Hosny is a member of the international community of art, even as he also is heir to the great culture of his homeland.

He has exerted a formidable positive influence on contemporary Egyptian art, by the example he has set through his work and his activities encouraging the development of a lively contemporary art world in Egypt deserving of wilder recognition.

Philippe de Montebello

Farouk Hosny is among the remarkable artists who move beyond the dilemma that continues to steer much of the activity in the contemporary Egyptian art world. As Egyptian, he sees himself as naturally influenced by his background and environment, but as artist, he engages with the artistic heritage and possibilities offered throughout the world. In this sense he is not constrained by the local debates, Hosny aspires to artistic values that are imbued with yet irreducible to culture

Jessica Winegar