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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Egypt detains artist robot Ai-Da before historic pyramid show

Ai-Da with self-portrait
Border guards were said to have detained Ai-Da at first because she had a modem, and then because she had cameras in her eyes. Photograph: David Parry/PA

She has been described as “a vision of the future” who is every bit as good as other abstract artists today, but Ai-Da – the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist – hit a temporary snag before her latest exhibition when Egyptian security forces detained her at customs.

Ai-Da is due to open and present her work at the Great Pyramid of Giza on Thursday, the first time contemporary art has been allowed next to the pyramid in thousands of years.

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