Curatorial Ethos
Gallery Misr is a platform for modern and contemporary Arab art. Rooted in Cairo, it presents painting, sculpture, drawing, video and photography by established and emerging artists from Egypt and the Arab world, and carries this programme to international art fairs and collaborations with galleries, museums and foundations.
Gallery Misr opened in Zamalek in June 2011. It was founded and is directed by the artist Mohammed Talaat, former director of the Palace of Arts at the Cairo Opera House. Starting as a space for Egyptian art, it has grown into a regional programme: its artists include Adel El Siwi, Souad Abdelrasoul, Ayman El Semary, Aya Gamil and Rania Abu El Azm from Egypt, Mahmoud Obaidi and Serwan Baran from Iraq, Bahram Hajou from Syria and Tagreed Darghouth from Lebanon. The gallery exhibits at Abu Dhabi Art, Art Week Riyadh, Freej Art in Doha, 1-54 London, VOLTA and Art Basel Qatar.
Why this gallery matters
Exhibo editorial
Ibn Zinky Street, off Hassan Sabry, in the residential heart of Zamalek. Gallery Misr opened here in June 2011, five months after Tahrir, founded by the artist Mohammed Talaat — who had spent the previous decade running the Palace of Arts at the Cairo Opera House, the state venue every Egyptian artist of that generation wanted to show in. He left the institution and built a private one. The roster explains the rest. Adel El Siwi. Souad Abdelrasoul. Ayman El Semary. Then the names that turn a Cairo gallery into a regional one: Mahmoud Obaidi and Serwan Baran from Iraq, Bahram Hajou from Syria, Tagreed Darghouth from Lebanon. Not an Egyptian gallery with guests — an Arab programme with a Cairo address. It travels the same way: Abu Dhabi Art, 1-54 London, Art Week Riyadh, Freej Art in Doha, and in February 2026 Art Basel Qatar. The room on Ibn Zinky is small. The circuit it plugs into is not.
Visit
Hours, directions, and direct contact. For programme or press enquiries, use the contact form below.
Address
4A Ibn Zanke, off Hassan Sabry St, Zamalek, Cairo
Opening hours
- Monday
- 11:00 – 20:00
- Tuesday
- 11:00 – 20:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 20:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 20:00
- Friday
- Closed
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 20:00
- Sunday
- 11:00 – 20:00
Closed on Fridays. Free entry.
Contact
Direct enquiries through Exhibo are available once this profile is verified by the gallery.
Contact unavailable
When the gallery owner verifies this profile on Exhibo, a contact form will appear here so you can reach them directly through our portal — enquiries, press, and partnerships routed to their team.
That has not happened yet, which is why you are seeing this message instead of a form.