{"id":58709,"date":"2026-09-04T16:53:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schirn.de\/ausstellung\/wael-shawky\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T17:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:05:48","slug":"wael-shawky","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/www.schirn.de\/en\/exhibition\/wael-shawky\/","title":{"rendered":"Wael Shawky"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern ' data-pattern='ho\/header-ausstellung-ohne-bullet-points'>\n\n<div  class='color-highlight-bg header-exhibition'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid  sizes-width-fill cf-side-1 cf-gutter-1'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-6'>\n\n<div  class='header-full-height position-fixed'>\n\n<div  class='flash-wrapper '>\n\n<div  class='flex-full-height'>\n\n<div  class='exhibition-image-text-content-text position-parent-y'>\n\n<div  class='wp-block-ho-position ' style='top: 10.863049845205%;'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\n<div  class='wp-block-ho-scale' style='--ho-scale: 1;'>\n<h1 class='color-highlight-fg ho-sd-h1' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Wael Shawky<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div class=\"ho-tag-group teaser-text-2 colors-are-inverted\"><div class=\"ho-tag is-secondary is-large is-bold\"><span class=\"ho-tag-label\"><span class=\"hide-xs\">September 23 2027 \u2013 January 9, 2028<\/span><span class=\"hide-sm\">09\/23\/2027 \u2013 01\/9\/2028<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\n\n<div  class='mobile-margin-bottom-5'>\n\n<div  class='exhibition-image-text'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\n\n<div  class='exhibition-image-text-content-image'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot bockenheim-indicator\"><\/div>\n\n\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline  lazy-background-fill\" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_Lq1XLY\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 58704,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Drama_1-300x150.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":10335},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Drama_1-1024x512.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":512,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":63838},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Drama_1-768x384.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":384,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":38848},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"Drama_1-1536x768.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":768,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":141056},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"Drama_1-2048x1024.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":265554},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Drama_1-440x220.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":220,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":17101},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Drama_1-580x290.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":290,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":25884},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Drama_1-720x360.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":360,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":34897},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Drama_1-1280x640.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":640,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":96864},\"full\":{\"file\":\"Drama_1-1920x960.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":960,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":224656},\"xxl\":{\"file\":\"Drama_1-4048x2024.jpg\",\"width\":4048,\"height\":2024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":919234},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Drama_1.jpg\",\"width\":4096,\"height\":2048}},\n\"alt\" : \"Group scene with men in uniforms and various hats, conveying a strong expression of hope.\",\n\"path\" : \"https:\\\/\\\/schirn.b-cdn.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : {\"x\":0.5,\"y\":0.51},\n\"background\" : true,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}<\/script>\n<div class=\"height-container \" style=\"padding-bottom:50%; 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