Yesterday I spent part of the day exploring a couple of sites of the Cairo Biennale. I know it is difficult to talk about "contemporary art", it is definitely not everybody's cup of tea, and, if you ask me, sometimes for very good reasons. But it would be silly to dismiss the whole category and entrench ourselves in the work of the Impressionists (that by the way, looked to many of their contemporaries as pretty awful!). I suggest therefore, if you have the time, that you pay a visit to at least one of the venues that will host the Biennale until February 20.
Inside the El Gezira Art Center, the same building hosting the beautiful Ceramic Museum (there you go, two birds with one stone) just beside the back entrance of the Marriot in Zamalek, you have three rooms of works, mostly from Arab countries. One of the room is devoted to the Spanish Private Rendering with interesting video installations (I liked very much the one of Eugenia Funes). They are opened 10:00AM-1:00PM and 5:00PM to 8:00PM. Entrance is free (to the Biennale, you have to pay a ticket for the Ceramic Museum).
The place where you'll find a lot of works of the Biennale is in the grounds of the Cairo Opera House, still in Zamalek. I arrived too late to enter the Art's Palace (they seem to close at 1:00PM) and could enjoy only the two installations just in front of its entrance (The Sun Engine and Borg El-Amal). But walking back towards the parking I spotted some stalls just immediately on your right side after the car parking entrance. They do not seem to stop for the breack here and host some interesting videos and static installations. Entrance is free.
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