Arcade
25 Orabi St, off Port Said, Maadi, Tel 010 19222220
“The Curse of the Unexpected Verdicts” a duo art exhibition by artists Hamza Mohamed and Omar Sherif (WeirDo)
(closing 20 April).
Cairo Opera Complex
Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek
Salah Taher gallery
Tel 02 2739 0132/0144
"Utopia" painting exhibition by Walid Gahin (16-22 April).
Exhibition of paintings by Peru embassy (23-30 April).
Music Library (Ziad Bakir) gallery
Painting exhibition by Sara Orabi from Syria (20-27April).
Duroub
4 Amrika Al-Latiniya St, Garden City, Tel 02 2796 2881/ 2794 7951
Group miscellaneous exhibition by 45 artists such as Galal El-Husseiny, Shaker El-Maadawy, Galileo, Ibrahim El-Beredy, and Azza Adel (closing 20 April).
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.
Lamasatt
Villa 14, El Atteba St, Dokki, 01006018726/ 01010645106
"We Integrate Art into Life" group exhibition features Egypt's most important and prominent visual artists such as Vahan Telpian, Christina Ayad, Ashraf Reda, Salwa Roushdy, Khaled Sorour, Nael Eissa, George Fakhry (20-30 April).
Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art
15 Mahmoud Bassiouny St, Downtown, Cairo, Tel 02 2578 4494,
open daily from 11am to 8pm except Fridays
"My Favorite Things 8" annual all-girls exhibition started in 2016 as a small group exhibition, showing the artworks of three chosen women artists; featured by Mashrabia as the revelation of the season. This year's selection features 20 female artists, most of them participating for the first time (31 March- 8 May).
Al Mashhad
23 b Ismail Mohamed St, off Abu El-Feda, Zamalek, 01211100727
The opening ceremony of the city's new artistic hub presents a unique group show by a bevy of iconic artists such as the late sculptor Adam Henein, and the contemporaries Farouk Hosny, Essam Darwish, Hassan Kamel, Reda Abdel-Rahman, Abdel-Aziz Saab, Sabry Mansour, Tarek El-Sheikh, Hany Faisal, Wael Darwish, Gihan Soliman, Khaled Hafez and many more (6 March - 6 May).
Picasso
30 Hassan Assem off Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 7544
Hall I & Hall II
"Golden Horizons" exhibition of painting by Osama Farid
(21 April - 8 May).
"My Toy" exhibition of glass sculptures by Sayyed Waked
(21 April - 8 May).
Russian Cultural Centre
127 Tahrir St, Dokki Metro Station, Giza, Tel 02 3760 6371
"Islamic Traditions in Russia" photography exhibition displays live images of the religious administration’s diverse activity for the Muslims of Russia. It showcases the famous photo of President Vladimir Putin during his visit to the Friday Mosque in the historic city of Derbent in Dagestan, which is one of the oldest mosques, where the Qur’an was presented as a gift to the president. The exhibition displays live images of the religious administration’s diverse activity for the Muslims of Russia. The exhibition includes the famous photo of President Vladimir Putin during his visit to the Friday Mosque in the historic city of Derbent in Dagestan, where the Qur’an was presented as a gift to the president (18-22 April).
ALEXANDRIA
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Port Said St, 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.
* A version of this article appears in print in the 18 April, 2024 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
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