Amir Taz Palace 27 Al-Syoufiya St, off Al-Saliba St, Al-Khalifa District,Cairo, Tel 02 2514 2581 The First Festival of Traditional and Contemporary Jewellery (17-23 January).
Art Lounge Cairo 37 B Ahmed Heshmat St, 1st Floor, Apt 2, Zamalek, Tel 02 27353453/01223439537 “Spectrum”, paintings by Rasha Soliman(closing 29 January).
Cairo Opera Complex Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek Music Library (Ziad Bakir) Gallery Oil paintings by Heba Shehib(17-27 January). Salah Taher Ballery “Years of Love: Coloured Memories”, oil paintings by Farahat Zaki(closing 24 January). Oil paintings by Fawziya Hawas(26 January-2 February). Hanager Art Centre Tel 02 2735 6861 “Egypt 2015”, the annual photojournalism competition organised by the Press Syndicatefeaturing about 100 photographers from different Egyptian newspapers (21-27 January).
Ceramic and Traditional Handicrafts Centre 1 Al-Imam St, behind Amr bin Al-Aas Mosque, Al-Fustat, Old Cairo, Tel 02 2364 3103 A permanent exhibition of the centre's ceramic, brass, jewellery and khayamiya products.
Darb 1718 Kasr Al-Shamaa St, Al-Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Tel 02 2361 0511 “Something Else”, a contemporary art exhibition introduces the work of a number of emerging artists (Closing 31 January).
Al-Ghouri Caravansary Imam Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Moaiz St with Al-Azhar, Tel 02 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 02 2736 2278 “From Egypt”, a photography exhibition by Amr Al-Qadiand Ashraf Reda(closing 21 January).
Italian Cultural Institute 3 Al-Sheikh Al-Marsafy St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 5423/2735 8791 “A Bountiful Banquet at the Prince's Table”, an installation inspired by the still-life works of Evaristo Baschenisand paintings by Americo Lozano(20 January-11 February).
Mahmoud Mokhtar Culture Centre 5 Tahrir St, beside Cairo Sporting Club, Tel 02 2735 1123 Isis & Nahdat Misr Halls “The Sculpture Portrait”, a group exhibition of clay sculptures by artists Nathan Doss, Tarek Al-Koumiand Kamal Al-Feki(21 January-6 February).
AL MASAR Behler's Mansion, 157b, 26 July St, ground floor, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 8537/010 067 0705 “Abstract Practices”, a group exhibition, sheds light on the long path that the Egyptian Art Movement has taken in abstract art from the 1940s until today. It showcases paintings, sculptures and silkscreen graphic art, which will provide viewers with a lively walk through the interpretations and visions of prominent Egyptian artists from the 1940s until today (24-31 January).
Mashrabia 8 Champollion St, Downtown, Tel 02 25784494/Mob. 0100 1704554 “Al-Masry Al-Youm— Interferences with a Journal”, an exhibition by Hisham Al-Zeiny. Mashrabia has selected a group of mixed media collages that originally appeared on the pages of Al-Masry Al-Youm, one of the most popular newspapers in Egypt. The title puns on a reflection on contemporary Egypt, while examining the role of the traditional media at a crucial time in Egyptian history.Images of football players overlap and mix with articles and news about politics, economy and culture, metaphorically addressing the need for dynamism and change called for by liberal youth (17 January-25 February).
Picasso 30 Hassan Assem off Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 7544 “Beautiful Egypt”, an exhibition of paintings by Effat Hosni(closing 28 January).
Safarkhan 6 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 012 70169291 “Kafr Shokr”, paintings by the late artist Inji Efflatoun(closing 28 January).
El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, under the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448 Earth Hall “Al-Bereidi Puppets”, an exhibition of puppets by artist Ibrahim Al-Bereidiinspired by the Hegazi environment of his hometown of Tanta (21-29 January).
The Shelter Art + Photography 3 Taha Hussein St, Al-Yamama Centre, Zamalek, Tel 02 2737 2589 “Eight Days in India”, a photography exhibition by Omar Hikal(16-24 January).
Supreme Council for Culture 1 Al-Gabalaya St,Al Gezira, Zamalek, Tel 02 27350121 Main Conference Hall “Three Architects from the 1960s: Education, Research and Practice”, an exhibition on architecture organized as part of a lecture features the work of three esteemed architects: Mohamed Tawfik Abdel-Gawad, Nesmaat Abdel-Kaderand Mourad Abdel-Kader(27 January-3 February).
Taha Hussein Museum Ramatan Cultural Centre 11 Helmiat Al-Haram St, Madkour, Al-Haram, Tel 02 3392 7214 “To Where?”, an exhibition of paintings by Osama Qaoud(opening 20 January).
