Art Lounge Cairo 37 B Ahmed Heshmat St, 1st Floor, apt 2, Zamalek, 27353453 - 01223439537 “Hope”, a painting exhibition by Gamal Lamei(Closing 5 January). “Spectrum”, paintings by Rasha Soliman (10-29 January).
Cairo Opera Complex Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek *Music Library (Ziad Bakir) gallery Graphic exhibition byBrazilian artistJoseph (30 December-5 January). *Salah Taher gallery Oil paintings by Ahmed Abdel-Gawad (Closing 31 December).
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 “Small Art Works 2015", a group exhibition with artist Halim Yacoub as the guest of honour (Closing 5 January).
Ebdaa 23 B Ismail Mohamed St, Zamalek, Tel 2736 6239/0100 2155702 Exhibition of paintings by Samir Rafei (Closing 7 January).
Embassy of Switzerland 24 Gamal El-Din Abou El-Mahassen St, Garden City, 11 451 Cairo, Tel 27951536/27943638 Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art presents “It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane”, a group exhibition of paintings, installations and sculptures curated by the director Stefania Angarano. The gallery brings together new and old works by pioneering artists living and working in Egypt:Ali Abdel-Mohsen, Ahmed Askalany, Ramy Dozy, Shaimaa Kamel, Qarm Qart, Hany Rashed, AhmedSabri. The title echoes the surreal aesthetic dimension the artists have entered - either consciously or not, inorder to explore and tackle a broad spectrum of various social and political issues peculiar of our era (Closing 20January).
Gezira Art Centre 1 Al-Sheikh Al-Marsafi St, Zamalek. Tel 2737 3298 *Ahmed Sabri Hall "Windows", a group exhibition features Hanan Al-Sheikh, Khaled Aql, Ahmed Yehia (30 December-12 January). *Al-Hussein Fawzi Hall Painting byGhada Murad (30 December-12 January). *Kamal Khalifa Hall Painting by Mariam Stephan (30 December-12 January). *Ragheb Ayad Hall 3D artworks by Maher Dawoud (30 December-12 January).
Al-Ghouri Caravansary Imam Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Moaiz St with Al-Azhar, Tel 2514 7475 The permanent exhibition of the handicrafts centre's products including pottery, brass artworks and jewellery.
Italian Cultural Institute 3 El-Sheikh El Marsafy St, Zamalek, Tel 2735 5423/2735 8791 "The Influence of Italian Architecture: Two case studies: Cairo & Buenos Aires”, a photographic exhibition on the Italian architectural culture in Argentina by architect Fabio Grementieri (Closing 31 December). Mahmoud Khalil Museum 1 Kafour St, Orman Post, Giza, Tel 3336 2921 *Horizon One Hall Pottery exhibition by renowned potter Mohamed Mandour (Closing 11 January).
Mahmoud Mokhtar Culture Centre 5 Tahrir St, beside Cairo Sporting Club, Tel 2735 1123 *Nahdat Misr Hall "The Magic of Space", abstract wood sculptures by Hani Abdel-Badiaa (Closing 10 January).
Mashrabia 8 Champollion St, Downtown. Tel 25784494/Mob. 0100 1704554 “Slowly”, by Amre Heiba. Slowly moves from William Empson's poem Missing Dates, a frequent source of inspiration for the artist. Instead of being a mere illustration of the poem itself, the show rather wants to express the feelings aroused by the text. In line with his previous production, Heiba portrays a dystopian world where colours, figures and spaces work together to recreate the sense if discomfort and violence of a world changing for the worst (Closing 7 January). "Al Masry Al Youm – Interferences with a Journal", exhibition by Hisham El Zeiny. For the show, Mashrabia has selected a group of mixed media collages realised on the pages of Al Masry Al Youm, one of the most popular newspapers in Egypt. Hence, the title puns on a reflection on nowadays Egypt, while tackling the role of the traditional media at a crucial time for Egyptian history. Silhouettes of football players overlap and mix with articles and news about politics, economy and culture metaphorically addressing the need for dynamism and change reclaimed by the liberal youth on the ‘playgrounds' of society (17 January- 25 February).
Misr 4A Ibn Zankai St, from Hassan Sabri, Zamalek, Tel 2735 0604 "The Donkey", a solo exhibition by the artist Reda Abdel Rahman (Closing 7 January).
Picasso 30 Hassan Assem off Brazil St, Zamalek. Tel 2736 7544 “BALQIS”, an exhibition of paintings by Mostafa Rahma (20 December- 8 January).
Safarkhan 6 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 012 70169291 Mixed media by Abdel-Salam Eid (Closing 2 January). "Kafr Shokr", paintings by late painter Inji Efflatoun (7-28 January).
El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448 *Earth Hall “The Wisdom of Feeling”, acrylic paintings by Rawda Abdel-Latif (1-5 January). *Word Hall “Hash Tag 7”, oil paintings by students of the Faculty of Art Education (1-5 January). Townhouse 10 Nabarawy St, off Champollion St, Downtown. Tel 2576 8086 *First Floor gallery “A Worthy Degenerate”, is an exhibition that thinks about the “poor image” as an original in itself beyond this endless feedback loop. It featuresSarah Sami,Malak Helmi,Sidy Benamar,Yuseph Bashat,Jasmine Metwali, Ikon Chiba,Walid Al-Sawi. The exhibition will be on display from 12 pm to 9pm, Saturdays to Wednesdays (Closing 12 January).
Zamalek Art gallery 11 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 2735 1240 *Venue I “The Best is yet to come”, exhibition by Zeinab Salem (Closing 18 January). *Venue II “Blossoming in Firenze”, paintings by Yasmine Al-Hazek (Closing 18 January).
