Inji Efflatoun: The Poetics of Justice

From Whitechapel Gallery

This special presentation, curated by Gilane Tawadros and Salah M. Hassan, marks the first significant UK exhibition of Inji Efflatoun (1924 – 1989 Cairo, Egypt), one of the most important Egyptian artists of the twentieth century. A feminist and political dissident, Efflatoun regarded art as a powerful tool for social justice and political expression and her activism and artistic practice were deeply entwined. Born into an affluent Cairo family in 1924,...