Art Lounge Cairo 37 B Ahmed Heshmat St, 1st Floor, Apt 2, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 3453/012 2343 9537 “From Here & There,” paintings by Weaam Al-Masri (3-20 February).
The Arts-Mart Km 28, Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road, before Dandy Mall and behind Total Petrol Station, Tel 010 0077 3860 “Fragments of a Luminary,” a retrospective show featuring 80 artworks by iconic Egyptian artist Omar Al-Nagdi (5 February-5 March).
Cairo Opera Complex Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek Music Library (Ziad Bakir) Gallery Oil paintings by Mohsen and Aziz Ahmed Refaat (closing 19 February). Salah Taher gallery Tel 02 2739 0132/0144 “Status”, oil paintings exhibition by Amany Zahran (11-20 February). Hanager Art Centre Tel 02 2735 6861 “Egypt 2015,” the annual photojournalism competition organised by the Press Syndicate, featuring about 100 photographers from different Egyptian newspapers (closing 13 February).
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.
Ebdaa 23 B Ismail Mohamed St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 6239/0100 2155702 An exhibition of paintings byEssam Marouf (7 February-3 March).
Gezira Art Centre 1 Al-Sheikh Al-Marsafi St, Zamalek. Tel 02 2737 3298 Ahmed Sabri Hall “Bag-G-Age”, bronze sculptures by Hungarian sculptor Beáta Rostás(10-24 February).
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 A group exhibition of Arab calligraphy (closing 12 February).
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 Baschenis and paintings by Americo Lozano (closing 11 February).
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-10 March).
Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture (MACIC) 3 Abul-Fida St,2nd floor, Zamalek, Tel 02 2795 3705/ 2737 1995 “Blinks of a Brush”, an exhibition of paintings by Murugaraj Dhamodaran, who is a diplomat currently working as third Secretary at Embassy of India, Cairo. It displays around 50 paintings under different themes like ‘Dichotomy style of painting', ‘Storytelling', ‘Dance forms of India' and ‘Conceptual depiction'(11-18 February).
Misr 4A Ibn Zankai St, from Hassan Sabri, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 0604 “Sculptures,” a group exhibition of sculpture by Ahmed Abdel-Fattah, Ahmed Moussa, Islam Ibada, Mohamed Radwan, and Mariam Makramallah, among others (closing 18 February).
Nile Art Gallery 14 Al-Montazah St, Zamalek, Cairo, Tel 02 2736 6204 “Visual Memories,” an exhibition of wooden, nickel chrome and bronze sculptures by Nagui Farid (closing 16 February).
The Photographic Gallery The American University in Cairo,New Cairo Campus, Abdul Latif Jameel Hall, Plaza Level, Tel 02 2615 3318 “Bird View Aerials: Aerial Photographs and Video Footage,” an exhibition of aerial cinematography still shots, including video footage by AUC alumni student Mohamed Abdel-Razek. The photographs include shots of sea, beaches, clubs, views of Cairo, as well as shots of the American University in Cairo's new campus. This is the first aerial cinematography exhibition in the history of Egypt (14 February-31 March).
Picasso 30 Hassan Assem, off Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 7544 “Life Notes,” paintings by Georges Bahgory (closing 18 February).
Picasso East Villa No 39, Al-Nargas 3, 5th Settlement, 90s St, in front of Lake View Compound, Al-Tagamoua Al-Khamis, Tel 02 2678 1766/012 2000 0035 The grand opening exhibition of Picasso East gallery, the new branch of Picasso gallery, including works by about 50 late and living Egyptian artists including Youssef Francis, Georges Bahgory, Salah Taher, Hend Adnan, Omar Al-Nagdi, Wagih Yassa and Salah Hammad (closing 16 February).
Safarkhan 6 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 012 7016 9291 “Soul,” an exhibition of paintings by Karim Abdel-Malak (15 February-9 March).
The Shelter Art+Photography 3 Taha Hussein St, 1st floor of Al-Yamama Centre, Zamalek, Tel 02 2737 2589 Photographs from the gallery's private collection are on permanent show, as well as a some images from previous exhibitions.
Smart Village Kilo 29, Cairo-Alex Desert Road, Tel 02 3539 1660/011 1166 5868 Conference Centre “Smart Art,” the first art exhibition to be organized at the Smart Village by Cordoba gallery, featuring artists: Samir Fouad, Adli Rezqallah, Mohamed Mandour, Omar Tosson, and Mohamed Rizq, among others (7-18 February).
Zamalek Art 11 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 1240 Venue I “The Magical Thread,” an exhibition of 49 paintings by Souad Mardam Bey (closing 29 February). Venue II “AnIntroduction to Voidness,” an exhibition of sculptures by Nathan Doss (closing 29 February).
