Amir Taz Palace 27 Al-Syoufiya St, off Al-Saliba St, Al-Khalifa District, Tel 2514 2581 “The Alexandria Quartet”, an exhibition by Greek artist Andreas Georgiadisbased on the novel by Lawrence Durrell (23-30 October).
The American University in Cairo *The Photographic Gallery New Cairo Campus, Abdul Latif Jameel Hall, Plaza Level, Tel 2615 3318 “Shems Friedlander: Paintings, Drawings and Photographs”, an exhibition by Shems Friedlander. He is an author of nine books, a painter, photographer, designer, filmmaker and educator (19 October-26 November). *Sharjah Art Gallery AUC New Cairo Campus, Tel 2615 2694/012 80009077 “Al-Touni: A Design Retrospective”, an exhibition featuring the artwork of the renowned Egyptian artist and graphic designer Helmi Al-Touni, organized by the Graphic Design major. It showcases original illustrations, book and corporate identity designs, posters, sketches, and cartoons by the artist (19 October-13 November).
Cairo Opera Complex Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek *Hanager Art Centre “God Save Egypt”, an exhibition of oil and watercolour paintings by Farid Fadel(15-30 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 khayamiyaproducts.
Contemporary Image Collective (CIC) 22 Abdel Khalek Tharwat St, 4th Floor, Downtown, Cairo, Tel 2396 4272 “Next To Here”, CIC and Goethe-Institute Cairo present an exhibition features 18 photographic works by young documentary photographers from North Africa and the Middle East. The works originated in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq and in the United Arab Emirates (Closing 5 November). “Stories of Change”, a digital exhibition in cooperation with the World Press Photo. The project shows the work of North African photographers and multimedia journalists, who took part over two years in the Reporting Change project, organized by World Press Photo and Human Rights Watch. The participants came from Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia (15 October-15 December).
Duroub 4 Amrika Al-Latiniya St, Garden City, Tel 2796 2881/ 2794 7951 “Moon Flowers”, paintings by Mervat Refaat(21 October-6 November).
Egyptian Centre for International Cultural Cooperation 11 Shagaret Al-Durr St, Zamalek, Tel 2736 5419 “Light and Nature”, paintings by Zeinab Abdel-Aziz(Closing 19 October).
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.
Hungarian Cultural Counsellor Office 13 Gawad Hosni St, Abdin, Downtown, second floor. Tel 2392 6692 “Analogies and Differences-Pair-Artworks”, an exhibition of the Hungarian Electrographic Art Association (HEAA) (Closing 16 October).
Italian Cultural Institute 3 El-Sheikh El Marsafy St, Zamalek, Tel 2735 5423/2735 8791 “Images and Words” a group exhibition of 92 works signed by 19 Italian contemporary artists includes two section, one of rare graphic art works by Giorgio de Chiricoand others and original works on paper, canvas and wood by 16 artists, curated by Carmine Siniscalco (13 October-13 November).
Al Kahila 15 Al Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz St, Mohandiseen, Tel 3304 0791/ 0122 8647511 “Fantasy”, paintings by Mohamed Damarawi(19-31 October).
Mashrabia 8 Champollion St, Downtown. Tel 25784494/Mob 0100 1704554 “Restart”, artworks by Qarm Qartwho rebuilds the maze of his reality and reconstructs his world (and the world). Mismatching photographs in an unconventional collage form a patchwork that observes, demolishes and rebuilds patterns for a new pulse (19 October-13 November).
AL MASAR Behler's Mansion, 157b, 26 July St, ground floor, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8537/010 067 0705 “Migration”, paintings by Ahmed Farid(19 October-13 November).
Misr 4A Ibn Zankai St, from Hassan Sabri, Zamalek, Tel 2735 0604 “Intersection”, a group exhibition by the likes of Abdel Hady Al-Weshahi, Ahmed Chiha, Essam Maarouf, Fathi Afifiand Khaled Zaki(Closing28 October).
Picasso 30 Hassan Assem off Brazil St, Zamalek. Tel 2736 7544 “Studio Roza”, a group exhibition features young artists (17-27 October).
Salama 36 Ahmed Oraby St, Mohandeseen, Tel 3346 3242 “Art for All”, a collective exhibition of paintings by a galaxy of artists such as Galal Al-Husseini, George Bahgory, Jihan Raouf, Shaker Al-Maadawi as well as works by late artists including among others SalahTaher, Bikar, Seifand Adham Wanli(running until the end of the season).
Townhouse 10 Nabarawy St, off Champollion St, Downtown. Tel 2576 8086 *First Floor gallery “Interruption”, curated by Shehab Awad, is the sixth iteration of Townhouse's biennial student and recent graduate exhibition, “The Pick.” The exhibition intervenes to question and bypass such labels by bringing together artists and their artworks under a concept of imposed manipulations. Artists: Amna Badawi, Nouran Sherif, Mohamed Taymour, Reem Al-Maghrabi, Shadwa Ali, Tuqa Al-Harouni (Closing 29 October).
Zamalek Art gallery 11 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 2735 1240 *Venue I “One World....One Life”, sculptures by Mohamed Al-Fayoumi (19 October-10 November). *Venue II Paintings by the late Mohamed Riyad Said (19 October-10 November).
