Access art space

10 El-Nabarawy St-Mahmoud Bassiouny St, Downtown, Cairo, Tel 012 73714371/ 012 27981899 

“Dialogue” solo exhibition of paintings by Ahmed Omar 

(closing 23 April). 

Aisha Fahmy Palace

1 Aziz Abaza St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 8211

The Complex of Arts

“The Scene I”, a group exhibition showcases 90 artworks by a number of Egypt’s contemporary artists representing different art styles including sculptors Essam Darwish, Hassan Kamel, Islam Ebada, and Kamal Fathy, artist Sabah Naim (14 March-14 May). 

American University in Cairo 

New Cairo Campus, Abdul Latif Jameel Hall, Plaza Level, Tel 02 2615 3318

The Photographic Gallery

“The Eternal River”, exhibition brings together a selection of archival photographs of the Nile shot between the 1950s and 1970s by Swiss painter Margo Veillon and contemporary photography by Egypt’s emerging photojournalist Roger Anis on the river. The exhibition features a series of landscape photographs with striking compositions, which depict water and land textures and colors, and life and activity on the Nile banks. The exhibition is also an intersection between local and foreign gazes and connects the past with the present 

(closing 27 April). 

Cairo Opera Complex

Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek

Salah Taher gallery

Tel 02 2739 0132/0144

Oil paintings by Omnia Hilal (23-29April).   

Music Library (Ziad Bakir) gallery

Oil paintings by Hany Al-Qoushery (23-29April).   

Palace of Art

The first round of the Ceramic Art Salon showcases ceramics by around 70 ceramists representing different art styles and honors the names of late iconic ceramists Said El-Sadr and his students, Nabil Darwish, Mohieddin Hussein among others (24 March-30 April). 

Ebdaa

23 B Ismail Mohamed St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 6239/0100 2155702

“Selections of Egyptian Art” by the pioneers Gamil Shafiq, Youssef Kamel, Hassan Soliman, Ragheb Ayyad, Zakaria El-Zeiny, Abdel-Ghaffar Shedid, Sabry Mansour, Zeinab Abdel-Hamid, Sobhi Guirguis, Mounir Canaan and many more (13 March-28 April).

French Cultural Institute

Madrasset Al-Huquq Al Frinseya St, Mounira, Tel 02 2791 5800 

Main Hall

In the context of the Francophone festivity, a digital exhibition by French artist Gaëtan Trovato is organized by the French Institute, in partnership with Senghor University, where it is presented through

Digital Media Film Archive of Basil Behna in order to revive the history of the Egyptian cinema, classics of the forties, fifties, and sixties.

Through sound effects and excerpts from films, posters, photos, interviews, this digital exhibition is one of the institute’s highlights and will highlight and honor this rich heritage (30 March - 25 April). 

Al-Ghouri Caravansary
Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St and Al-Azhar St, Tel 02 2514 7475

A retrospective exhibition of the participating artists at the Luxor International Painting Forum. It includes 35 works by female artists who participated in the forum from the tenth session held in 2017 to the thirteenth session that was held in 2020, from 12 countries: Egypt, Italy, Serbia, Russia, Lebanon, Romania, Nepal, Lithuania, Tunisia, Bahrain, Ukraine Georgia (18 March - 7 May).

Italian Cultural Institute

3 El-Sheikh El Marsafy St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 5423/2735 8791

Paintings by Aya Aziz (28 March-30 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.

Khan Almaghraby

18 Al-Mansour Mohamed St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 3349/01000 694940

“Madaad Madaad Madaad”, a group exhibition by artists Ahmed Selim, Azza Abou Elsaoud, Evelyn Ashamallah, Ibrahim Elbiridy, Omar Abdel-Zaher (10 - 27 April, working hours during Ramadan are daily from 11am to 3pm and 8pm to 11pm except Fridays).

Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art

15 Mahmoud Bassiouny St, Qasr Al-Nile, Downtown, First Floor, Tel 02 25750353 / 0100 1704554

“Salah Jahin’s Quartets”, after a long absence from the Egyptian scene, the well-known Syrian artist Youssef Abdelké is back with a new exhibition. It includes 35 subjects coming from Salah Jahin’s quartets, that the Egyptian poet wrote between 1959 and 1962
(30 March - 28 April).

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.

*A version of this article appears in print in the 21 April, 2022 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly.