Amir Taz Palace 27 Al-Syoufiya St, off Al-Saliba St, Al-Khalifa District, Tel 2514 2581 "Hide and Seek", the 23rd exhibition of the one shot group (Closing 10 June).
The Art Lounge An annex to Al MASAR gallery, Behler's Mansion, 157b, 26 July St, ground floor, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8537/010 067 070 "Table of Life", paintings by Tarek Montasser (Closing 30 May).
Artellewa Art Space 19 Mohamed Ali Al Eseary , Ard Al Lewa, Giza, Tel 012 88108880 "We are the End of the World", a photography exhibition by Mohamed Al Masri showcases images of armed conflicts and incidents of ethnic cleansing from multiple places and different dates over the last 100 years(20 June –7 July).
Cairo Opera Complex Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek *Salah Taher gallery Tel 2739 0132/0144 Graphic paintings by Khaled Amir (2-12 June). *Music Library (Ziad Bakir) gallery Iron artworks by Halim Makram (2-10 June). *Hanager Art Centre "Crossing The Nile", an exhibition of paintings by Greek artist Andreas Georgiadis and "Nour", an exhibition of jewellery inspired by Islamic art by Elena Syraka are organized as part of the Greek Cultural Week(30 May- 2 June). *Palace of Arts The General Exhibition 2013 (30 May-25 June).
Ceramic and Traditional Handicrafts Centre 1 Al-Imam St, behind Amr bin El-Aas Mosque, Al-Fustat, Old Cairo. Tel 2364 3103 A permanent exhibition of the centre's ceramic, brass, jewellery and khayamiya products.
Contemporary Image Collective (CIC) 22 Abdel Khalek Tharwat St, 4th Floor, Downtown, Cairo, Tel 2396 4272 "Objects in Mirror are Closer than they Appear", the film and video works in this exhibition expose the fracture between what we are shown on screen and what we see. Borrowing from various cinematic conventions, as well as formats including lecture, documentary, rehearsal and found footage, they examine the limits of our imagination and credulity. With a variety of approaches, their references move between the black boxes of movie theatres and the 'black mirrors' of our TV screens, computers and smart phones. The exhibition blurs the boundary between depiction and deception and questions the logic of storytelling. Does the illusive charm of the moving image undermine its authority as a visual record? And what role does the viewer's imagination play in constructing a narrative?The show explores the tension between image, narrative and the viewer's perception. It brings together works by seven international artists: Herman Asselberghs, Manon de Boer, Sherif Al-Azma, Patricia Esquivias, Lars Laumann, Maha Maamoun, and Ján Mančuška(30 May - 12 June).
Darb 1718 Kasr El Sham3 Street, Al Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Tel 2361 0511 “Fashion Reincarnated: Recycling Identities & Memories”, from a multi-disciplinary arts perspective using an assemblage of different mediums and materials, the artists and designers in this unique exhibition reflect on fashion design and visual arts in light of the recycling process - from the pattern and the finished good, to fashion “leftovers” and the reincarnation of styles and materials. Different garments, items and installations will be used to express and question identity, androgyny, consumerism and waste. Experimenting with forms and focusing on the stories, memories and history connected to the items, each one-of-a-kind piece celebrates and commemorates the life events, relationships and passions of those who made it, wore it, or tore it apart. In the spirit of reincarnation, the artistic works presented seek to evoke their own storytelling.(Closing 31 May).
Duroub 4 Amrika Al-Latiniya St, Garden City, Tel 2796 2881/ 2794 7951 Calligraphy exhibition features Sherine Abdel-Nasser, Salah Abdel-Khaleq, Mustafa Khodeir among others (30 May-9 June).
Gezira Art Centre 1 Al-Sheikh Al-Marsafi St, Zamalek. Tel 2737 3298 *Ahmed Sabri Hall Paintings by Refki Al-Razzaz and Wadina Al-Maqadis (5-17 June). *Al-Hussein Fawzi Hall Paintings byZeinab Mahmoud (5-17 June). *Kamal Khalifa Hall Paintings by Ahmed Moussa (5-17 June). *Ragheb Ayad Hall Paintings by Alham Fekri (5-17 June).
Al-Ghouri Caravansary Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Moaiz St with Al-Azhar, Tel 2514 7475 "The Art of the Islamic Book from Leiden University Collection: The Beauty in the Oriental Manuscripts", exhibition of Islamic manuscripts and drawings (30 May-30 June).
Khanalmaghraby 18 Al-Mansour Mohamed St, Zamalek, Tel 2735 3349/01000 694940 A trio exhibition of painting and ceramic works features Rabab Wahba, Sherine Mustafa and Rania Al-Helw (Closing 31May).
AL MASAR Behler's Mansion, 157b, 26 July St, ground floor, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8537/010 067 0705 "Urban Diversity", paintings by Ahmed Farid (Closing30 May).
Mashrabia 8 Champollion St, Downtown. Tel: 25784494-Mob. 0100 1704554 "Journey Around My Living Room", a project by Hala Al-koussi borrows its title from the book "Journey Around My Bedroom" by Xavier De Maistre in which the author undertakes a journey of two weeks in his own bedroom proceeds to describe it as if he has never seen it before. In spring and summer of 2012, the artist went back to her beginnings as a street photographer. She photographed every day in her neighbourhood of Downtown Cairo; her interest being in the mundane, the banal, the here and now with its wealth of small traces and the gaps that don't offer unilateral meaning. The resulting installation on offer in this exhibition offers visual indices for the larger context, a detailed portrait of a city in waiting (30 May-4 June).
Picasso 30 Hassan Assem off Brazil St, Zamalek. Tel 2736 7544 "Intimacy", sculptures and graphic works by Saria Sedky (Closing 4 June).
Townhouse 10 Nabarawy St, off Champollion St, Downtown. Tel 2576 8086 *Factory Space & First Floor gallery “Desire, Deceit, and Difficult Deliveries”, a solo exhibition by Doaa Aly, marks the Egyptian premier of “Metamorphoses: The Sequences.” These video adaptations of four tales from Ovid's canonical poem—tales of violent, unrequited passions that come to tragic fruition—were the genesis of a body of drawings, sculpture and text collage. “Metamorphoses: The Sequences” (2010-2013), on view in the Townhouse Factory Space, take as their premise the myths of “Echo and Narcissus,” (Closing 5 June).
