# Rafik Greiss: *The City and the City*

Oct 17, 2026 – Jan 10, 2027 · coming up

- Fri, Oct 16, 2026: Opening 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.

Full details: [kw-berlin.de](https://www.kw-berlin.de/en/exhibitions/rafik-greiss-the-city-and-the-city)

## At [KW Institute for Contemporary Art](https://onview.so/berlin/kw-institute-for-contemporary-art.md)

Art center in Mitte, Berlin.

- Address: Auguststraße 69, Berlin, 10117
- Hours: Wed–Mon 11–7
- Website: https://www.kw-berlin.de
- Directions: <https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=KW%20Institute%20for%20Contemporary%20Art%2C%20Auguststra%C3%9Fe%2069%2C%20Berlin%2C%2010117>
- On the map: https://onview.so/berlin/map/kw-institute-for-contemporary-art

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