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View of Tarek Atoui's installation *Hold* at the Tate Modern. © Tate Photography / Yiil Liu.

Sounds for Tired Eyes: Tarek Atoui at Tate Modern

At Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, Lebanese artist Tarek Atoui presents Hold, an immersive sound installation. Our author Vamika Sinha offers a deeply personal and sensory...

Toni Maraini teaches art history at the Casablanca School of Fine Arts, 1965. Photo: Mohamed Melehi, courtesy of the Toni Maraini Archives.

Toni Maraini, at the Forefront of Moroccan Modernity

Historian and art critic Toni Maraini, who taught at the Casablanca Art School from 1964 to 1972, is the guest of honor at the 47th...

Senegal International Foreign Trade Center (CICES), Dakar, designed in 1971–1974 by architects Jean-François Lamoureux and Jean-Louis Marin. Photo © Michel Fegyveres

MoMA Explores Africa’s Independence Era

MoMA is shifting its focus toward African modernisms. With “Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western Africa,” on view through January 2, 2027, the museum reexamines...

Louisa Babari, AFRICA, 2025. Based on “Fragment of a Statue of a Woman,” Constantine, Algeria. © Louisa Babari

“AFRICA”: Constructing the Past

At the Musée d’Art Contemporain (MAC) in Marseille, Louisa Babari brings together photomontages, archaeological artifacts, a slideshow, and a sound installation exploring ancient North Africa....

Art Market

Kofi Antubam (1922–1964), Akan Musicians. Image credit: HOLFA Ltd. © The artist’s estate.

1-54 London Makes Room for African Modernisms

For its 14th edition in London, taking place October 15–18 at Somerset House, 1-54 is introducing, for the first time, a section dedicated to African...

The Contemporary Art Market: A Time for Discernment

Without euphoria, but with genuine energy, a selective contemporary art market is taking shape—one that is geographically more diverse and firmly focused on proven values....

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Exposition publique de la CMOOA

Exposition publique de la CMOOA

du 12/10/2026 au 21/10/2026
CMOOA, Casablanca
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Mustapha Boujemaoui : « Œuvres choisies »

du 13/10/2026 au 10/11/2027
American Arts Center, Casablanca
Tarek Atoui

Tarek Atoui — Installation sonore

du 13/10/2026 au 11/04/2027
Tate Modern, London
Maya Inès Touam : « Belongings »

Maya Inès Touam : « Belongings »

du 14/10/2026 au 07/02/2027
Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
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Paul Kodjo

Paul Kodjo : « Photoromance »

du 21/10/2026 au 14/02/2027
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Ali Cherri : « Today is OK »

Ali Cherri : « Today is OK »

du 21/10/2026 au 14/02/2027
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France

Critical Journal

Abdellah Karroum Revisits Fondation H’s Collection

For the first time, Fondation H in Madagascar has invited a curator to design an exhibition drawn from its collection, one of the most accomplished...

Youssef Nabil: Orientalism in Reverse

By taking over the Musée d’Orsay’s Orientalist galleries, Youssef Nabil does much more than simply exhibit his photographs: he shifts the viewer’s perspective. Blending cinematic...

Abdessamad El Montassir Prefers Poetry to Slogans

By erasing everything that would tie the Sahara to a particular history or identity, the artist lets the plants, the stones, and the wind speak...

Putting an End to the Myths of the Mediterranean

In contrast to Mediterranean exhibitions that celebrate a shared heritage and dialogue between the two shores, “On the Frontier of Time” invites graduates of the...

Ideas and Discussions

Achraf Remok: How to Tell the Story of a Generation in Flux

Curator of “État(s) de passage” [States of Transit], currently on view at the Villa des Arts in Rabat, Achraf Remok reflects on transnational mobility—both as...

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