Khaled Hafez: Forensically Formal

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This article first appeared in Harpers Bazaar Art, July 2013

 Khaled Hafez' iconoclastic canvases span eras, cultures and the minutia of civilisations in kaleidoscopic panoramas, adding colour and modernity to ancient iconography.
Sophie KAzan met him to discuss his practise and what an archaeologist 500 years hence might deduce about these turbulent times in which we live...






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