Closure of performance halls, theaters or concert halls, cancellation of festivals. This is what the Moroccan culture has been reduced to since the beginning of the pandemic. The situation is not at all rosy for the thousands of workers who live off culture.
"Moroccan art and artists remain at the heart of our collection and interpretation projects," said Mr. Dumouchelle to the MAP , during the passage in Washington of the exhibition "Golden Caravans, Fragments in Time", organized with the participation of Morocco.
The President of the National Foundation of Museums (FNM) was received, on Tuesday at the Élysée, for a working lunch with Brigitte Macron. The discussions with Mehdi Qotbi focused on the Eugène Delacroix exhibition scheduled to be held in April 2021 in Morocco.
An art auction was held on Saturday in Tangier. The funds raised will be fully paid into the Special Fund for the management of the new coronavirus pandemic.
The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) announced on Monday the postponement of the 2020 World Expo in Dubai for one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic affecting almost all countries in the world. Morocco and the other 191 participating countries will have to wait until 2021 to showcase their potential.
An exhibition is being held from February 23 to 27, 2020 at the Oasis auditorium. Part of the proceeds from the sale of the objects will be used to support the association "Enfance Maghreb Avenir", which since 2005 has been working to fight school dropout.
The city of Rabat has been home to a new national photography museum since Tuesday, January 14. Initiated by the National Museums Foundation, its inauguration within the walls of the Fort Rottembourg aims to enrich the mapping of museums in Morocco.
After Johannesburg in South Africa, Morocco is the second African stage of the traveling exhibition that reconstructs, with panels, part of the Périgord cave of Lascaux. Between July 2020 and January 2021, it will open its doors in Casablanca.
’’La Granada Zirí del siglo XI y el universo Bereber’’, this is the name of the exhibition inaugurated by the Queen of Spain Letizia, on Thursday, at the Palacio de Carlos V in the Alhambra in Granada. This opening, which was attended by several personalities from the cultural and political world, aims to promote Berber culture.
On the sidelines of the first edition of the Youth Theater event, an exhibition dedicated to the Riffian Amazigh heritage opened in Al Hoceima. Since Saturday, the various craft products of the Rif region have been honored.
Morocco is at the heart of a major artistic exhibition that Israel has been hosting since October 12. Called "Ziara" ("Visit" in Arabic), it brings together local and international artists sharing common roots.
The first French auction house, Artcurial, announced on Wednesday the opening of a subsidiary in Morocco. It will be exclusively dedicated to the sale of Orientalist paintings and contemporary African art. A strategy to get closer to its clients on the African continent.