Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Sunday 19 February Video festival CAIRO 8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here Various venues. Film CAIRO Moug (Waves) at 12pm 5pm, 10pm I am The People at 2.30pm and 7.30pm followed by Q&A sesison Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition Last days CAIRO “Distraction,” an exhibition about boredom and heterotopia featuring artworks from Darb 1718 permanent collection, including photography and paintings. The exhibition closes on 26 February Darb 1718 Kasr El Sham3 Street, Al Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Cairo Performance 7pm CAIRO Oh, I am so sorry! I didn't mean to scratch your face, performance by Mohamed Abdelkarim. Part of PhotoCairo6. Passage 35: Inside Mahmoud Khalil Museum, 1 Kafour Street, next to Magles El Dawla Exhibition Opening 7pm CAIRO Patience is a Virtue paintings by Rabab Nemr Zamalek Art Gallery, 11 Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition Opening 7pm CAIRO ‘Les souvenirs ne sont pas à vendre' paintings by Xavier Puigmartì. Read our Art Alert here. Mashrabia gallery, 8 Champollion street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Dinner at the movies: screening the lesser-known works of celebrated artists such as Charlie Chaplin's Behind the Screen (1916), Atteyat El Abnoudy's The Sandwich (1975), and Abel Gance's La Folie du Docteur Tube (1915), alongside slightly eccentric newsreels and animated works from the underground vaults of history. Eish + Malh restaurant, Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Tel: 01098744014 Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of L'amore buio - Dark Love Italian Cultural Institute, 3 El Sheikh El Marsafi, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition opening 7pm CAIRO Rabab Nemr's solo exhibition titled Patience is a virtue Zamalek Art Gallery, 11, Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of The Mummy (1932) Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Piano recital: David Edgar Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Kolthoumiat Arabic Music Institute, Ramsis Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of documentary Drifters Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Music 7pm ALEXANDRIA Medley Quartet Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Talnts Development Centre concert Alexandria Opera House, 22 Al Mesallah Sharq st, Qesm Al Attarin, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Cairo Symphony Orchestra, conductor Hisham Gabr, cello soloist Ayman El Hanbouly. Cairo Opera House, 18 May 2013.
Monday 20 February
Video festival CAIRO 8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here Various venues. Film 7pm CAIRO Screening program of three films, part of the project For the love of the thing - Memories of “minor” cinema in Tunisia. Part of PhotoCairo6. Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo, Egypt, Cairo Film CAIRO Moug (Waves) at 2.30pm and 7.30pm I am The People at 12pm 5pm, 10pm Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 12.30pm CAIRO Palestine in film series, screening of short films Still Life (2004) and Fatenah (2009) American University in Cairo, MESC Conference Room # 2175, Road 90, Fifth settlement, Cairo Exhibition opening 7pm CAIRO Egyptian Glimpse, paintings by Sayed Saad El-Din Al-Kahila Gallery, 15 Al Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz St, Mohandessin, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Nassir Shamma oud concert El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, under the 15th of May Bridge, wisdom hall, Zamalek Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of French film The Brand New Testament Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Nassir Shamma oud concert El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, under the 15th of May Bridge, wisdom hall, Zamalek Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Manchester by the Sea Balcon Heliopolis, 26 Sohag street, Heliopolis, Cairo Music 11am ALEXANDRIA Children's Chorus Alexandria Opera House, 22 Al Mesallah Sharq st, Qesm Al Attarin, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Daughters of the Dust (Photo: Still from Daughters of the Dust) Tuesday 21 February
Video festival CAIRO 8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here Various venues. Photo festival CAIRO PhotoCairo6: Shadows of the Imperceptible, exhibitions, and performative events at various venues. Running till 23 March. Various Venues. Film CAIRO Moug (Waves) at 12pm 5pm, 10pm I am The People at 2.30pm and 7.30pm Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Let the Fire Burn Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of My Heart Only Beats for Her Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Open Your Eyes (1997) 18+ ADEF DECA 143, St no. 8, Muqattam City, Cairo Lecture 7.30pm CAIRO Lecture by Dina Ebeid titled An Archive of Feelings: Mental Health and the Politics of Emotions in Post-2011 Egypt Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Jafra songs with Sayed Rekab Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Nassir Shamma oud concert El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, under the 15th of May Bridge, wisdom hall, Zamalek Music 8pm CAIRO Mohamed Adel's compositions Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 11am Damanhour Children's Chorus Damanhour Opera House, Damanhour Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Drifters (Photo: Still from Drifter) Wednesday 22 February
Video festival CAIRO 8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here Various venues. Photo festival CAIRO PhotoCairo6: Shadows of the Imperceptible, exhibitions, and performative events at various venues. Running till 23 March. Various Venues. Culture 4pm - 7pm CAIRO El-Sakia exhibition for culture services, bringing different international cultures through performance, food and other elements El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, under the 15th of May Bridge, wisdom hall, Zamalek Exhibition Opening 7pm CAIRO Light Fall paintings by artist Danielle Gendary Gypsum Gallery, 5 Ibrahim Naguib, Ground Floor, Apt 2, Garden City, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Zar music and songs by Mazaher, featuring Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan and Nour Al-Sab Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Culture 4pm - 7pm CAIRO El-Sakia exhibition for culture services, bringing different international cultures through performance, food and other elements El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, under the 15th of May Bridge, wisdom hall, Zamalek Forum 8pm CAIRO Public forum on the Egyptian woman and folkloric culture Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Rusalka Opera (Photo: fragment from the promotional material on the event Facebook page) Thursday 23 February
Video festival CAIRO 8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here Various venues. Photo festival CAIRO PhotoCairo6: Shadows of the Imperceptible, exhibitions, and performative events at various venues. Running till 23 March. Various Venues. Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of My Heart Only Beats for Her Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Culture 4pm - 7pm CAIRO El-Sakia exhibition for culture services, bringing different international cultures through performance, food and other elements El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, under the 15th of May Bridge, wisdom hall, Zamalek Lecture 6pm CAIRO Lecture by Fekri Hassan: Early Egypt-climate, chaos, and civilization Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Daughters of The Dust Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO The Last Supper, directed by Ahmed El-Attar Falaki Theatre, 24 Falaki Street, Downtown Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Janan band concert El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, under the 15th of May Bridge, wisdom hall, Zamalek Music 8pm CAIRO La Traviata opera Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Yehia Khalil jazz concert Cairo Opera House,small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Inshad concert Al-Gumhouriya Theatre 12 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Cairo Exhibition Opening 7pm ALEXANDRIA Faces in The City, photography exhibit showcasing the result of a workshop titled Amkena 2 (Places 2) The Jesuit Culture Center, 298 Port Said Street, Cleopatra, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Performance by Alexandria Opera band for Arabic Music and Singing Alexandria Opera House, 22 Al Mesallah Sharq st, Qesm Al Attarin, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Scene from The Last Supper directed by Ahmed El-Attar. (Photo: Moustapha Abdel-Ati) Friday 24 February
Video festival CAIRO 8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here Various venues. Photo festival CAIRO PhotoCairo6: Shadows of the Imperceptible, exhibitions, and performative events at various venues. Running till 23 March. Various Venues. Theatre 8pm CAIRO The Last Supper, directed by Ahmed El-Attar Falaki Theatre, 24 Falaki Street, Downtown Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO La Traviata opera Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Shomooa band, with Said Othman Arabic Music Institute, Ramsis Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO HanyMust concert ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Theatre 8.30pm CAIRO “Al-Aragouz wa Khayal Al-Zel” (The Shadow Puppet), a free public performance by clowns in Al-Muizz Street, presented by Wamda and directed by Nabil Bahgat Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo Music 7pm ALEXANDRIA Mohamed Yousef and Reem Ezz Eldin Concert Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Music 8pm DAMANHOUR Performance by Alexandria Opera band for Arabic Music and Singing Damanhour Opera House, Damanhour Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Waves (Photo: Still from Waves) Saturday 25 February
Video festival CAIRO 8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here Various venues. Photo festival CAIRO PhotoCairo6: Shadows of the Imperceptible, exhibitions, and performative events at various venues. Running till 23 March. Various venues. Theatre 7pm CAIRO Met Opera Live screening, Opera Rusalka. Read more here. Malak Gabr theatre, American University in Cairo, Road 90, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Death on The Nile Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO The Last Supper, directed by Ahmed El-Attar Falaki Theatre, 24 Falaki Street, Downtown Cairo Music/theatre 8pm CAIRO Electro-fusion concert by Gladious, and playing The Killer game. Elbet Alwan, 15 Ahmed Heshmat St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Symphony Orchestra, with pianist Ramzi Yassa, conducted by Hisham Gabr Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Met Opera Live screening, Opera Rusalka. Read more here. Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Mashrabiyat band with Sayed Refai Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO Concert by Nomades Intercontinental band from France ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Artwork by Xavier Puigmarti (Photo: courtesy of Mashrabia)
Sunday 26 February
Video festival CAIRO 8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here Various venues. Performance 7pm CAIRO Oh, I am so sorry! I didn't mean to scratch your face, performance by Mohamed Abdelkarim. Part of PhotoCairo6. Passage 35: Inside Mahmoud Khalil Museum, 1 Kafour Street, next to Magles El Dawla Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Daughters of The Dust Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Forum 7pm CAIRO Public forum on Women who served Egypt Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO La Traviata opera Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Wahabiyat concert Arabic Music Institute, Ramsis Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo EXHIBITIONS this week
Exhibition ongoing CAIRO Permanent exhibition of the handicraft centre's products, including pottery, brass artworks and jewellery. Al-Ghouri Caravansary Imam Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Moaiz St with Al-Azhar, Cairo Exhibition ongoing CAIRO A permanent exhibition of the centre's ceramic, brass, jewellery and khayameya products. Ceramic and Traditional Handicrafts Centre 1 Al-Imam St, behind Amr bin Al-Aas Mosque, Al-Fustat, Old Cairo Exhibition 16 Feb- 23 Mar CAIRO PhotoCairo6: Shadows of the Imperceptible. Read more here. -Contemporary Image Collective, 22 Abdelkhalek Tharwat, Downtown, Cairo -Saad Zaghloul Culture Centre, 2 Saad Zaghloul street, downtown, Cairo Exhibition 19 Feb- 16 Mar CAIRO ‘Les souvenirs ne sont pas à vendre' paintings by Xavier Puigmartì. Read our Art Alert here. Mashrabia gallery, 8 Champollion street, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition 18 - 28 Feb CAIRO The Violent Silence of a New Beginning, group multimedia exhibit Bayt El-Sinnari, Sayeda Zeinab, Cairo Exhibition 18 Feb- 9 Apr CAIRO Temporal Semiotics, an audiovisual exhibition by Malak Yacout Townhouse Gallery, 6 El Nabrawy Street, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition 18 - 25 Feb CAIRO The Art of Exploration, digital paintings by artist Tarek AbdelKawi, illustrating Omar Samra's experience of record mountain climb in Antarctica. Caravanserai Art Space, 15 Ahmed Heshmat st. 2nd floor., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 20- 28 Feb CAIRO Abyss, embroidery sculptures by French Artist Julie de Pierrepont Soma Art, 14 Maraashli Street, Zamalek Cairo, Egypt Exhibition 18- 23 Feb CAIRO At Work, featuring artwork by Batool Al Daawi And Karim El Hayawan in collaboration with Adam Abdel Ghaffar. Darb 1718, Kasr El Shamaa street, El-Fakhareen, Old Cairo, behind the Hanging Church and Amr Mosque Exhibition 22 Feb- 1 Apr CAIRO Light Fall paintings by artist Danielle Gendary Gypsum Gallery, 5 Ibrahim Naguib, Ground Floor, Apt 2, Garden City, Cairo Exhibition until 21 Feb CAIRO The Cache, sculptures by Hassan Kamel Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, Al-Bab Selim Hall, Cairo Opera House Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 20 Feb- 2 Mar CAIRO Egyptian Glimpse, paintings by Sayed Saad El-Din Al-Kahila Gallery, 15 Al Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz St, Mohandessin, Cairo Exhibition until 28 Feb CAIRO A retrospective exhibition by Georges Bahgory Picasso East Villa no.39, El Narges 3, 5th Settlement-90 St., Infront of Lake View Compound-New Cairo Exhibition Until 20 Feb CAIRO “Paris Through Egyptian Eyes,” a photography exhibition on the French capital Paris by Ashraf Effat. French Institute Heliopolis, 5 Chafik Al-Dib St, Ard Al-Golf Cairo Exhibition Until 26 Feb CAIRO “Distraction,” an exhibition about boredom and heterotopia featuring artworks from Darb 1718 permanent collection, including photography and paintings. Darb 1718 Kasr El Sham3 Street, Al Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Cairo Exhibition 15Feb - 23Mar CAIRO “15 Women Photographers”, group exhibition The Photographic Gallery, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo Campus, Abdul Latif Jameel Hall, Plaza Level, Cairo Exhibition until 5 Mar CAIRO A pop-up exhibition by Rania Atef and Akeel Khreef, two of the participating artists in the From Rags to Riches project. Kodak Passageway, 20 Adly St, in front of the Synagogue, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition 11 - 25 Feb CAIRO Friendly Beings painting exhibition by Emad Abo Grain Asfour El-Nil, 23A Ismail Mohamed St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 12 - 28 Feb CAIRO Once, painting exhibition by Mohamed Abla, opening the new gallery Arcade Arcade, 25 Orabi St., Maadi, Cairo Exhibition 7 - 23 Feb CAIRO Fares El-Sharq (Knight of the East) by Kuwaiti artist Mona El-Dewisan Nile Art Gallery, 14 Montaza St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 18 Feb- 1 Mar CAIRO Love Exhibition, group exhibition exploring the concept of Love Dai Gallery, 14 Al-Ahrar St., from Batal Ahmed St., Mohandesin, Cairo Exhibition 19 Feb tba CAIRO Patience is a Virtue paintings by Rabab Nemr Zamalek Art Gallery, 11 Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 23 Feb- 16 Mar ALEXANDRIA Faces in The City, photography exhibit showcasing the result of a workshop titled Amkena 2 (Places 2) The Jesuit Culture Center, 298 Port Said Street, Cleopatra, Alexandria For more arts and culture news and updates, follow Ahram Online Arts and Culture on Twitter at @AhramOnlineArts and on Facebook at Ahram Online: Arts & Culture
