Art Lounge Cairo 37 B Ahmed Heshmat St, 1st Floor, apt 2, Zamalek, 27353453 - 01223439537 “Spectrum”, paintings by Rasha Soliman (10-29 January).
Cairo Opera Complex Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek *Music Library (Ziad Bakir) gallery Oil paintings by Heba Sheib (17-27 January). *Salah Taher gallery “Years of Love: Coloured Memories”, oil paintings by Farahat Zaki (13-24 January). *Hanager Art Centre Tel 2735 6861 The One Shot group exhibition in addition to drawing workshops for children (Closing 14 January). Photography exhibition by Youth Love EgyptAssociation (15-19January).
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.
Darb 1718 Kasr El Sham3 Street, Al Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Tel 2361 0511 “Something Else”, a contemporary art exhibition introduces a galaxy of budding artists (1-31 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, Ahmed Sabri . 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).
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.
Greater Cairo Library 15, Mohamed Mazhar St, Zamalek, Tel 2736 2278 “From Egypt”, a photography exhibition by Amr Al-Qadi and Ashraf Reda (Opening 17 January).
Italian Cultural Institute 3 El-Sheikh El Marsafy St, Zamalek, Tel 2735 5423/2735 8791 “A Bountiful Banquet at the Prince's Table”, an installation inspired to the “still life”works of Evaristo Baschenis and paintings by Americo Lozano (20 January-11 February).
Mashrabia 8 Champollion St, Downtown. Tel 25784494/Mob. 0100 1704554 “Al Masry Al Youm – Interferences with a Journal”, an 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).
Picasso 30 Hassan Assem off Brazil St, Zamalek. Tel 2736 7544 “Beautiful Egypt ”, a painting exhibition by Effat Hosni (10-28 January).
Safarkhan 6 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 012 70169291 “Kafr Shokr”, paintings by late painter Inji Efflatoun (7-28January).
El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448 *Earth Hall “Al-Bereidi Puppets”, an exhibition on puppets by artist Ibrahim Al-Bereidiinspired by the Hegazi environment in his birth place Tanta. He portrays with his child sense and his fertile and virgin imagination that's that is to be envied by the most important fine artists (21-29January).
The Shelter Art+Photography 3 Taha Hussein St, Al Yamama Centre, Zamalek, Tel 2737 2589 “Eight Days in India”, a photography exhibition by Omar Hikal(16-24 January).
Zamalek Art gallery 11 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 2735 1240 *Venue I “The Best is yet to come”, ceramic exhibition by Zeinab Salem (Closing 18 January). *Venue II “Blossoming in Firenze”, paintings by Yasmine Al-Hazek (Closing 18 January).
