Arcade 25 Orabi St, off Port Said, Maadi, Tel 010 19222220 “Pockets of Darkness, Layers of Light and Sounds of Colour”, exhibition by artists: Christian Dootz, Peter Blodau and Ruairi O'Brien (4 December-8 January).
Cairo Opera Complex Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek Salah Taher gallery Tel 02 2739 0132/0144 Oil paintings by Said Al-Khars (11-16 December). Music Library (Ziad Bakir) gallery Oil paintingsby Mona Fathy(11-21 December).
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).
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-31 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.
Atelier Cairo Art Jameel 13 A Mohamed Al-Maraashly St, Zamalek “Winter Fair” exhibition features the works of Egyptian craft and design for sale, including jewellery, ceramics, veneer woodwork, home furnishings, and décor. (opening 15 December at 7pm until 19 December, 12 pm to 8pm, Free Entry).
Khan Almaghraby 18 Al-Mansour Mohamed St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 3349/01000 694940 “The Wahba Family Quartet” exhibition of miscellaneous artworks by Dareen Wahba, Rabab Wahba, Nabil Wahba and Mervet Elswify (3-21 December).
Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art 15 Mahmoud Bassiouny St, Downtown, Tel 02 25750353 Daily except Fridays from 11am to 9pm “Stories of Broken Glass”, the 6th solo exhibition of Ahmed Sabry at the gallery (8 December - 9 January). Misr 4A Ibn Zankai St, from Hassan Sabri, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 0604 “Nocturne of Absence”, paintings by artist Essam Marouf (24 November- 20 December).
Picasso 30 Hassan Assem off Brazil St, Zamalek,Tel 02 2736 7544 Hall I Paintings bylegendary artist Tahia Halim (1919-2003) (closing 19 December). Hall II “Love over Fear”,paintings by Deena Fadel (closing19 December).
Russian Cultural Centre 127 Tahrir St, Dokki Metro Station, Giza, Tel 02 3760 6371 “After 30 Years”, 30 oil and aquarelle paintings by Russian artist and architect Dmitry Averianov (8-15 December).
SOMA art 14 Maraashli St, Zamalek,2nd floor, apartment 4, Zamalek, Tel 0122 2429292 “Roaming Echoes”, the first solo exhibition by acclaimed artist Nevine Hamza (19 November-16 December).
Salama 36 Ahmed Oraby St, Mohandeseen, Tel 02 3346 3242 “Ein (Eye)”, a group exhibition by the likes of Esmat Dawestashi and Omar El-Nagdi (12-26December).
TAM.Gallery Km 28,Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road, Abu Rawash, Giza-Egypt, 0100 0773860 “The 5th Cairo Art Fair”, the largest exhibition of contemporary art in Egypt, where over 130 artists are participating with more than 1500 artworks. Carefully-selected pieces of new art just for CAF will be adorning the walls of the gallery this year, and as always, catering to all tastes with an incredible range of prices, genres, subjects and sizes. The artworks will periodically change throughout the duration of the show.It is free, accessible and open to the public (6 December- 30 January).
UBUNTU 20 Hassan Sabry St, (entrance from Ibn Zinki St), Zamalek, Tel 0100 2792223 Ground &First Foor “Caricature”, a group exhibition by the creators of happiness. The exhibition documents and presents a new historical narrative of caricature art in Egypt. It is the first of its kind displaying a varied collection of caricature works (1-28 December).
ZAGpick F8, Strip Mall-Sodic, Waslet Dahshour Road, Beverly Hills, Sheikh Zayed, 6thof October, Tel 02 38863961/0111 2304440 “Stories”,paintings by Mohamed Sabry (7-26 December). Zamalek Art gallery 11 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 1240 Venue I Paintings byZeinab Al-Sageny(opening 15December). Venue II “The Icon”, bronze sculptures by Mohamed El-Fayoumi(opening 15December).
ALEXANDRIA
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999 BACC West Exhibition Hall “Inji's Drawings”, Inji Efflatoun (1924 -1989)'s artworks at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina(closing 16 December). French Cultural Institute 30 Al Nabi Danial St, Mahatet Misr, Alexandria, Tel 03 3913435/03 3918952 “Kiosques d'Alexandrie et du Canal”, this rich exhibition, designed by CE Alex, traces more than two centuries of history of the francophone press in Egypt. It is complemented by a "focus" on the revolutionary press in Africa, produced by students from Senghor University in Alexandria (closing 31 December).
*A version of this article appears in print in the 12 December, 2019 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly.
