Painting from Morocco
Casablanca School and Modernism
On display are the artistic production of some of the major exponents of Moroccan painting.
In particular, a series of assets from the 1950s, crucial years for the nation having become independent in 1956, to today between Rabat, Marrakech and Casablanca.
Artists who have developed their own artistic languages, in some cases self-taught, such as painters Fatima Hassan El Farouj and Chaibia Talal with their naive figures that reflect local customs and traditions, or as in the case of Jilali Gharbaoui, who in her abstract works has incorporated the teachings she received at the Academy of Art in Paris and transcended them by giving form to the light, materiality, and strength of her homeland.
Hassan El Glaoui also lived abroad, mostly between Paris and New York, but his paintings always depicted moments of traditional Moroccan life, fantasies filled with men on horseback as a symbol of freedom.
The artistic production of Farid Belkahia is also somehow connected to tradition. Drawing on traditional Moroccan leather and metalwork, he creates abstract bas-reliefs in which natural forms blend and intertwine. A unique blend of tradition and modernism was Mohamed Melehi, one of the founders of the Casablanca School movement, who often depicted waves in his works that transform as they unfold across the canvas. These depictions were inspired by the artist’s observation of tribal products such as Glaoui rugs from the Amazigh tradition.
The artists
The sections of the exhibition
The exhibition was born from the encounter between Samuele Manin’s curatorial vision and the research and collecting work carried out by Paolo Giglio, together with his father Bruno Giglio.
The Sguardi sull’Africa project was also born as a gesture of gratitude towards the city of Piacenza.
Paolo and Bruno Giglio have chosen to share this heritage through a major public exhibition, recognizing Piacenza as a place capable of hosting and promoting a cultural project of international scope. In this sense, the exhibition is a gift to the city and its visitors, designed to foster knowledge, dialogue, and openness.
DAL 01 MARZO
AL 17 MAGGIO 2026
Palazzo Gotico
Piazza Cavalli, Piacenza
ORARI:
lun-ven: 10:00-13:00 / 15:00-18:00
sab-dom: 10.00-19:00
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