Amir Taz Palace 27 Al-Syoufiya St, off Al-Salebiya St, Al-Khalifa district, Tel 02 2514 2581 “Minarets and Bells”, a photography exhibition showcases 120 photos by photographers Galal Al-Messery and Boulas Isaaq on the mosques and churches of Egypt (closing 7 June).
The Arts-Mart Km 28,Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road, before Dandy Mall and behind Total Petrol Station, Cairo, Egypt, Tel 0100 0773860 The gallery will be displaying over 1500 art pieces by 120 of Egypt's most loved contemporary and best-selling artists such as Abdel-Fattah El-Badry, Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Mohsen, Ahmed Askalany, Dina Fadel, Esraa Zeidan, Ibrahim El- Tanbouli, Nada Baraka, Omar Al-Fayoumi, Samir Fouad The show will run all summer, with new art being added periodically (Ramadan working hours: Weekdays from 9am to 4pm).
Cairo Opera Complex Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek Salah Taher gallery Tel 02 2739 0132/0144 The Arab Creators Forum exhibition showcases oil paintings (20-26 June).
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.
Easel and Camera Gallery Dreamland Golf Club, Al Wahat Road, Hilton Dream, 6th of October City, Tel 01091267165 “Selective II”, a group exhibition organised by Easel and Camera Contemporary Art Gallery, in collaboration with Dreamland Golf featuring among many artists: Bob Rob Medina, Hamdy Reda, Hanafy Mahmoud, Jehan Saleh, Moataz Nasreddin, Mohamed Abla, Mohamed Al-Tarawy, Nazli Madkour, Neven Nathan, Salah Al-Meligy (4 May-30 June).
Ebdaa 23 B Ismail Mohamed St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 6239/0100 2155702 “He”, a group exhibition by the likes of Salah Taher, Georges Bahgory, Adel Al-Siwi, Essmat Dawestashy, Mohamed Al-Ganouby, Farouk Hosni, Walid Aouni, Mohsen Attiya (6 May- 10 June).
Grant 6 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Tel 02 2391 6769 A group exhibition of masterpieces by late and contemporary artists (continues through the end of the season).
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.
Khan Al Maghraby 18 Al-Mansour Mohamed St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 3349/01000 694940 “Madaad…..Madaad”, a group show features artists Ahmed Askalany, Evelyn Ashamallah and Sayed Saadeddin (29 May-14 June).
Magdoub Design Studio 21 Ismail Mohamed St, Zamalek, Tel 02 27370778 “12 Spirits”, a group exhibition of sculptures by the likes of Alaa Yehia, Rania Shaalan, Reem Osama and Lina Al-Magdoub (closing 14 June).
Mashrabia 8 Champollion St, Downtown, Tel 02 2578 4494/ 0100 1704554 Main Hall “Qarboush: echoes of Naguib Mahfouz”, exhibition by Italian artist Qarm Qart enacts a profound reading of Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy with its sweeping grandeur and evocative detail (20 May-14 June). At Mashrabia Gallery Annex: 15 Mahmoud Bassiouny St., Downtown, Cairo “Siqilia: Maua Design”, exhibition showcases four groups of contemporary jewellery by Italian artist Florinda Guadagna. Her jewellery, made out of products from the sea and the land, reflects the rich and mixed heritage of feelings, identities, values, inherited from past generations and cultural encounters (20 May-14 June). Misr 4A Ibn Zankai St, from Hassan Sabri, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 0604 “The Greatest Isolation”, paintings by Heba Hussein (closing 20 June). Salama 36 Ahmed Oraby St, Mohandeseen, Tel 02 3346 3242 “Art for All”, the gallery's annual summer group exhibition features a galaxy of artists such as Georges Bahgory, Ihab Lotfy, Djehan Raouf, Salah Taher, Seif and Adham Wanli (continues through the end of the season).
UBUNTU 20 Hassan Sabry St, (entrance from Ibn Zinki St), Zamalek, Tel 0100 2792223 New Space, First Foor “UBUNTU Revisited”, the annual end-of-season group exhibition featuring the works of Amgad Al-Tohamy, Al-Husseiny Ali, Eman Barakat, Halim Yacoub, Hayam Abdel-Baqy, Mohamed Khedr, Nevine Farghaly, Rawda Nour, Sahar Al Amir, Tayseer Hamed, Hannah Stevenson and many more. Ramadan working hour: 11am-4pm daily except Fridays (6 June- 14 August)
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999 Conference Centre West Exhibition Hall “Yesterday –Tomorrow: A Work in Aspective Realism”, an exhibition organised BA Antiquities Museum and includes around 50 experts 13 of them are Egyptologists from different institutions around the world (28 May-10 June).
