It’s now also becoming a center for a new phenomenon: contemporary African art. There were 10 new participants, among them Nil Gallery (France), So Art (Morocco), Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art (Egypt), Whatiftheworld (South Africa), and Afikaris (France). This year two of our works will be going to Moroccan collectors living outside of Morocco. “The art scene is changing in Marrakech—but still slowly,” said Rocco Orlacchio, who opened the local Voice Gallery in 2011 and participated in the first 1-54 Marrakech in 2018. Here in Morocco everything is called a ‘gallery.’ The majority of people still do not understand what an art gallery is.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 25, 2020 21:00 UTC