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 Georgiadis based on the novel by Lawrence Durrell (19-30 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). Art Corner 12 Sayed Al-Bakri St, from Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 0122 2760212 “I Found a River”, paintings by Wagih Yassa (2-22 November).
Beit Al-Sinnari “Heroes of War”, an exhibition of private acquisitions belong to the 1972 Six of October War (Closing 31 October).
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 khayamiya products.
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).
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 “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 Chirico and others and original works on paper, canvas and wood by 16 artists, curated by Carmine Siniscalco (23 October-13 November).
Al Kahila 15 Al Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz St, Mohandiseen, Tel 3304 0791/ 0122 8647511 “Fantasy”, paintings by Mohamed Damarawi (23-31 October).
Mashrabia 8 Champollion St, Downtown. Tel 25784494/Mob 0100 1704554 “Restart”, artworks by Qarm Qart who 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 (23 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 (23 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 Afifi and Khaled Zaki (Closing 28 October).
Museum of Modern Egyptian Art Cairo Opera House Grounds, Gezira, Zamalek, Tel 2736 6667/65 *Al-Bab Hall Paintings by Ahmed Nabil (27 October-5 November). *Mohsen Shaalan Hall (Abaad formerly) A group exhibition by Egyptian artists who studied at San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Spain (23 October-5 November).
Picasso 30 Hassan Assem off Brazil St, Zamalek. Tel 2736 7544 “Studio Roza”, a group exhibition features young artists (17-27 October).
Safarkhan 6 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 012 70169291 The gallery's 2014/2015 artistic season presents the valuable works of one of Egypt's most renowned Alexandrian artists Abdel Salam Eid. Eid presents us with artworks made from multiple mediums from oil works to water colors to 3d dimensional works using various materials like ropes, lace, stones, fabric, mosaic, wood and any other material transforming it to marvelous works of art (4 November-6 December).
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 Salah Taher, Bikar, Seif and 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
