Cairo Opera Complex Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek Salah Taher gallery Tel 02 2739 0132/0144 "Towa, The Land of Light" exhibition by Randa Fouad includes oil paintings inspired by her visit to the Holy Valley Towa and Sinai, the Land of Turquoise, famous for its picturesque nature, rich civilization and diversity of religions (closing 20 March). Music Library (Ziad Bakir) gallery Wood artworks by Mohamed Ismail (closing -20 March).
Cervantes Institute 20 Boulos Hanna St, Dokki, Tel 02 3760 1746 Cervantes Institute celebrates International Women's Day, in cooperation with the Embassy of Argentina, by holding an exhibition of the works of Argentinean writer and painter Silvina Ocampo (1903-1993). The show includes Ocampo's literary and critical works that are part of the library's contents, in addition to works submitted by Argentina Embassy in Egypt. The exhibition can be visited from Sunday to Thursday from 1pm to 4pm, while adhering to all health instructions imposed due to the Coronavirus (8-31 March).
Cordoba 3A, Degla St, off Furat St, Mohandessein, Tel 01111 665868 "Here we Breathe", exhibition of paintings by Heba Amin and Rania Khallaf (14-30 March).
Demi Contemporary Art Gallery 15 Ahmed Sabry off Brazil St, Zamalek "What If?", a solo exhibition of sculptures by renowned sculptor Ahmed Askalany (7 March-7 April).
Downtown Cairo Photopia, the photographers' hub, launches the second edition of Cairo Photo Week at four different locations in the heart of Cairo's historic Downtown area: The Factory space, Rawabet space area, Kodak corridor and The Consulate. Cairo Photo Week is an international artistic and cultural event that seeks to attract and bring together the photography community in Egypt, the Middle East, and Africa through educational lectures, workshops, exhibitions, and various other services. The festival hosts 2,000 visitors, participants and attendees, in addition to 3,000 virtual participants. This year for the first time, Cairo Photo Week includes, among 11 other exhibitions, a special exhibition of cinematography entitled "Cima" (cinema) showcasing photos by some of the most important cinematographers in Egypt: Mohsen Ahmed, Ahmed El-Morsi, Abdel-Salam Moussa, Sameh Selim, Victor Kredi, Nancy Abdel-Fattah and Islam Abdel-Sami (closing 20 March).
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.
Al-Kahila 15 Al Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz St, Mohandiseen, Tel 02 3304 0791/ 0122 8647511 Exhibition Name: "Enchanting Cairo", paintings by Gamal Meleka (4-14 April).
Medrar for Contemporary Art 7 Gamal Al-Din Abu El-Mahassen Street, 1st Floor, Apartment 4, Garden City, Cairo, Tel 02 27957714 Contemporary Image Collective (CIC) 27 Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo, Tel 02 2396 4272 "Roznama 8" visual arts competition and exhibition presents 34 artworks selected from over 500 applicants. The works are exhibited at Medrar for Contemporary Art and Contemporary Image Collective (CIC). Organised by Medrar, Roznama is a competition and exhibition for contemporary visual art that encourages the breaking of popular and academic boundaries in established arts to experimental and novel media arts practices. It harbours the full spectrum of visual art forms, including the relatively traditional, avant-garde and everything in between, ranging from photography, moving images, painting, graphic art, ceramics, sculpture, to installations and mixed media creations by Egyptian artists under the age of 35 (11 March - 8 April, opening hours daily except Fridays from 1 to 9pm).
Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art 10 and 15 Mahmoud Bassiouny St, Downtown, Tel 02 25784494 "The Garden", exhibits various ways to portray a garden by the Spanish artist Xavier Puigmartí (closing 24 March).
Picasso East Villa No 39 Al Narges 35th settlement, 90's St, in front of Lake View Compound, New Cairo, Tel 0122 0000035 "Foresight", a group show features 30 artists (closing 18 March).
Racotis Art "Persona" is Racotis Art's new collection that is showcased in an exceptional online viewing room experience in which the Egyptian character and its influence is examined on the practice of more than 28 Egyptian artists showcasing more than 90 artworks. View the exhibition on https://www.racotis.art/persona/
Safarkhan 6 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 012 70169291 "The Third Eye", paintings by Karim Abdel-Mallak (22 March-12 April).
Salama 36 Ahmed Oraby St, Mohandeseen, Tel 02 3346 3242 "Art for All", a group show by the likes of Georges Bahgory, Reda Abdel-Rahman, Djehan Raouf, Hassan Rashed, Salah Taher, Emad Ibrahim, Samir Fouad, Effat Hosny and many more (closing 30 March).
Saad Zaghloul Cultural Centre 2 Saad Zaghloul Street next to Saad Zaghloul Cemetery,Al-Mounira,Tel 02 2795 6864 Exhibitions by Mohamed Alsabaan, Ezzeddin Naguib, Fares Ahmed and Tayseer Hamed (15 March- 15 April).
Samah 13 Brazil St, 1st Floor, Zamalek, Tel 0111294 7336 "Sons of the Mountain", paintings by Alaa Awad (14-27 March).
SOMA art 14 Maraashli St, Zamalek, 2nd floor, apartment 4, Zamalek, Tel 0122 242929 "Extraction", a group exhibition by Malak Yacout, Marianne Fahmy, Marwa Benhalim, Nadia Mounir, Natasha Yonan, and Yasmine Elmeleegy (16 March -1 April).
Tahrir Cultural Centre (TCC) AUC's Tahrir Camps American University in Cairo, Downtown Campus, 24 Falaki St, Downtown Cairo, Tel 012 88721446 Marriott Gallery "A Boundless Drop to a Boundless Ocean" exhibition is organised by the AUC, in collaboration with the Orlando Museum of Art (OMA). It features artworks by US-based artists of Arab and Iranian heritage in simultaneous exhibitions in Orlando and Cairo (closing 2 May). Margo Veillon Gallery "Robert Colescott - The Cairo Years", exhibition showcases four paintings made by American modernist Robert Colescott (1925-2009) during the two years in which he lived and worked in Cairo. For more information, visit: https://robertcolescottthecairoyears.com (closing 31 March).
ZAGpick F8, Strip Mall-Sodic, Waslet Dahshour Road, Beverly Hills, Sheikh Zayed, 6th of October, Tel 02 38863961/0111 2304440 "The Other Side", paintings by Shaaban El-Hoseiny (closing 30 March).
Zamalek Art gallery 11 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 1240 Venue I Paintings by Farghali Abdel-Hafez (14 March-5 April). Venue II Pottery by Mohieddin Hussein (14 March-5 April). Venue III "The 50th Memory", bronze sculptures by Anas Alalwasy (14 March-5 April).
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.
French Cultural Institute 30 Al Nabi Danial St, Mahatet Misr, Alexandria, Tel 03 3913435/03 3918952 "Maalesh" (sorry) photo exhibition by photographer Léon Dubois who follows Jean Cocteau's journey in the Mediterranean, is organised by the French Institute of Egypt in Alexandria, as part of the second edition of Cairo Photo Week. It offers a photographic interpretation following in Cocteau's footsteps in search of Mediterranean towns, and atmospheres described 70 years ago. This interpretation combines extracts from "Maalesh" with black and white film photographs of the Mediterranean today (closing 20 March).
*A version of this article appears in print in the 18 March, 2021 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
