Access art space
10 El-Nabarawy St-Mahmoud Bassiouny St, Downtown, Cairo, Tel 012 73714371/ 012 27981899
“Plage Champollion” group exhibition 3rd edition features artworks on summer (closing 6 September).
Arcade
25 Orabi St, off Port Said, Maadi, Tel 010 19222220
“White” group show brings a formidable gathering of 18 artists such as Hany Rashed, Rana Samir, Aya Gamal, Hanna Khater, Omar Sherif (16 August- 14 September).
Cairo Opera Complex
Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek
Salah Taher gallery
Tel 02 2739 0132/0144
Drawing exhibition by the Talents Development Centre (2-5 September).
Music Library (Ziad Bakir) gallery
“Egyptian Tales” group exhibition of painting (3-9 September). “”2
CLEG
Villa CLEG 118 Diplomatic district, El-Sheikh Zayed, Tel 0101 2705242
“Wonder Art III” exhibition is characterized by the diversity of its artworks and artists, presenting wonderful summery paintings including oil, pastel, and charcoal paintings, as well as contemporary art done by more than 60 artists and more than 200 artworks (closing 31 August).
Duroub
4 Amrika Al-Latiniya St, Garden City, Tel 02 2796 2881/ 2794 7951
“Art is a Beautiful Melody” group exhibition’s guest of honor is artist Farahat Zaki (12 August-30 September).
Garden of Art
El-Sheikh Zayed, Rabwa Mall, ground floor, entrance from Rabwa compound gate 3, Tel 01200 407771
“Big Frames, Small Frames” collective show of 46 sculptures and painting by Mustafa El-Fiki, Sayed Saad Eldein, Hassan Abdel-Fatah, Mohsen Attia, Mohamed Ghanem, Eman Hakim, Hana Helmy, Laila Hassan, Mohamed Ellban, and many more
20 May-1 October).)
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 Friday
“Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue” multifaceted show features an eclectic collection of over 25 of our contemporary artists. Some of the works were created decades ago, some were created yesterday, and some were borrowed from private collections. Participating artists are Adel El-Siwi, Amre Heiba, Xavier Puigmarti, Nazir Tanbouli, Hazem El-Mestikawy, Hisham El-Zeiny, Essam Marouf, Sami Elias, Hany Rashed, Ahmed Sabry, Amr El-Kafrawy, Ibrahim El Haddad, Essam Alaa, Bahareddine Adam, Qarm Qart, Marco Magrini and many more (2 - 14 September).
Picasso East
Villa No 39 Al Narges 35th settlement, 90's St, in front of Lake View Compound, New Cairo, Tel 0122 0000035
The gallery’s Summer group exhibition features works by the likes of Georges Bahgory, Mustafa El-Feki, Salah El-Meleigy, Ahmed El-Kott, Hannan Youssef, Helmy El-Tony, Mai Heshmat, Fathy Afifi and many more (closing 9 September).
Tahrir Cultural Centre (TCC)
AUC Tahrir Square
Margo Veillon Gallery
“A Place to Begin” a creative photography exhibition by Mohamed Mahdy presenting a solo show within the thematic “The City.” The exhibition showcases a series of black and white artworks, video installations, and calligraphy (6-21 September, open daily from 10am to 9pm including the weekends (except the official holidays).
Yassin art gallery
159, 26th July St, Behind Diwan Bookstore, Zamalek, Tel 01271170035
“Nostalgia” exhibition of painting by artist Reda Abdel-Rahman (closing 14 September).
Zamalek Art gallery
11 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 1240
“Masterpieces XXII” summer group exhibition is presenting a wide range of exclusive and never-seen before works by some of the greatest Egyptian artists of the past and present, as well as debut works by budding artists (closing 10 September).
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.
Conference Centre, Eastern Exhibition Hall
“First Time #30” exhibition’s seventeenth round has developed the idea of the exhibition in order to be able to contain a larger number of artists and keep pace with the changes of the fine art scene, so it adopts this year’s slogan “#30” to focus on the youth category from 16 to 30 years old and their artistic experiences are evolving and maturing. Twenty-two male and female artists from Alexandria, Cairo and Mansoura are participating in this year’s forum.
They present their creativity in various fields of art, including photography, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, collage, photography and drawing (closing 9 September).
* A version of this article appears in print in the 31 August, 2023 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
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