Amir Taz Palace 27 Al-Syoufiya St, off Al-Saliba St, Al-Khalifa District, Tel 2514 2581 "The Beauty of Islamic Arts", a group exhibition features works by 20 artists in photography, oil painting, arabesque, mosaic and calligraphy (15-22 February).
The Art Lounge An annex to Al MASAR gallery, Behler's Mansion, 157b, 26 July St, ground floor, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8537/010 067 0705 "I am Not A Doll", paintings by Palestinian visual artist based in Italy Rima Almozayyan (7-27 February).
Cairo Opera Complex Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek *Salah Taher gallery Tel 2739 0132/0144 The annual salon of the National Society of Fine Arts presents a group exhibition features works by the likes of Nagwa El-Ashri, Adel Thabet, Mohamed Al-Nasser, Mona Younis, Medhat Ramadan, Reham El-Adawi, Shahira Moursi, Azza Fakhri and Amr Salama (25 February-5 March).
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.
Duroub 4 Amrika Al-Latiniya St, Garden City, Tel 2796 2881/ 2794 7951 Paintings by Samir Abdel-Rahman (15-26 February).
Ebdaa 23 B Ismail Mohamed St, Zamalek, Tel 2736 6239/0100 2155702 Paintings byHamed Nada (19 February-1 March).
Grant 6 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Tel 2391 6769 "Between Reality and Imagination", 30 oil and acrylic paintings by Fadia Fahmi Coury (Closing 28 February).
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 "Ocean, Lake, River", a photo exhibition by Hungarian photographer László Mihály (Closing 22 February).
AL MASAR Behler's Mansion, 157b, 26 July St, ground floor, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8537/010 067 0705 "Fifty Nine Years of Art", paintings by eminent artist George Bahgory (Closing 28 February).
Mashrabia 8 Champollion St, Downtown. Tel 25784494/Mob 0100 1704554 "Fractals", exhibition of paintings by Nada Baraka. The work explores and brings together issues such as gender, identity and aesthetics and the various meanings they can assume (Closing 19 February).
Misr 4A Ibn Zankai St, from Hassan Sabri, Zamalek, Tel 2735 0604 "Suspended Destinies", a solo exhibition by Kareem Helmi (Closing19 February).
Nocchio 32 Andalus St, Maryland, Heliopolis, Tel 011 48212273 "Arcitectural Insights", artworks by Amir Wahib (runs through the end of March).
Picasso 30 Hassan Assem off Brazil St, Zamalek. Tel 2736 7544 "ENCHANTMENT" paintings by Helmi Al Touni (20 February-17 March).
Safarkhan 6 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 012 70169291 Paintings by late artist Salah Abdel-Kerim (1988-1925) (Closing 27 February).
Sami Amin 40 Hadayk St, Thakanat Al-Maadi off 9 Street,behind McDonald's, Tel 2358 5822/012 00440426 "Love Story", a group exhibition showcases 35 paintings created by 20 artists such as Mai Heshmat, Randa Ismail, Mustafa Rahma and Rania Khallaf (10 February-10 March).
El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448 *Earth Hall Drawing exhibition by Noha Shendi (Closing 19 February). A trio exhibition by Amira Handoum, Wafaa Zaghloul, Sherif Khedr (21-28 February). *Word Hall A miscellaneous exhibition of drawing, painting, sculpture and photography (Closing 19 February). Acrylic paintings by Rana Ibrahim (21-28 February).
Townhouse 10 Nabarawy St, off Champollion St, Downtown. Tel 2576 8086 *First Floor gallery “Mere Real Things”, Ayman Ramadan takes on the role of the artist-curator, assembling a selection of utilitarian and decorative household items and rendering them useless by displaying them in an exhibition space. Such objects and decorations were once commonplace in middle-class homes and shops across Egypt. But with the advent of the free market and the swift changes in visual culture that globalism ushers in, such items have just as swiftly moved out of their former homes, instead confining themselves to lower-economic households in villages and on the periphery of the city. Given the rapid pace of this trajectory, one can imagine a near future in which these items would divest themselves of their usefulness altogether, and exist only as aesthetic objects of interest in museum displays (Closing 19 February).
Zamalek Art gallery 11 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 2735 1240 *Venue I & I Sculpture and bronze exhibition by Mustafa Abdel-Moaty (12 February-2 March).
ALEXANDRIA
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999 *Conference Center, West Exhibition Hall "GeorgianScript", exhibition of Georgian and Arabic manuscripts (25 February-3 March).
