Ministry of Culture's Youth Salon Exhibition Bans AI-Generated Art
The Ministry of Culture's annual exhibition returns under the theme 'Personal Time' with updated rules for young artists.
The Visual Arts Sector at the Ministry of Culture has opened the final application period for the 36th Youth Salon, which returns this year under the theme 'Personal Time' with a new rule prohibiting artworks created using artificial intelligence.
Applications will remain open until July 15th, with the sector confirming that AI-generated works will not be accepted. Eligible participants must be Egyptian nationals aged between 18 and 36 as of September 20th, 2026.
Artists may submit one original work in a single discipline. Eligible works must have been produced during 2025 or 2026, bear the artist's signature, production date and materials used, and must not have been previously exhibited in local or international galleries, published on social media or other media platforms, or submitted as graduation projects.
The salon is open to submissions across drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, installation art, performance, photography, computer graphics, video art and interactive arts. The Visual Arts Sector has also set a maximum horizontal dimension of two metres for submitted works, alongside additional display requirements based on the space allocated to each artist.
