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Alserkal Arts Foundation presents New Waves: Mohamed Melehi and the Casablanca Art School Archives. Curated by Morad Montazami and Madeleine de Colnet, the exhibition tells the story of the radical Casablanca Art School, retracing Melehi’s career chronologically—from the 1950s to the 1980s – as well as including some of the artist’s more recent works.

Melehi is widely regarded as a central figure within postcolonial Moroccan art and transnational modernism. Previously unseen works and archives present Melehi as a painter, photographer, muralist, graphic and urban designer, art teacher, and …