Celebration of contemporary African art

The annual international Symposium of the Asilah-Briech House of Contemporary Art is back for its third edition, from May 26 to June 4, through a quite exceptional theme: "The gold route from Sijilmassa to Timbuktu". This time, it promises art enthusiasts and amateurs a whole journey through a dozen African countries through their contemporary creativity.Artists from Senegal, Mauritania, Niger, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Sudan, and Morocco, sharing the same common cultural heritage, thus intend to renew it through another look, making us discover what African art really is, from the historical itinerary of gold from Sijilmassa to Timbuktu. A brilliant idea that the Association for Art and Culture (APAC) took the trouble to realise by bringing together all these African artistic forces in Morocco, while proceeding throughout the event to the organisation of meetings, debates,…