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Basim Magdy, An Apology to a Love Story that Crashed into a Whale, 2016. Installation view, Deutsche Bank KunstHalle, Berlin. Image courtesy of the artist and Deutsche Bank KunstHalle

Basim Magdy, An Apology to a Love Story that Crashed into a Whale (detail), 2016. Courtesy of Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague; artSümer, Istanbul

Basim Magdy, An Apology to a Love Story that Crashed into a Whale (detail), 2016. Courtesy of Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague; artSümer, Istanbul

Basim Magdy, An Apology to a Love Story that Crashed into a Whale (detail), 2016. Courtesy of Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague; artSümer, Istanbul

Basim Magdy, An Apology to a Love Story that Crashed into a Whale (detail), 2016. Courtesy of Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague; artSümer, Istanbul

Basim Magdy, An Apology to a Love Story that Crashed into a Whale (detail), 2016. Courtesy of Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague; artSümer, Istanbul

Basim Magdy, An Apology to a Love Story that Crashed into a Whale (detail), 2016. Courtesy of Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague; artSümer, Istanbul

Basim Magdy, An Apology to a Love Story that Crashed into a Whale (detail), 2016. Courtesy of Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague; artSümer, Istanbul

Basim Magdy, An Apology to a Love Story that Crashed into a Whale (detail), 2016. Courtesy of Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague; artSümer, Istanbul

Basim Magdy, An Apology to a Love Story that Crashed into a Whale (detail), 2016. Courtesy of Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague; artSümer, Istanbul

Basim Magdy, An Apology to a Love Story that Crashed into a Whale (detail), 2016. Courtesy of Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague; artSümer, Istanbul

Basim Magdy, An Apology to a Love Story that Crashed into a Whale (detail), 2016. Courtesy of Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague; artSümer, Istanbul

Basim Magdy, An Apology to a Love Story that Crashed into a Whale (detail), 2016. Courtesy of Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague; artSümer, Istanbul

Basim Magdy, An Apology to a Love Story that Crashed into a Whale (detail), 2016. Courtesy of Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague; artSümer, Istanbul

Basim Magdy, 13 Essential Rules for Understanding the World, 2011. Courtesy of artSümer, Istanbul; Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague

Basim Magdy, 13 Essential Rules for Understanding the World, 2011. Courtesy of artSümer, Istanbul; Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague

Basim Magdy, 13 Essential Rules for Understanding the World, 2011. Courtesy of artSümer, Istanbul; Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague

Basim Magdy, 13 Essential Rules for Understanding the World, 2011. Courtesy of artSümer, Istanbul; Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague

Basim Magdy, 13 Essential Rules for Understanding the World, 2011. Courtesy of artSümer, Istanbul; Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague

Basim Magdy, An Apology to a Love Story that Crashed into a Whale (detail), 2016. Courtesy of Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague; artSümer, Istanbul

Basim Magdy, 13 Essential Rules for Understanding the World, 2011. Courtesy of artSümer, Istanbul; Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague

Basim Magdy, 13 Essential Rules for Understanding the World, 2011. Courtesy of artSümer, Istanbul; Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague

Basim Magdy, 13 Essential Rules for Understanding the World, 2011. Courtesy of artSümer, Istanbul; Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague

Basim Magdy, The Dent, 2014. Commissioned by Abraaj Group Art Prize 2014. Collection of the Abraaj Group Art Prize

Basim Magdy, The Dent, 2014. Commissioned by Abraaj Group Art Prize 2014. Collection of the Abraaj Group Art Prize

Basim Magdy, The Everyday Ritual of Solitude Hatching Monkeys, 2014. Commissioned by Art in General, New York, in collaboration with HOME, Manchester

Basim Magdy, Expanding the Universe, 2008. Courtesy of hunt kastner, Prague

Basim Magdy, An Apology to a Love Story that Crashed into a Whale (detail), 2016. Courtesy of Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; hunt kastner, Prague; artSümer, Istanbul

Basim Magdy, Luck Takes An Unidentifiable Form At Sunrise, 2011. Deutsche Bank Collection

Basim Magdy, Every Decade Memory Poses as a Container Heavier than Its Carrier, 2013. Deutsche Bank Collection

Basim Magdy, They Come In Threes Like Fireworks, 2011. Courtesy of the artist

Basim Magdy, 2015. Photo: Deirdre O'Leary

Basim Magdy, The Dent, 2014.Commissioned by Abraaj Group Art Prize 2014. Collection of the Abraaj Group Art Prize

Basim Magdy, The Dent, 2014.Commissioned by Abraaj Group Art Prize 2014. Collection of the Abraaj Group Art Prize

Basim Magdy, _ The Everyday Ritual of Solitude Hatching Monkeys_, 2014. Commissioned by Art in General, New York, in collaboration with HOME, Manchester

Basim Magdy, They Come In Threes Like Fireworks, 2011.Courtesy of the artist

Installation view, Basim Magdy: The Stars Were Aligned for a Century of New Beginnings, MCA Chicago December 10, 2016 – March 19, 2017 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Basim Magdy: The Stars Were Aligned for a Century of New Beginnings, MCA Chicago December 10, 2016 – March 19, 2017 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Basim Magdy: The Stars Were Aligned for a Century of New Beginnings, MCA Chicago December 10, 2016 – March 19, 2017 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Basim Magdy: The Stars Were Aligned for a Century of New Beginnings, MCA Chicago December 10, 2016 – March 19, 2017 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Basim Magdy: The Stars Were Aligned for a Century of New Beginnings, MCA Chicago December 10, 2016 – March 19, 2017 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Basim Magdy: The Stars Were Aligned for a Century of New Beginnings, MCA Chicago December 10, 2016 – March 19, 2017 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Basim Magdy: The Stars Were Aligned for a Century of New Beginnings, MCA Chicago December 10, 2016 – March 19, 2017 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Basim Magdy: The Stars Were Aligned for a Century of New Beginnings, MCA Chicago December 10, 2016 – March 19, 2017 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago