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 khayameya products.
Contemporary Image Collective (CIC) 22 Abdel Khalek Tharwat St, 4th Floor, Downtown, Cairo, Tel 02 2396 4272 “Evasive Routes,” exhibition isthe third chapter of the long term project If Not For That Wall on different forms of imprisonment and isolation. Following the two previous chapters of the project, the third chapter looks at restrictions of movement and forced displacement in the Arab region and the neighbouring African countries. It features works byAmado Alfadni, Mirna Bamieh,Yasmine Eid Sabbagh, Rozenn Quéré,Maria Iorio andRaphael Cuomo (13 November - 22 December).
Darb 1718 Kasr El Sham3 Street, Al Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Tel 02 2361 0511 “Sculpture Now,”a collective exhibition of sculpture in different materials, curated by artist Omar Tosson (closing 30 November).
Al-Ghouri Caravansary Imam Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St with Al-Azhar, Tel 02 2514 7475 Permanent exhibition of the handicraft centre's products, including pottery, brass artworks and jewellery.
Grant 6 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Tel 02 2391 6769/ 012 2294 4800 “Contemplation”, a duo exhibition of paintings by female artists Asmaa Al-Dessouki and Hend El-Falafly (closing 26 November).
Al Kahila 15 Al Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz St, Mohandiseen, Tel 02 3304 0791/ 0122 8647511 “There is Only One Rule….Love,” an exhibition of paintings by Rana Chalabi (12-22 December). Mahmoud Mokhtar Culture Centre 5 Tahrir St, beside Cairo Sporting Club, Tel 02 2735 1123 Isis Hall On her death anniversary, paintings by late actress Maali Zayed will be on show (closing27 November). Nahdat Misr Hall Paintings by Wafiqa Mustafa (closing27 November).
AL MASAR Behler's Mansion, 157b, 26 July St, ground floor, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 8537/0100 067 0705 “Vitality II,” an exhibition showcases the latest collection of sculptures by Essam Darwish (closing 5 December).
Mashrabia 8 Champollion St, Downtown, Tel 02 25784494/ 0100 1704554 “Anthology,”a solo exhibition by graffiti artist Keizer (closing 30 November).
Medrar 7 Gamal Al-Din Abu El-Mahassen Street, 1st Floor, Garden City, Tel 02 2795 7714 “Expired Ink,” a group show where every artist has expressed himself and his ideas through approaches and technologies in a way to set him free of his conventional works, and address his own ideas and interests. Participating artists: Ahmed Hefnawy, Ahmed Tawfik, Hala Al- Sharouny, Hazem Kamal, Hicham Rahma, Makhlouf, Migo among others (20 November-1 December).
Mr and Mrs Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum On the corner of Giza St and Kafur St, next to the State Council, Giza, Tel 02 3336 2921 Horizon One Hall “On the Silk Road,” paintings by Mohamed Abla (28 November-28 December). Picasso 30 Hassan Assem off Brazil St, Zamalek. Tel 02 2736 7544 “A Song for Life,” an exhibition of paintings by 100 years old artist Hafez Al-Raie (closing 2 December).
Picasso East Villa no.39, El Narges 3, 5thSettlement-90 St., infront of Lake View Compound-New Cairo, Tel 02 2678 1766/012 20000035 “Egyptian Quartets,”a miscellaneous exhibition by Sayed Saadeddin, Hassan Abdel-Fattah, Gamil Shafik, Mohamed Alalawy(closing 1 December).
Safarkhan 6 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 012 70169291 “Freedom after Prison,” an exhibition of paintings by pioneer artist Inji Efflatoun (closing30 November).
The Shelter Art+Photography 3 Taha Hussein St, 1st floor of Al-Yamama Centre, Zamalek, Tel 02 2737 2589 “A Journey to Assekrem: Pictures of the World's End,” a photo exhibition on Mahmoud Nour's journey to Assekrem (means in Tuareg, the world's end), which is a high plateau in the Hoggar Mountains of Southern Algeria(closing 26November). An exhibition of Romanian photographer Natalia Sitcai from the private collection of the Ambassador of Romania to Egypt Mihai Stefan Stupary organized by the Romania Embassy (closing1 December). Switzerland Embassy Office for International Cooperation 24 Gamaleddin Abul-Mahasen St, Garden City, Tel 02 2795 1536, 02 2794 3638 “From Rags to Riches,” is an exhibition presents for the first time in Egypt 20 artworks conceived to be displayed in public spaces and created using recycled materials. Many of them have an interactive purpose or a functional one. It is organized byBaad El Bahr for Cultural Development & Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art. Participating artists: Ahmed Askalany, Afrodite Al-Seesy, Hatem Mousa, Ramy Beshr, Rania Atef, Sama Waly, Florence Mohy and Monica Michel, Akeel Khreef, Medhat Benzoher and Mahitab Hassan(closing31 January 2017).
UBUNTU 20 Hassan Sabry St, (entrance from Ibn Zinki St), Zamalek, Tel 0100 2792223 “Straight to the Point,” a group exhibition by the artists: Al-Husseini Ali, Eman Barakat, Mariam Farid, Rania Shaalan, Tayseer Hamed (23 November-10 December). Zamalek Art gallery 11 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 1240 Venue I &Venue II “Al-Nashar Museum”, a one of a kind exhibition features the best of late incredible artist Abdel-Rahman Al-Nashar (closing 7 December).
ALEXANDRIA
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999 West Exhibition Hall “The Workshop Exhibition: Child and Adolescent Creativity – Ninth Round”,an exhibition held as part of the Arts Education Section's Celebration (closing 27 November).
Museum of Fine Arts 6 Mansha St, Moharam Beik district, Alexandria “Handcrafted Form: Traditions and Techniques from Japan”, is a touring exhibition of handcrafted objects made from traditional materials with traditional techniques from all over Japan. In this exhibition, more than 90 pieces are on display, belongs to 7 sections according to the raw materials of each craft: ceramics, textiles, metal work, lacquer ware, wood and bamboo work, paper(27 November- 8 December).