Amir Taz Palace 27 Al-Syoufiya St, off Al-Saliba St, Al-Khalifa District, Tel 2514 2581 An exhibiton showcases the newspapers issued during the 6 October 1973 War (Closing 20 October). Ceramic and Traditional Handicrafts Centre 1 Al-Imam St, behind Amr bin El-Aas Mosque, Al-Fustat, Old Cairo. Tel 2364 3103 A permanent exhibition of the centre's ceramic, brass, jewellery and khayamiya products. Darb 1718 Kasr El Sham3 Street, Al Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Tel 2361 0511 “Arts for Peace and Freedom” exhibition is a celebration of peace, prosperity and freedom. Held in conjunction with Peace One Day – this exhibition is part of a global celebration of peaceful co-existence, harmony, tolerance and understanding. For the purpose of this exhibition, Danish and Egyptian artists have brought together various expressions of conflict and oppression en route to peace and freedom in a mixed medium extravaganza of sound, color and form. Participating artists are: Martin Nore, Simone Aaberg Kaern, Hady Boraey, Marwa Adel, Hany Rashed and Hossam Dirar (Closing 24 October). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH 4D, El Gezira Str. 11211 Zamalek, CairoEgypt, Tel 2735 9750 “Urban Visions”, the exhibition includes the work of three talented young Egyptian artists Ahmed Sabry, Ali Abdel Mohsen and Ramy Dozy. This show aims at catching the mythological dimension of the city, as well as the voices of its real or imaginary inhabitants (running through the end of October). Gezira Art Centre 1 Al-Sheikh Al-Marsafi St, Zamalek. Tel 2737 3298 *Ahmed Sabri & Al-Hussein Fawzi Halls “Two in One”, an exhibition of paintings by Abdel-Moneim Moawad (24 October-7 November). *Kamal Khalifa Hall Paintings by Reem Abu Eid, Essam Al-Shiti and Marwa Mohamed (24 October-7 November). *Ragheb Ayad Hall Painting and sculpture by Hisham Abdullah (24 October-7 November). Al-Ghouri Caravansary Imam Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Moaiz St with Al-Azhar, Tel 2514 7475 The permanent exhibition of the handicrafts centre products including pottery, brass artworks and jewellery. Italian Cultural Institute 3 El-Sheikh El Marsafy St, Zamalek, Tel 2735 5423/2735 8791 “From Villa Verdi to Cairo: The untraveled journey”, a photography exhibition by Sandro Vannini. It includes 36 images of Casa Verdi and the relics within it, as well as 14 panels with reproductions of unpublished documents, fruit of the long correspondence between the composer and Draneht Bey, Egyptian representative for Cultural Affairs for Ismail Pasha, and between Verdi and Camille Du Locle, French entrepreneur and librettist and a collaborator of Verdi's (Opening 27 October). Mashrabia 8 Champollion St, Downtown. Tel: 2578 4494/0100 1704554 *”This is a Dream Come True”, in this exhibition artist Ali Abdel-Mohsen uses line drawings and acrylic color on the surfaces of cardboard boxes to convey his impressions of decline in contemporary Egypt: on the political, social and human level. His works depict a savage and dystopian universe where man must struggle for survival. A self-taught artist, he chooses the medium of disused cardboard boxes as a way of conveying the primitive aesthetics of his message (20 October-7 November). Picasso 30 Hassan Assem St, off Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 2736 7544/ Mob: 010 14587179 “Moving Forward”, an exhibition of paintings by Britt Boutros Ghali (20 October-10 November). The Photographic Gallery The American University in Cairo, New Cairo Campus, Abdul Latif Jameel Hall, Plaza Level, Tel 2615 3318 “EuropeanPressphoto Agency: Current Images”, a group exhibition presents a series of photographs from the vast archival collection of The European Pressphoto Agency, that contains over three million images. These powerful photographs taken by epa's leading photographers covers hard news, sports, entertainment, current events, and international issues from January 2012 until the present (9 October-7 November). El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448 *Earth Hall Artworks in different art media by Gihan Al-Zohary (24-29 October). *Word Hall A photography exhibition by Wessam Al-Dewak (24-29 October).
Townhouse 10 Nabarawy St, off Champollion St, Downtown. Tel 2576 8086 *First Floor gallery “Ugly Feelings” is an exhibition about emotional states that reflect a lack of agency. Anxiety, irritation, envy, lethargy — the kinds of feelings that are vaguely uncomfortable, sometimes difficult to justify, and usually dismissed as relatively banal, despite their pernicious power to prevent the emotional subject from acting.These feelings have a tendency to circulate during times of painful uncertainty, keeping their subjects disoriented and making it difficult to perform. The exhibition is driven by a personal curatorial essay by Ania Szremski narrating a diverse group of works, which are bound together by a shared aim of dealing with or provoking particular emotions. The text itself is a response to certain vexing questions Townhouse has been facing since 2011 about how it should continue to operate in an extended traumatic moment. Artists find it difficult to work, exhibitions are cancelled, and seemingly innocuous projects can trigger unexpectedly violent controversies; as a result, the institution finds itself having to re-negotiate its programs very quickly (and usually with very limited resources) in reaction to the changing circumstances (20 October-20 November). Zamalek Art gallery 11 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 2735 1240 “Masterpieces XI: Collective Summer Exhibition 2013”, for the eleventh consecutive year the gallery presents an exclusive collection of paintings and sculptures for the most prominent artists including among others Abdel Rahman Al-Nachar, Abdel Wahab Abdel Mohsen, Adel Mostafa, Armen Agop, Ayman AL-Semary, Ayman Saadawy, Rabab Nemr, Farghali Abdel- Hafiz, Zeinab Al-Sagini, Farouk Hosny, Gazbia Sirry and Gamal Al-Sagini (Closing 30 October).
