N° 60 — Summer 2022

Diptyk #60

A New World to Forge

From Venice to Dakar, the summer of 2022 confirmed the spectacular rise of African art scenes. Diptyk #60 follows these biennales where Africa takes the lion’s share, then looks at Qatar, which is betting on culture in the run-up to the World Cup. This issue also meets Abdelkébir Rabi’ and Abdellah El Hariri, two figures of Moroccan modern art. Reports, analyses, interviews and portfolios shed light on a new world to forge.

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Language: French

Diptyk #60

In this issue

  • Game changer – Zeina Arida, opening up the museum
  • News – Toguo XXL at the Louvre; Salima Naji shortlisted for the Aga Khan Award; Art comes to Casablanca’s Central Market
  • Exhibitions – “Tangier/Something is possible”, “Fragilitas”, colourized photographs, “Points de vue”, Ibn El Farouk, “Breeze”, Armand Boua and Yeanzi, Amina Benbouchta, Chourouk Hriech, Achraf Touloub…
  • Work in progress – Echoes from contemporary scenes
  • The Eye Listens – Resemblance is not influence
  • Portfolio – David Uzochukwu, breaking free from the Western gaze
  • Story – The Dakar Biennale, a factory of utopias; What is contemporary African art?; At the Venice Biennale, Africa takes the lion’s share; Abdelkébir Rabi’: “I am moving towards silence”; In Qatar, the future is written in culture; Abdellah El Hariri: he was the Casablanca School too
  • Art Market – The meteoric rise of contemporary African art; Hitting the jackpot with Melehi’s flame, with complete impunity!; The gems of 1-54 New York; The market falls for the Arab Moderns
  • Books – Graphic novels
  • The Incubator – Oumayma Abouzid Souali, challenging the dot in all its forms

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