional solo show of the Egyptian artist Rafik Greiss, built around a new film of waiting figures in the desert.
At the center is Greiss’s newly commissioned film The City and the City, an essay-like work in which mysterious figures keep watch across vast desert landscapes for an event that never quite arrives; its soundtrack, by the musician 7038634357, fills the gallery. A series of black-and-white photographs of objects, artifacts and emptied places accompanies it.
Greiss, born in 1997, is based in Paris and Cairo. Curated by Emma Enderby and Liberty Adrien.
Art center Mitte
