Townhouse gallery was gearing up to reopen after raid by authorities over ‘administrative irregularities’ in December The main building of one of Egypt’s most respected art galleries has partially collapsed,adding to its struggles to reopen to the public after being shut down by the authorities in December.
Townhouse gallery in central Cairo has been shut to staff after a section of the recently renovated five-storey building collapsed on Wednesday. The neighbouring Cairo Hackerspace, a community workspace for engineers, and designers and artists,was totally destroyed.
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Source: theguardian.com