American University in Cairo
New Cairo Campus
Sharjah Art Gallery
“Graphic Design Senior Show” the Graphic Design programme presents the senior graduation show (11-30 May).
Cairo Opera Complex
Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek
Salah Taher gallery
Tel 02 2739 0132/0144
The Khnum First International Forum for Sculpture and Ceramic features artists Ali Al-Awad (Kuwait), Ola Hamdy (Egypt), Stella J Richey (USA), and many more (4-9 May).
Exhibition of oil painting by Zakariya Hafez (11-16 May).
Music Library (Ziad Bakir) gallery
Exhibition of oil painting (11-16 May).
Italian/Egyptian Centre for Restoration and Antiquities (CIERA)
31 Al Suyuffeya St, Al Helmeya, Cairo, visitors are welcomed by appointments so contact the manager Mr. Salah Ramadan 0100 8716067
Architectural complex of the Mevlevi Dervish “Samaa Khana, Restorations and Restorers” permanent exhibition of the activities of the working/formation sites for the restoration and recovery of the monuments. Visitors are welcomed during the opening hours determined by the Ministry of Antiquities.
Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art
15 Mahmoud Bassiouny St, Downtown, Cairo, Tel 02 2578 4494, open daily from 11am to 8pm except Fridays
“Timeline” exhibition of paintings by Cairo-based Spanish artist Xavier Puigmarti. In this exhibit, Puigmarti plays with time; Long paper sheets (300x70 cm) feature drawings of himself alongside miniatures of his most iconic paintings of old. When asked why he paints, Puigmarti answers with a banal sentence: “I paint to kill time”, or as one might say, “to avoid boredom”. Yet this answer is far from banal: Time is man's worst enemy. As Xavier says: "We know the outcome of our battle against time: It always kills us in the end (closing 4 May).
“Black Moon” exhibition of drawing inspired by ancient theories by Hala Abu-Shady, who carefully accumulated a collection of images depicting war and peace, illness and health, and rises and falls. In this multimedia art exhibition, the discussion on moon phases is documented in various forms.
Abu-Shady’s beliefs inspired a series of artworks comprising photo collage, photo montage, photography, drawings, paintings, and a video artwork as well that is strongly connected to the black moon mythology (7 May - 1 June).
Picasso
30 Hassan Assem off Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 7544
Hall I
“Eden” paintings exhibition by expressionist artist Deena Fadel (3-27 May).
Hall II
“Faces and Cafes” exhibition of paintings by Omar El-Fayoumi (3-27 May).
The President Hotel
22 Taha Hussein St, Zamalek
“Glints of Egypt” a group photography exhibition in a new chapter of Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art long-standing collaboration with The President Hotel. The show unveils a new gaze onto Egypt through revisited images of Islamic Cairo, shots of the vivid Nubian desert, and re-imagined walls of the metropole inhabited by graffitis of golden era of movie stars (closing 30 May).
UBUNTU
20 Hassan Sabry St, (entrance from Ibn Zinki St), Zamalek, Tel 0100 2792223
Ground Floor
“Through the Lens” group exhibition of photography and painting by Jonathan Rashad, Malak Kabbani, Natasha Yonan, and Raymond Khalife (3-23 May).
First Floor
“Salute to Safwat Abbass” exhibition of paintings by Safwat Abbass (3-23 May).
Yassin art gallery
159, 26th July St, Behind Diwan Bookstore, Zamalek, Tel 01271170035
“City Art” a group exhibition of 50 aquarelle paintings by the likes of Yasser Geassa, Nada Hafez, Heba Nabih, Fatemah Hassan, Rania Zakariya, and Hend Hegazy (2-25 May).
ALEXANDRIA
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999
Archeological Museum
A permanent exhibition on the results of the Archaeological Mission of the University of Turin in Nelson Island.
Conference Centre, West Exhibition Hall
“Visions of Abstraction” a duet exhibition of paintings by Nazli Madkour and Menhat-Allah Helmy (2-20 May).
* A version of this article appears in print in the 4 May, 2023 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
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