NEW YORK, NY.- Intersect 21, a virtual art fair featuring 21 galleries from Southern California, the Middle East, and North Africa, is live from February 16 through 22, 2021 at Intersect2021.com and on Artsy from February 16 through March 15, 2021.

Intersect 21 presents a focused, curated platform for cultural exchange. Galleries included explore the notion of art and place, the creation of art in these specific regions, and the impact it has on their culture and society.

As part of the ongoing events on the Intersect2021.com website, Special Project Cultural Partner Art D’Egypte presents select artworks from the exhibition Technocrats as well as featured videos from past projects. Paula Crown debuts a new interactive installation, EMANARE (2021), on view through the windows of the new Paula Crown Atelier space on El Paseo in Palm Desert, and online through Intersect2021.com and AtelierPaulaCrown.com. The public is invited to submit positive messages that will be added to the piece and will appear online and in Palm Desert.

Intersect 21 Exhibitors include the following 21 galleries from 10 countries:

Southern California:
Peter Blake Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA, USA)
Edward Cella Art + Architecture (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
HOHMANN (Palm Desert, CA, USA)
Imago Galleries (Palm Desert, CA, USA)
Melissa Morgan Fine Art (Palm Desert, CA, USA)
Timothy Yarger Fine Art (Los Angeles, CA, USA)

Middle East:
Artzotic (Amman, JORDAN)
Athr Gallery (Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA)
Saleh Barakat Gallery (Beirut, LEBANON)
The Gallery of Everything (virtual pop-up)
Leila Heller Gallery (Dubai, UAE)
Khak Gallery (Tehran, IRAN)
Galerie Tanit (Beirut, LEBANON)
Wadi Finan Art Gallery (Amman, JORDAN)
Zawyeh Gallery (Dubai, UAE and Ramallah, PALESTINE)

North Africa:
Al-Tiba9 (Algiers, ALGERIA)
DIWANIYA ART GALLERY (Cheraga, Algiers, ALGERIA)
Le LAB (Giza, EGYPT)
Galerie SINIYA28 (Marrakech, MOROCCO)
Galerie TINDOUF (Marrakech, MOROCCO)
TINTERA (Cairo, EGYPT)