1-54 Marrakech has the wind in its sails

It is with envy that we return, this year again, to the African contemporary art fair 1-54 (for the 54 countries of the African continent) which is held, for its 3rd edition, at La Mamounia, palace of the Red City whose name is a plus for the aura of this little sister from the London (2013) and New York (2015) editions. Its founder, the energetic Touria El Glaoui, daughter of the orientalist painter Hassan El Glaoui, knows this well. And today arises for her, the dilemma of evolving or not the model of this fair which is unanimously the enthusiasm of collectors.

With a sharp selection of exhibitors (there are only twenty, including ten new, to create change due to its reduced size), this small tailor-made lounge is each time rich in refreshing discoveries often at low prices: magnificent wall of drawings the enigma of the Madagascan artist Marcel Miracle at Magnin (from 1000 euros); iPhone images for color therapy, Energy is

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