Museums and galleries
Marrakesh has always attracted artists, both professionals and amateurs. It was not uncommon at the time to meet Churchill, his easel under his arm, in the gardens of the Mamounia that he was particularly fond of; later, Yves Saint Laurent would come to create his iconic outfits, now exhibited in the eponymous museum;
In Marrakesh you can travel in the past and live in the present, between museums and contemporary art galleries.
Among the museums, at least ten are worth a visit:
- The Dar El Bacha Museum, in the heart of the medina;
- The Farid Belkahia museum named after one of post-colonial Morocco’s most distinguished modern artists;
- The Museum of Contemporary African Art Al Maaden, dedicated to African art;
- The Macma, (Museum of Art and Culture of Marrakesh) created on the initiative of a gallery owner and collector, Nabil El Mallouki;
- The AMAN Museum for the Water Civilization in Morocco
- The Maison de la photographie in Marrakesh, inviting its visitors to get to know Morocco better through an impressive collection of found photographs dating from 1879 to 1960;
- The museum of Marrakesh, sheltered by a palace of the end of the 19th century;
- The Berber Museum of the Majorelle Foundation;
- The Yves Saint Laurent Museum which houses a temporary exhibition room, a research library and a 140-seat auditorium;
- The Dar Si Saïd museum which exhibits sets of woodwork, jewelry, pottery and ceramics, weapons, carpets and weavings from the region.
For those who appreciate contemporary art, paintings, sculptures and other compositions, Marrakesh is “the place to be.”
Here is a list of the most impressive galleries :
The Matisse Art Gallery which exhibits Moroccan painters such as Farid Belkahia, Noureddine Chater, Hassan El Glaoui, as well as foreign painters. The gallery has helped reveal many Moroccan talents.
The BCK Art Gallery is there to make you discover confirmed and emerging Moroccan artists as well as international painters.
The Comptoir des Mines Gallery housed in a 1935 art deco building.