“Knight of Arab Art” caricature exhibition honors actor Mohamed Sobhy at Mahmoud Mokhtar Museum
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24 Hassan Assem St, off Brazil, Zamalek, Tel 0100 1115433 “Traces of Yesterday” painting exhibition by Fatma Adel, a visual journey that explores memories and revisits the details of the past through a rich world of colours and storytelling (5- 25 July). “Meaning of the Word Painting” painting exhibition by Ibrahim El-Attar, an artistic experience that reflects on the meaning of painting and its connection with space, memory, and the moment (5- 25 July).
French Institute in Egypt
Madrasset Al-Huquq Al Frinseya St, Mounira, Tel 02 2791 5800
“A thousand stories of lives transformed” exhibition marks the 20th anniversary of the French Development Agency (AFD) Group in Egypt showcasing the tangible results of this collaboration. The AFD Group entrusted the task of documenting this history to two women, Noria Tesson and Samar Bayoumi, whose professions are based on observation, listening, and bearing witness. This collaboration has resulted in a series of articles and photographs, providing concrete evidence of the profound transformation that these decades of Franco-Egyptian cooperation have brought to the lives of many (24 June - 28 July).
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.
Mahmoud Mokhtar Culture Centre
Mahmoud Mokhtar Museum, 5 Tahrir St, beside Cairo Sporting Club, Tel 02 2735 1123
Isis Hall & Nahdat Misr Hall
“Knight of Arab Art” international caricature exhibition is organized by the Egyptian Caricature Society with the Fine Arts Sector of the Ministry of Culture and the Russian Cultural Centre in Cairo. The exhibition is organized in recognition of renowned actor Mohamed Sobhy’s extensive artistic and cultural career, his theatrical, cinematic, and television works, as well as his artistic project, which have conveyed humanitarian and cultural messages that have contributed to shaping the consciousness of successive generations. It showcases 135 caricature portraits created by 116 artists from 28 countries, chosen from among 230 artworks submitted by 174 artists representing 38 countries (16- 26 July).
Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art
15 Mahmoud Bassiouny St, Downtown, Cairo, Tel 02 2578 4494, open daily from 11am to 8pm except Fridays
“The Turbulent Land” a solo exhibition of painting by Egyptian artist Ahmed Sabry. The exhibition presents acrylic on wood and acrylic on canvas works depicting a hazy, pale gray world where details barely emerge. Bodies hang in awkward, suspended poses, straining forward yet held back. Empty eyes, frozen emotions. Figures sometimes become caricatures, but they do not provoke laughter. The series follows villagers whose ground vanished beneath them, leaving them stranded in a fight for survival and endurance (28 June - 30 July, the gallery is closed in August).
Picasso East
Villa No 39 Al Narges 35th settlement, 90's St, in front of Lake View Compound, New Cairo, Tel 0122 0000035
“Blue Vista” collective exhibition of miscellaneous artworks
(27 June – 27 August).
Swailam
14 El-Saleh Ayoub St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 8900/0111232 4002
“Small Paintings” is a group exhibition celebrating a wide range of diversity and creativity. It showcases selective artworks by artists from Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq (12 July - 1 October).
Yassin art gallery
159, 26th July St, Behind Diwan Bookstore, Zamalek, Tel 01271170035
“Different Space- 5th Edition 2026” collective exhibition is showcasing artworks by 34 artists (16 June - end of August).
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.
* A version of this article appears in print in the 23 July, 2026 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
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