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Call of the Art Wild

If you missed it last February, here’s your chance to take advantage of a very special art trip to Marrakech in early 2025, from January 30 to February 2. During this week, the renowned art fair 1-54 puts a bright spotlight on the best contemporary art coming from the African continent and its diaspora…

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Khadija El Abyad: Rising Star of Moroccan Contemporary Art

“We love to share the artists we discover over time here in Marrakech. For several years, we have been observing and following this talented young woman, whom we are introducing to you today. We hope Khadija El Abyad captivates you as much as she has us…”

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My Odyssey with Paul Bowles: Immersing in the Literary Tapestry of Morocco

It’s a curious oversight that the name of Paul Bowles has seldom graced our narratives. For twenty-eight years, Morocco has been my home, and it’s here that I first encountered the profound works of this exceptional author. With each reading, Bowles’s words unveil new revelations, drawing me deeper into the enigmatic tapestry of Moroccan landscapes and cultural intricacies…

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Averroes (Ibn Rushd)

Averroes, also known as Ibn Rushd, was a prominent medieval Andalusian philosopher, physician, and scholar who lived from 1126 to 1198. He is known for his significant contributions to various fields, including philosophy and medicine. Averroes did spend some time in Marrakech, which is located in present-day Morocco…

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Brion Gysin

Born in 1916, Brion Gysin accumulates the marginalities of his time … Homosexual, stateless, without religion. He is also a polyglot and multi-form artist…

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Mous Lamrabat

Mous Lamrabat is an atypical character, a photographer who mixes, confronts, opposes, assembles images and aesthetics of the Western world with those of Morocco…

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Martine Franck

From the stay of Martine Franck in Morocco, remains only one photograph dated 1976 … The shot of a beach in Agadir where the chairs were washed away…

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Kessy Beldi vases – gamme Calebasses

Large fruits with soft and rounded shapes. Dry, they are used in containers here but also on other continents. The calabashes are at the heart of nature, of Africa and their organic reality inspired Cécile Halley des Fontaines.

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Brice Marden

He traces, draws, paints. He lives in New York, Tivoli in the Hudson Valley, Hydra Island in Greece and Marrakesh in Morocco.

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Cloud Fisher – Morocco

A cloud fisher or a cloud fisherman … The image is poetic for this installation and is a real innovation for many populations…

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