Marrakech Museum Best Emerging Culture Destination Africa
The Marrakech Museum for Photography and Visual Arts (MMPVA) has been awarded the “Best Emerging Culture Destination Africa” Prize, by the Leading Culture Destination Awards 2015. The Marrakech Museum for Photography and Visual Arts has featured the work of Don McCullin, Lewis Morley, Magnum and Moroccan photographers inside its temporary home at the Badii Palace. The El Badi Palace, originally commissioned by Ahmad al-Mansur, is this progressive museums home until new construction is complete by Sir David Chipperfield in 2016.
Majorelle Blue – Tour Yves Saint Laurent’s Moroccan Gardens
Amidst the fresh greens of thorny cacti, towering bamboo, flowering lilies and ancient palms shines a dominant cobalt blue with flashes of sunny yellow, at the Majorelle Gardens in Marrakech. Marrakech’s botanical garden designed by French artist Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962) revolutionizes the way we think of color. Bright potted plants of yellows, blues and greens are […]
