Cairo Opera Complex Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek Salah Taher gallery Tel 02 2739 0132/0144 Photography exhibition by Mona Maraay (23-30 March). Music Library (Ziad Bakir) gallery Oil paintings by Hoda Said (23-30 March). Palace of Arts The 31th edition of the Youth Salon (23 March- 30 April).
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).
Easel and Camera Contemporary art gallery Dreamland Golf Club, Hilton Pyramids Golf, Al Wahat Road, 6th of October, 01091267165/01001834449 "The Pandemic", acrylic on canvas paintings by Mohamed Bassuony (12 March-30 April).
Gezira Arts Centre 1 Al-Sheikh Al-Marsafi St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2737 3298/96 Farouk Hosni Foundation for Arts' second Art Awards Exhibition's opening ceremony in the fields of painting, sculpture, art criticism, photography, and architecture (opening 30 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).
Mashrabia Gallery of Fine Art 8 Champollion St, Downtown, Tel 0122 5071382 "Folklore Tales", in the birthday memory of the late Saad Kamel (1924-2012), the prominent folklore graphic artist and the founder of Mashrabia Gallery, this exhibition showcases a rare collection of his artworks (15 March - 15 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 and the CIC. Organised by Medrar, "Roznama 8" encourages the breaking of popular and academic boundaries in established arts to experimental and novel media arts practices. It harbors the full spectrum of visual art forms, including the relatively traditional, avant-garde and everything in between, ranging from photography, 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).
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 (closing 27 March). "Story of a Toy", paintings by Maraam Abdel-Ghani (20 March - 3 April).
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, together 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).
TAM.Gallery Km 28,Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road, Abu Rawash, Giza-Egypt, 0100 0773860 The 5th edition of Solos in Parallel presents "Mistress of Life" exhibition of paintings by Lina Mowafy and Jamal Bassuony's new collection "Deshret" consists of several clusters of works mixing painting and sculpture (20 March-11 April).
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.
*A version of this article appears in print in the 25 March, 2021 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
