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Mohamed Melehi: A Legacy of Work — MMVI Rabat

Rabat’s Mohammed VI Museum presents a major Mohamed Melehi retrospective spanning almost seventy years of artistic practice, extended through 15 October 2026.

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The Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rabat presents a major retrospective devoted to Mohamed Melehi, tracing almost seventy years of artistic practice from the 1950s to 2020. Structured as both a chronological and geographical journey, the exhibition follows key stages in Melehi’s work and the artistic exchanges connecting Morocco, Europe and the United States.

The display highlights geometric abstraction and the wave motif that became one of the artist’s defining visual signatures, alongside archival material and historical works. For visitors interested in Moroccan modernism and the Casablanca Art School, this is one of Rabat’s major museum exhibitions of 2026.

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Update: Following its public success, the exhibition has been extended through 15 October 2026.

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