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Public cultural centre Bejaâd, Morocco

Ahmed Cherkaoui House of Culture, Bejaâd

A house of culture for visual arts, reading and public encounters, named after Moroccan modern-art pioneer Ahmed Cherkaoui.

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A house of culture connected to Bejaâd’s artistic history

The Ahmed Cherkaoui House of Culture is named after the painter born in Bejaâd in 1934, widely recognised as a pioneer of modern art in Morocco.

The venue hosts exhibitions, talks, reading activities, workshops and programmes devoted to visual art. It provides a setting for artists, associations, young people and educational institutions.

Visual art, memory and transmission

Programmes at the venue have celebrated Ahmed Cherkaoui and the history of Moroccan painting through exhibitions, testimony, lectures and dialogue around contemporary creation.

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