A show at Morocco’s Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art is one of the first exhibitions of Cuban art at an African museum, officials say.
When Morocco 's King Mohamed VI visited Havana in 2017, Cuban-American gallery owner Alberto Magnan impressed him with a 'full immersion' in the Caribbean island's art and culture, drawing a line between the cultural and historical themes tackled by Cuban artists and those from across Africa. Seven years after that encounter, one of the first exhibitions of Cuban art at an African museum is showing at Morocco's Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.
The Moroccan public might know Giacometti, Picasso or impressionists,' El Idrissi said. The museum has shown them all. 'We’ve seen them and are looking for other things, too.' The Cuba show contains 44 pieces by Wifredo Lam — a major showing of the Afro-Cuban painter's work more than a year before New York City’s Museum of Modern Art will honor him with a career retrospective show in 2025. 'We're kind of beating MoMA to the punch,' Magnan said.
But the intrigue was curbed by the COVID-19 pandemic and former U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to redesignate the country as a 'state sponsor of terrorism,' Magnan said. Meanwhile, Morocco has increased funding for arts and culture in an effort to boost its 'geopolitical soft power' in North Africa and beyond.
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