The famous canvas by the French painter, Étienne Dinet, entitled "the son of a Saint M’rabeth", was awarded 13,119,000 dirhams, or 1.2 million euros, during the inaugural sale of the Moroccan subsidiary of Artcurial, on December 30 last at the Mamounia in Marrakech.
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.
The Spanish painter, Antonio Montiel, will arrive in Morocco next November, in order to paint the portrait of King Mohammed VI, like the King of Spain Felipe VI and the Queen of England, Elizabeth.
The painter and writer Mahi Binebine has, in his latest novel, paid tribute to the chikhates, the dancers who passionately animate Moroccan festivities.
"Eugène Delacroix’s Moroccan palette from 1832 to 1863" was the focus of the third session of an international colloquium in Rabat. Mohammed Faouzi Skali Alami, writer and specialist in Sufism, highlighted the work and its author.
"Lend Me Your Dream" is the name given to a major exhibition initiated by the Foundation for the Development of Contemporary African Culture (FDCCA). For this exhibition that will travel through 6 African capitals, it is the city of Casablanca that has been selected to host the inauguration scheduled for June 18 next.