Arcade gallery
25 Orabi St, off Port Said, Maadi, Tel 010 19222220
Leila Izzet Museum
Villa 30 road 18, Maadi
“Red” group exhibition is bringing together a formidable gathering of 51 artists (11 March - 15 April).
Difaf
37 Mohamed Mazhar, Zamalek, Tel 0102 7365252
“Scent of Light” exhibition by Sabah Naim. Naim’s visions move to the rhythms of Sufism–rising and falling, transforming and evolving. Through these rituals, she draws us into the heart of her world, far from reality, taking us by the hand into an alternate realm of her own making (closing 31 March).
Duroub
27 Hassan Assem, Zamalek, Tel 010 33552422/ 0100 4252768
“Ramadaniat” a miscellaneous group exhibition of artworks depicting the various themes of the month of Ramadan
(closing 19 March).
Al-Fustat Centre for Ceramic
Old Cairo district, Tel 0111 8575573
The permanent exhibition of the centre’s handcrafted products including ceramic, brass, jewellery, and khayamia.
Italian Cultural Institute
3 El-Sheikh El Marsafy St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 5423/2735 8791
Solo Exhibition at IIC
“After the Storm: Memories of a Drawing” Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art celebrates its 10th edition of My Favorite Things, an annual all-girls platform organised by Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, hosting a solo exhibition by the Italian-Egyptian artist Sarah Zaki as the guest of honour at the Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo. Zaki (b. 1991, Pietrasanta, Italy) is a visual artist based in Cairo. Working primarily across painting and sculpture, Sarah explores themes of identity, the self, and the instability of human experience within contemporary social narratives. Her work often portrays female figures and portraits that reflect both personal and collective emotion. Through distortion, gesture, and vivid color, she seeks to reveal the psychological tension between inner reality and outward perception
(26 March 2026 - 20 April 2026).
Khan Almaghraby
18 Al-Mansour Mohamed St, Zamalek, Tel 02 27368687/0109 4005971
“Madad Madad” bringing together the distinctive artistic experiences of two visual artists: Hassan El-Shark and the sculptor Mahmoud Salem. The exhibition features over 35 new paintings by El-Shark, reflecting his visual world drawn from the Egyptian countryside, with its rituals, folk traditions, and Sufi spirit. In a parallel visual dialogue, the self-taught sculptor Salem presents over 10 sculptures in diverse materials. Most of his works are inspired by the environment in which he lives in Luxor, where elements of southern nature, particularly birds of various species, are prominently featured (closing 19 March).
Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art
15 Mahmoud Bassiouny St, Downtown, Cairo, Tel 02 2578 4494, open daily from 11am to 8pm except Fridays “Light Installations, Menawwareen 3” inspired by Ramadan traditions of illuminating the streets in celebration, this group exhibition explores light as both medium and material. Following its previous editions in 2004 and 2019, the exhibition brings together artworks that activate light through illumination, shadow, reflection, colour, movement, and interaction. Featuring works by selected Egyptian and Egypt-based artists and designers: Alexandra Stock, Amr El-Negma, Aya Tarek, EmmaJan Geyer, Hala Abu Shady, Hana Osama, Israa Kazem, Rana Ahmed, Salma Baset, and Xenia Nikolsk (closing 19 March).
Safarkhan
6 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 012 70169291
“The Inner Nile” exhibition showcases Safarkhan resident talent Ibrahim Khatab’s latest collection. Since his last exhibition during our 2023/24 season, Khatab has cemented his status as one of the Middle East’s most sought-after artists, now being a regular fixture in continental art fairs from Nigeria to South Africa to Abu Dhabi, amassing a burgeoning following across global art circles, with his works becoming fixtures in reputed art collections around the world (1-22 April).
Swailam
14 El-Saleh Ayoub St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 8900/0111232 4002
“Visions” exhibition showcases selective artworks by artists from Egypt, the Middle East, and Europe. This diverse collection celebrates a fusion of cultures, styles, and creative expressions (closing 31 March).
ALEXANDRIA
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Port Said St, Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999
Archaeological Museum
A permanent exhibition on the results of the Archaeological Mission of the University of Turin in Nelson Island.
Goethe Institute Temporarily 27 Marouf El Rassafi Street, Kafr Abdo, Alexandria
“Photograph Explorers” photography exhibition is the result of a workshop held from April to November of last year, participants in the “Photograph Explorers” workshop photographed and experimented together, discovering Alexandria from a new perspective. Exhibition is curated by Buthaina Shaalan.
Participants including among many others: Ahmed Ramadan Ahmed, Ahmed Walid Sami, Aya Ahmed Mehran, Aya Mohamed Mahmoud Ali, Reem Farag Gomaa, Ziad Hassan Mostafa, Salwa Hamdi Mohamed, and Abdullah Mougy
(closing 31 May).
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