Marrakech Biennale
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| The Marrakech Biennale بينالي مراكش | |
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 Logo of Marrakech Biennale 6 | |
| Genre | Biennale, Focused on Contemporary Visual Art, Literature, Film and Arts in Public Spaces |
| Date(s) | 6th edition: 24 February 2016 until 8 May 2016 |
| Frequency | Biennial, every two years |
| Location(s) | Marrakech |
| Years active | since 2005 |
| Founder | Vanessa Branson |
| Patron(s) | Vanessa Branson and Abel Damoussi |
| Website | http://www.marrakechbiennale.org |
The Arts festival in Marrakech, now the Marrakech Biennale, first took place in 2005.[1][2] It was set up by Vanessa Branson and Abel Damoussi with the help of curator Danny Moynihan and Liberatum creator Pablo Ganguli. It is the first major Trilingual (English, Arabic & French) festival in North Africa.[3] It focuses on cutting-edge contemporary Visual Art, Literature, and Film. It consists of a main Visual Arts Exhibition, other arts exhibitions, installations and happenings, discussions, debates and screenings based in the eclectic venues and settings that Marrakech has to offer. AiM is now known as Marrakech Biennale. The sixth biennale, in 2016, was organized by Guggenheim Abu Dhabi curator Reem Fadda and its main venues were the 16th-century El Badi Palace and the 19th-century El Bahia Palace. It featured work including the sculpture À l'abri...de rien by Fatiha Zemmouri.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Milner, Catherine (25 February 2014). "Vanessa Branson: Marrakech Biennale interview". Financial Times. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=2668381[permanent dead link]
- ^ "AiM International Biennale". aimbienniale.org. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ Hoffmann, Jens (9 April 2016). "Marrakech Biennale 6". Frieze. Retrieved 28 August 2022.