Curatorial Program & Archival Shows

Exhibitions

Explore active retrospectives, upcoming season openings in Zamalek and New Cairo, and our archival museum documentation spanning five decades.

Myth & Metaphor: The Egyptian Surrealist Awakening
Upcoming
Feb 10, 2027 – May 15, 2027
Picasso Art Gallery, Hassan Assem St., Zamalek

Myth & Metaphor: The Egyptian Surrealist Awakening

Hamed Nada, Abdel Hady El-Gazzar & George Bahgoury

Exploring the mythical undercurrents of the Cairo art scene from the 1940s to the present. Featuring masterworks from the Contemporary Art Group through George Bahgoury's nocturnal cafe scenes.

Monuments of Solitude & Form (صروح العزلة والشكل)
Now On View
Oct 15, 2026 – Jan 20, 2027
Picasso East Grand Pavilion, New Cairo

Monuments of Solitude & Form (صروح العزلة والشكل)

Adam Henein, Abdel Hady El-Gazzar & Gazbia Sirry

This curated exhibition brings together monumental sculptures by Adam Henein in dialogue with seminal paintings by Abdel Hady El-Gazzar and Gazbia Sirry. Spanning five decades of contemplative reduction, each piece engages Egyptian antiquity through rigorous twentieth-century formal abstraction.

Fifty Years of Egyptian Modernism: 1950–2000
Past Archive
Sep 1, 2025 – Dec 28, 2025
Picasso East Grand Pavilion, New Cairo

Fifty Years of Egyptian Modernism: 1950–2000

Archival Masterworks from Gallery Permanent Collection

A milestone survey tracing the Golden Age of Egyptian post-war painting and sculpture, from the Free Officers era to the dawn of the 21st century.

Prisms of Liberation: Inji Efflatoun Retrospective
Past Archive
Nov 5, 2024 – Feb 18, 2025
Picasso Art Gallery, Hassan Assem St., Zamalek

Prisms of Liberation: Inji Efflatoun Retrospective

Drawings, Prison Works & Luminous Countryside Landscapes

A comprehensive solo retrospective dedicated to the visual legacy of Inji Efflatoun, tracing her surrealist roots with Kamel El-Telmessany through her prison notebooks and late glowing landscapes.

Participating Artists: