Art Lounge Cairo 37 B Ahmed Heshmat St, 1st Floor, apt 2, Zamalek, Tel 2735 3453 "Rusty Memory", paintings by Hossam Sakr (1-20 March). "I Have a Garden", patch work and paintings by Halla Shafey (24 March-10 April).
Cairo Opera Complex Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek *Palace of Arts The Cairo International Arabic Calligraphy Forum (Opening 22 March). *Salah Taher gallery Tel 2739 0132/0144 "Mother and Child", oil on wood paintings by Farid Fadel ( Closing 21 March). A miscellaneous exhibition on the occasion of the Women's Day (23-29 M arch). *Ziad Bakir gallery Oil paintings by Hany Raeesa (Closing 19 March). A miscellaneous exhibition on the occasion of the Women's Day (20-29 M arch).
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.
Cordoba 3A, Degla St, Mohandessein, Giza, Tel 01111 665868 An exhibition of paintings commemorates the 2nd death anniversary of late artistZahran Salama (Closing 29 March).
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.
Al Kahila 15 Al Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz St, Mohandiseen, Tel 3304 0791/ 0122 8647511 "The City Strata", paintings by Mariam Hathout (14-24 March).
Mashrabia 8 Champollion St, Downtown. Tel 25784494/Mob 0100 1704554 " Fifth District " , by artist Ahmed Sabri who linked between the landscapes in classical paintings and the TV images he had seen. And he began to build dramatic scenes with characters in a series of mysterious paintings (Closing 26 March).
Misr 4A Ibn Zankai St, from Hassan Sabri, Zamalek, Tel 2735 0604 "The Industrious", paintings by FathiAfifi (8-29 March).
Nocchio 32 Andalus St, Maryland, Heliopolis, Tel 011 48212273 "Arcitectural Insights", artworks by Amir Wahib (runs through the end of March).
Old French Consulate Part of D-CAF, "Great Tricks From Your Future", is a group exhibition asks: Can inventing your own individual language alter your reality, and by extension, your future? All the artists in this exhibition build a specific language for themselves to determine what myths and facts to use to experience the present, and what truths to rely on to proceed into the future. It features among others Basel Abbas (Palestine) &Ruanne Abou Rahme (USA/Palestine), Jochen Dehn (Germany),Basim Magdy (Egypt/Switzerland), Stine Motland (Norway),Benjamin Seror (France) and Bedwyr Williams (UK) (16 March- 11 April).
The Photographic Gallery The American University in Cairo, New Cairo Campus, Abdul Latif Jameel Hall, Plaza Level, Tel 2615 3318 “Through the Eyes of Women: A Photographic Journey”, a group photography exhibition features photographers: Marwa Adel, Reem Al Faisal, Randa Ali, Sara Bayoumi, Marie Cosindas, Paola Crociani, Mary Cross, Merna Al-Hennawi, H. Meral Friedlander, Dorothea Lange, Dorothy Norman, Ann Parker, Lucie Pavlovich, Monda Rafla, Haya Salhin, Nagla Samir and Zeina Zahra (8 March-16 April).
Picasso 30 Hassan Assem off Brazil St, Zamalek. Tel 2736 7544 "ENCHANTMENT" paintings by Helmi Al Touni (Closing 17 March). "Egyptian quartet", a thrilling exhibition features works by Abdel Wahab Morsi, George Bahgoury, Omar Al Nagdi, Sayed Saad El Din (22 March- 15 April).
El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448 *EarthHall Mosaic artworks by Mary Farid (Closing 19 March). Photography exhibition by Hassan Dawoud (21-29 March). *Word Hall I Oil paintings by Rasha Al-Mazen (Closing 19 March). Exhibition of oil paintings (21-29 March). *Word Hall I "Earth Architecture", an exhibition honours the memory of world-renowned architect Hassan Fathi (22-29 March).
Townhouse 10 Nabarawy St, off Champollion St, Downtown. Tel 2576 8086 *First Floor gallery "This is an exhibition about shoes",by Ahmed Nagewhomakes shoes, like his father and his grandfather before him. Shoes are one of the most obviously functional of objects, but in a commercial space_like a storefront _ they are often shown in highly aesthetic ways, as if they were useless artifacts. In this exhibition, the viewer is left with the perhaps unsatisfying experience of encountering these things without the trusty conceptual framework that helps to distinguish whether a thing is art or design (or good or bad, or interesting or boring, or successful or failed) (Opening 22 March).
Zamalek Art gallery 11 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 2735 1240 *Venue I &II "Futuristic Nostalgia Group", a quartet exhibition features YasmineAl-Hazek, Amina Al-Demirdash, Carelle Homsy and FarghaliAbdel-Hafiz(15 March-6 April).
