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 (closing 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 (closing 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). Photography by Mohamed Diab (21 February-1 March). Salah Taher gallery Tel 02 2739 0132/0144 “Status,” oil paintings by Amany Zahran (closing 20 February). Hanager Art Centre Tel 02 2735 6861 The Cartoons Festival exhibition organised in collaboration with the Cultural Development Fund (17-24 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 Paintings byEssam Marouf (closing 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 (closing 24 February).
Al-Ghouri Caravansary Imam Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Moaiz St with Al-Azhar, Tel 02 2514 7475 Permanent exhibition of the handicraft centre's products, including pottery, brass artworks and jewellery.
Hungarian Cultural Counsellor Office 13 Gawad Hosni St, Abdin, Downtown, second floor, Tel 02 2392 6692 “Spirit Inspiration,” sculptures by Egyptian sculptor Houriya Al-Sayed (18 February-3 March).
AL MASAR Behler's Mansion, 157b, 26 July St, ground floor, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 8537/010 067 0705 “Abstract Practices,” an exhibitionthat sheds the light on the long path that the Egyptian Art Movement has taken in abstract art from the 1940s until today. It includes paintings, sculptures and silkscreen graphic art, providing viewers with a lively walk through the cultural interpretations and vision of the celebrated Egyptian artists who practiced abstract art (closing 21 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 (closing 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, a diplomat currently working as third secretary at the Indian Embassy in Cairo. It features around 50 paintings under different themes, including “Dichotomy style of painting”, “Storytelling”, “Dance forms of India” and “Conceptual depiction” (closing 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).
Museum of Modern Egyptian Art Cairo Opera House Grounds, Gezira, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 6667/65 Al-Bab Selim Hall “Colourful Thoughts,” paintings by Nermine Hakim (18-28 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 20 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 (closing 31 March).
Picasso 30 Hassan Assem, off Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 7544 “Life Notes,” paintings by Georges Bahgory (closing 18 February).
Safarkhan 6 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 012 7016 9291 “Soul,” paintings by Karim Abdel-Malak (closing 9 March).
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 Oil and acrylic paintings by Esraa Mohamed (closing 19 February). Word Hall “Images of the Corals under the Water of the Red Sea,” photography by Hani Abdel-Salam (closing 19 February). “On the Name of Egypt,” photography by Mustafa Al-Shershabi (closing 19 February).
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 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 (closing 18 February).
Zamalek Art 11 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 1240 Venue I “The Magical Thread,” 49 paintings by Souad Mardam Bey (closing 29 February). Venue II “AnIntroduction to Voidness,” sculptures by Nathan Doss (closing 29 February).
