Cairo Opera Complex

Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek

Salah Taher gallery

Tel 02 2739 0132/0144

Oil paintings by Hoda El-Qouny (14-19 January). 

Music Library (Ziad Bakir) gallery

Oil paintings by Asaad Ghattas (14-19 January).

Palace of Arts

“Art… The Future Horizons” the 33^rd Youth Salon exhibition 

(27 December-31 January). 

 

 

Italian/Egyptian Centre for Restoration and Antiquities (CIERA)

31 Al Suyuffeya St, Al Helmeya, Cairo, visitors are welcomed by appointments so contact the manager Mr. Salah Ramadan 0100 8716067

Architectural complex of the Mevlevi Dervish “Samaa Khana, Restorations and Restorers” permanent exhibition of the activities of the working/formation sites for the restoration and recovery of the monuments. Visitors are welcomed during the opening hours determined by the Ministry of Antiquities.

 

 

Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art

10 Mahmoud Bassiouny St, Qasr Al-Nile, Downtown, 6^th floor, Tel 02 25750353 /0100 1704554

“My Favorite Things 7” group exhibition started in 2016 as a small group exhibition, showing the artworks of 3 chosen women artists; featured by Mashrabia as the revelation of the season. In due course, “My Favorite Things” became an inclusive annual exhibition promoting and supporting up and coming women artists in Egypt. Its main aim is to guarantee for women to have a permanent and safe space, for exposure and free expression, maintaining a high artistic quality based on originality and innovative thought. This year’s selection includes around 20 female artists, most of them participating for the first time. Their contributions give the viewer a refreshing idea about what is contemporary art now in Egypt (15 January - 20 February). 

 

 

Misr 

4A Ibn Zankai St, from Hassan Sabri, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 0604

“City Nights” painting exhibition by Mohamed Abla 

(closing 12 January).

“Zad Alkhayal”, photography exhibition by Abdel-Hakim Mostafa 

(15 January- 2 February).  

 

 

President Hotel

22 Taha Hussein St, Zamalek

“Do You abstract?” group exhibition is organized by Mashrabia gallery, hosted by The President Hotel. Held in the charming lobby of President Hotel, this exhibition encompasses a variety of paintings, drawings and sculptures revealing the vitality of the contemporary Egyptian abstraction (29 December- 1 February). 

 

 

Picasso

30 Hassan Assem off Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 7544

Hall I

“Al-Fustat’s Son” exhibition of pottery by Mohamed Mandour

(13 January- 4 February). 

Hall II 

“Cairo’s People II” exhibition of caricature paintings by Amr Fahmy 

(13 January- 4 February). 

 

 

Yassin art gallery

159, 26^th July St, Behind Diwan Bookstore, Zamalek, Tel 01271170035

“Continuous” show of paintings by Tarek El-Sheikh (10-26 January).

 

 

ZAGpick 

F8, Strip Mall-Sodic, Waslet Dahshour Road, Beverly Hills, Sheikh Zayed, 6^th of October, Tel 02 38863961/0111 2304440

“Body and Soul” duet exhibition by artist Ayman Taher and his father late pioneer artist Salah Taher (14 -31 January).  

 

 

 

ALEXANDRIA

 

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999 

Archeological Museum

A permanent exhibition on the results of the Archaeological Mission of the University of Turin in Nelson Island. 

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* A version of this article appears in print in the 12 January, 2023 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly