The Wick List

Viewing The Casablanca Art School at Tate St Ives

The Wick Culture - Mohamed Melehi, Untitled 1971 © Mohamed Melehi Estate. Courtesy of private collection, Marrakesh

Above Mohamed Melehi, Untitled 1971 © Mohamed Melehi Estate. Courtesy of private collection, Marrakesh

The Wick Culture - Mohammed Chabâa, Untitled, 1981, Natural wood, 15 x 15 cm, Mohammed Chabâa Estate

Above Mohammed Chabâa, Untitled, 1981, Natural wood, 15 x 15 cm, Mohammed Chabâa Estate

Above chabaa studio 66 MM

Above Mohamed Melehi, Untitled 1971 © Mohamed Melehi Estate. Courtesy of private collection, Marrakesh

Above Mohammed Chabâa, Untitled, 1981, Natural wood, 15 x 15 cm, Mohammed Chabâa Estate

Above chabaa studio 66 MM

The Casablanca Art School
Tate St Ives, Cornwall

27 May 2023 – 14 January 2024

If on a festive escape to Cornwall, let Tate St Ives transport you to warmer climes via its exhibition The Casablanca Art School. The show explores the artistic rebirth that followed Morocco’s independence, forged by the experimental teaching methods of the Casablanca Art School in the 1960s and 1970s.

Led by Farid Belkahia alongside Mohammed Chabâa, Mohamed Melehi and others, this pioneering institution spawned a new generation of socially engaged modern artists. Works by 22 of them showcase the Moroccan ‘new wave’, from vibrant abstract paintings and urban murals to graphics and interior design.

https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/casablanca-art-school