Al-Ahram Art Gallery Al-Galaa St, Ramses, Tel 16545 “Folklore and People”, a group exhibition of painting (closing 7 November).
Arcade 25 Orabi St, off Port Said, Maadi, Tel 010 19222220 “Bring on The Rhythm”, paintings by artist Shahira Kamal (6-16 November). Cairo Opera Complex Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek Salah Taher gallery Tel 02 2739 0132/0144 “Egyptian Fantasy”, paintings by Randa Fouad (9-14 November). A group calligraphy exhibition (1-12 November).
Ceramic and Traditional Handicrafts Centre 1 Al-Imam St, behind Amr bin Al-Aas Mosque, Al-Fustat, Old Cairo, Tel 02 2364 3103 A permanent exhibition of the centre's ceramic, brass, jewellery and khayameya products.
Contemporary Image Collective (CIC) 22 Abdel Khalek Tharwat St, 4th Floor, Downtown, Cairo, Tel 02 2396 4272 “Botoun”, will grow and take form over the coming weeks and months. It consists of rooms designed to accommodate different public and semi-public workshops and gatherings, screenings, talks as well as art works and books (22 October until the end of the year).
Cordoba 3A, Degla St, off Furat St, Mohandessein, Tel 01111 665868 “Aaru and Stone”, paintings by Zeinab Nour (closing 12 November).
Darb 1718 Kasr El Shamaa St, Al Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Tel 02 2741 3053/ 0109 3766188 “Cairographie” photography exhibition is held by Darb 1718, in partnership with Al Safar Association. The exhibition celebrates photography through bringing together all career stages; emerging, mid-career and established artists, to raise awareness of contemporary topics through different forms of photography and video. The exhibition creates opportunities for artistic expression and engagement between participants and attendees (10 November until the end of December).
Al-Ghouri Caravansary Imam Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St with Al-Azhar, Tel 02 2514 7475 Permanent exhibition of the handicraft centre's products, including pottery, brass artworks and jewellery.
Grant 6 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Tel 02 2391 6769 Paintings by the late late Omar El-Nagdi (1931-2019) (3-23 November). Al-Kahila 15 Al Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz St, Mohandiseen, Tel 02 3304 0791/ 0122 8647511 “Colours of Egypt VII”, a group art show by the likes of Farida Darwish, Rasha Ghaleb, Farida El-Kouni, and Dina El-Ruby (4-14 November).
Korean Cultural Centre 3 Boulos Hanna St, Dokki, Tel 02 37627102/3 “The 2019 K-Pop World Festival”, a photo exhibition on a K-Pop dance competition organised by the KCC (closing 25 November).
Liwan gallery 23 Hassan Assem St, Zamalek, 02 2735 3538/ 012 00999448 “The East from Orientalist Perspectives” exhibition showcases 50 paintings by French, Italian and British orientalists (closing 7 November).
Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art Tamara Building, Downtown, Cairo, Tel 02 25750353 “The 29th Letter of the Alphabet”, a group exhibition organised by Art d'Egypte where the gallery will present works by the artists: Adel El-Siwi, Ahmed Sabry, Hany Rashed, Salah El Mur and Soad Abdelrasoul (painting), Hazem El-Mestikawy, Mohamed Abdallah (sculpture), Qarm Qart (photography) (closing 7 November).
Manial Palace 1 Al-Saraya St, Manial, Cairo, Tel 02 23687495 Main Hall “From the Heart”, an exhibition of paintings (3-13 November).
Islamic Cairo Mohebeddin Hall, Al-Moez Street Sultan Qalawun Mosque Mamai Seifi Meqaad (seat), Al-Gamalya District Beit Al-Seheimi Al-Moez St, Al-Darb Al Asfar Alley, Al-Gamalya District, Tel 02 2787 8865 “Reimagined Narratives”, Art D'Egypte's third group exhibition organised, under the auspices of the Ministry of Antiquities and the UNESCO and supported by the French Cultural Institute in Cairo, is featuring artworks by 28 contemporary artists such as Ahmed Askalany, Ahmed El-Shaer, Ahmed Karaaly, Farida El-Gazzar, Fathi Hassan, Ghada Amer, Heba Amin and Hoda Lotfi (closing 9 November).
Picasso 30 Hassan Assem off Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 7544 “Ode to Joy”, paintings by Mai Heshmat (10-20 November).
Safarkhan 6 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 012 70169291 “Kemit”, third exhibition of paintings by rising artist Ibrahim Khattab (closing 19 November).
SOMA art 14 Maraashli St, Zamalek, 2nd floor, apartment 4, Zamalek, Tel 0122 2429292 “The Signal”, a duo show by emerging artists Hatem Moussa and Mayar Nayel (closing 16 November).
TAM.Gallery Km 28,Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road, Abu Rawash, Giza-Egypt, 0100 0773860 “Cosmic Nonsense”, is an artistic journey that attempts to explore the world from an impartial perspective of sanity. This group exhibition is a celebration of the madness that surrounds us; an uninhibited adventure where our artists set out to discover the many faces of crazy and explore the (often hilarious) survival tactics needed in the world today (22 October-12 November).
UBUNTU 20 Hassan Sabry St, (entrance from Ibn Zinki St), Zamalek, Tel 0100 2792223 Ground Floor “Glee”, painting exhibition by El Husseiny Aly and Salah Bisar (27 October- 23 November). First Floor “The Weaver's Palette”, exhibition showcases a unique collection of the 19th century carpets (27 October- 23 November).
ZAGPick F8, Strip Mall-Sodic, Waslet Dahshour Road, Beverly Hills, Sheikh Zayed, 6th of October, Tel 02 38863961/0111 2304440 “Dream”, paintings by Shaaban Al-Hussieny (11-28 November).
Zamalek Art gallery 11 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 1240 Venue I Painting by Wassim Fahmy (closing 9 November). Venue II “Rooted”, painting by Amina El-Demerdash (closing 9 November). Venue III “Psychedelic Roots”, new collection of paintings by Colombian artist Camilo Arias (closing 9 November).
ALEXANDRIA
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999 BACC, East Exhibition Hall “Child and Adolescent Creativity”, an exhibition of the products of the 12th round of the Workshop Exhibition (closing 20 November).
*A version of this article appears in print in the 7 November, 2019 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly.
