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Arts in Marrakech International Biennale:
Marrakech, Morocco, opening 19 November 2009
First held in November 2005, the Arts in Marrakech (AiM) International
Biennale is the first major Trilingual (English, Arabic & French)
festival in North Africa. Focusing on cutting-edge contemporary art
and literature it heralded Marrakech as a hot new destination in the
arts and literature world alongside Venice, Edinburgh and Miami. The
event was attended by such prestigious names as Anthony Gormley, Hanif
Kureishi and Annie Lennox, and attracted an impressive gathering of
writers, artists, intellectuals and critics.
This year's edition promises to be full of innovation, inspiration
and intrigue. The program is more ambitious than 2005 and 2007 with
5 days of discussions, readings, screenings and performances. AiM
opens on the evening of November 19th with the exhibition Articulating
Works and Places curated by Abdellah Karroum, including newly commissioned
works by Francis Alÿs, Loredana Longo, Seamus Farrell, Franck
Bragigand, Faouzi Bensaidi & Yto Barrada. This exhibition will
close on January 19th 2010. During the biennale opening celebrations,
the acclaimed artist and filmmaker, Julian Schnabel, will discuss
his life and work with Alan Yentob. The AiM biennale opening celebrations
end on the evening of Monday 23rd November with a screening of Man
On Wire and a discussion with the director James Marsh. There will
also be an array of other talented writers, artists, performers and
filmmakers showing and discussing the ideas behind their work. Exhibitions
and event of the biennale will last until January 2010.
www.aimbiennale.org
Biennale Internazionale d’Arte
di Marrakech: apertura il 19 novembre 2009>>> |
