Amir Taz Palace 27 Al-Seyoufiya St, off Al-Saliba St, Al-Khalifa District, Tel 02 2514 2581 “Transformations,” painting exhibition by Greek artist Sofia Lerta (29 March-4 April).
Arts-Mart Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road, Abu Rawash, 6th of October, Tel 0100 0773860 “Forty Years in Egypt,” Britt Boutros-Ghali's retrospective exhibition (24 March-22 April). AUC Falaki Theatre Gallery American University in Cairo, Tahrir Campus, 24 Falaki St, Downtown Cairo, Tel 012 88721446, daily from 6pm to10pm except Tuesdays “30 Years of El-Warsha in Pictures,” a photography exhibition held as part of the Sixth Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF). The exhibition is created and designed to highlight the different stages of El Warsha's work over the past 30 years. In an attempt to tell Egypt's story, emphasizing the strength and the wisdom of the conquered, inspiration was found in daily life after having interacted with western theatre and Egypt's cultures for the previous few years. It includes around 20 photos by photographers Khaled Goweily, Nabil Boutros and Roger Anis (19 March-8 April). Cairo Opera Complex Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek Salah Taher gallery Tel 2739 0132/0144 Photography by Wadid Shoukri (28 March-1 April). Oil paintings by Wagih Yassa (3-9 April). Music Library (Ziyad Bakir) Hall The Egyptian Society for Autism miscellaneous exhibition (3-9 April). 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. Darb 1718 Kasr El Sham3 Street, Al Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Tel 02 2361 0511 “Half Way through the Thread,” an exhibition about modern and contemporary textiles to showcase the diverse techniques and materials used in Egypt that are included under the umbrella of textiles. Darb 1718 aims to create a space within which contemporary textiles related artworks will be discovered; the pieces that are made by artists as well as the craftsmen. There will be no distinction between art and craft in this exhibition (3 April-15 May). Gezira Art Centre 1 Al-Sheikh Al-Marsafi St, Zamalek. Tel 02 2737 3298 Artworks by Mohamed Rizk (22 March-11 April). 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 “Nostalgia,” paintings by Magdi Anwar (closing 8 April). Al Kahila 15 Al Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz St, Mohandiseen, Tel 02 3304 0791/ 0122 8647511 “Imagination,” a duo exhibition of paintings by Asmaa Tageddin and Wafaa Al- Nashashibi (10-20 April). Khanalmaghraby 18 Al-Mansour Mohamed St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 3349/01000 694940 A solo exhibition showcasing sculptures by late sculptor Gaber Hegazy (1936-2016) (27 March- 13 April). Kodak Passageway 29 Hoda Shaarawi , Downtown, First Floor & Windsor Hotel, weekends from 3-9 pm Part of D-CAF's 6th edition, CAMOCA (Cairo Museum of Contemporary Art) is a transnational curatorial project that reflects on the history of contemporary art in Cairo. CAMOCA adopts specific artistic strategies that have been inspired by projects and exhibitions by artists, pedagogues, film makers, curators, academics and thinkers who have worked in the region over the past years, including Adelita Husni-Bey, Manuel Pelmus, Noor Afshan Mirza and Brad Butler, Reem Fadda, Clare Davies and Anton Vidokle. In their trans-disciplinary work these artists and thinkers challenge exhibition formats, categories and protocols of museums. CAMOCA poses questions about an imaginary contemporary art museum in Cairo – what would it host, where would it be, who would visit it? It proposes to discuss the renewed interest in museums with artists and curators who are engaged in building museums through art projects, exhibitions and books, across cultures, disciplines and media, considering that the act of building museums is also a critical, performative act (23 March-12 April). Al Mashrabia 80 Mohieddin Abul Ezz St, infront of the Shooting Club Gate 3, Dokki, Tel 02 3335 7507 An exhibition of jewellery by Ehsan Nada (closing 31 March). Mahmoud Mokhtar Culture Centre 5 Tahrir St, beside Cairo Sporting Club, Tel 02 2735 1123 Isis Hall “Al-Ghouri Caravansary Artists,” a collective exhibition features 35 artists showing artworks in various art genres such as painting, drawing, ceramic. The exhibition honours the memory of artist Sayed Al-Qamash displaying three of his black and white and coloured paintings (closing 1 April). Nahdat Misr Hall Paintings by Israa Yasser (closing 1 April). Mashrabia 8 Champollion St, Downtown, Tel 02 25784494/ 0100 1704554 “The Last Farewell,” a solo exhibition by Hany Rashed based on a true story of the artist's life from 1993 until now. Flawless bright-colored stains occupy Rashed's paintings in a random order contradicting the landscape scene. In an attempt to disdain death rituals and hallows, he expresses mental illness, psychological conflicts and death through disturbing paintings (19 March-24 April). Misr 4A Ibn Zankai St, from Hassan Sabri, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 0604 “A Face for Every Citizen,” a solo exhibition by Hossam Sakr (closing 6 April). Picasso 30 Hassan Assem off Brazil St, Zamalek. Tel 02 2736 7544 Paintings by Nazli Madkour (25 March-13 April). Safarkhan 6 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 012 7016 9291 “Princesses and Palaces,” paintings by Katherine Bakhoum (closing 14 April). Townhouse 10 Nabarawy St, off Champollion St, Downtown. Tel 02 2576 8086 Factory Space “Temporal Semiotics,” an exhibition by Malak Yacout (closing 9 April). Library An open studio featuring a selection of graphic designer Valerie Arif's projects. The session will focus on the process of design through a presentation of concepts, mood boards and drafts leading up to final outcome. Arif is an emerging Cairo-based graphic designer whose work spans cultural and commercial projects. Arif's work includes the Cairo Metro Map for Cairobserver, branding for Zaywa, Kafein and Eish + Malh. Her work was exhibited as part of the Cairo Now exhibition at Dubai Design Week 2016 and will be shown in the upcoming Beirut Design Week 2017. The session aims at providing a space for emerging local and visiting designers, photographers, and artists to discuss their research process and showcase their work to the public (Saturday 1 April, 7pm). UBUNTU 20 Hassan Sabry St, (entrance from Ibn Zinki St), Zamalek, Tel 0100 2792223 Paintings by Hayam Abdel-Baqi (26 March-8 April). Zamalek Art gallery 11 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 1240 Venue I “Egypt Resumes Giving,” an exhibition of paintings by Farghali Abdel-Hafiz and sculptures by Abdel-Aziz Saab (19 March-15 April). Venue II Sculptures by Abdel-Aziz Saab (19 March-15 April).
