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C.A.S.A. Casablanca Art School Archives

10 June 2026, 7pm
Join us for a special book launch of C.A.S.A. Casablanca Art School Archives 1962–1987 presented by co-editor and publisher Morad Montazami. C.A.S.A. is a landmark publication bringing together nearly ten years of research — archives, foundational texts, testimonials and contemporary essays — telling the story of the Casablanca Art School. 

Following Morocco's independence in 1956, artist-teachers and students at the Casablanca Art School radically rethought art and art education in their country. Beyond a core group of figures — Farid Belkahia, Mohammed Chabâa, Bert Flint, Toni Maraini, Mohamed Melehi — a whole constellation of artist-activists drew on Moroccan and Afro-Amazigh heritage to forge new forms of abstract art. They introduced art into everyday life through paintings, posters, magazines, interior designs, murals and street exhibitions, while cultivating political solidarity across Africa and South America. 

CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS  

Nadia Chabâa · Bert Flint · Salma Lahlou · Léa Morin · Toni Maraini · Mohamed Melehi · Khalil M'Rabet · Katarzyna Pieprzak · Kenza Sefrioui

EDITORS
Maud Houssais · Fatima-Zahra Lakrissa · Madeleine de Colnet · Morad Montazami

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Morad Montazami (France, 1981) is an art historian, publisher and curator. After working at the Tate Modern (London) between 2014 and 2019 as “Middle East and North Africa” curator, he developed the editorial and curatorial platform Zamân Books & Curating, which explores and revalues Arab, African and Asian modernities. He is the author of numerous essays on artists such as Zineb Sedira, Walid Raad, Latif Al Ani, Faouzi Laatiris, Michael Rakowitz, Mehdi Moutashar and Behjat Sadr, and exhibitions including Bagdad Mon Amour, Institut des cultures d’Islam, Paris, 2018; New Waves: Mohamed Melehi and the Casablanca Art School, The Mosaic Rooms, London, MACCAL and Tate St. Ives. Most recently he has been apppointed as artistic director for the 16th edition of the Dakar Biennale.

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