1-54 Marrakech 2025 Returns with Over 30 Exhibitors and Newcomers
The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair returns to Marrakech from January 30 to February 2, 2025, at La Mamounia hotel and DaDa art space. This edition features over 30 exhibitors from 15 countries, including 15 galleries from Africa (10 from Morocco). Newcomers include C+N Gallery CANEPANERI (Milan), space Un (Tokyo), GALERIE FARAH FAKHRI (Abidjan), Galerie Medina (Bamako), Hunna Art (Kuwait City), Le Violon Bleu Gallery (Sidi Bou Said/Tunis), and Abla Ababou Galerie (Rabat). Special projects are presented by Fondation TGCC (Prix Mustaqbal group show), Think Tanger (Tanger Print Club), L’appartement 22, and the Kalhath Foundation (Amina Benbouchta embroidery project). Partnerships continue with Audi Maroc, Christie’s, and INFINIMENT COTY PARIS. Founding Director Touria El Glaoui highlighted the fair's role in celebrating contemporary African art and fostering global connections.
Key facts
- 1-54 Marrakech 2025 runs from January 30 to February 2, 2025.
- Over 30 exhibitors from 15 countries participate.
- 15 galleries from Africa, including 10 from Morocco.
- Seven new galleries join the Marrakech edition for the first time.
- Special projects by Fondation TGCC, Think Tanger, L’appartement 22, and Kalhath Foundation.
- Partnerships with Audi Maroc, Christie’s, and INFINIMENT COTY PARIS continue.
- Prix Mustaqbal celebrates its 5th anniversary with a group show.
- Tanger Print Club presents works by Laila Hida, Yto Barrada, Anuar Khalifi, and Omar Mahfoudi.
Entities
Artists
- Touria El Glaoui
- Hakim Benchekroun
- Ilias Selfati
- Fatiha Zemmouri
- Omar Mahfoudi
- Ozioma Onuzulike
- Mouhcine Rahaoui
- Hervé Yamguen
- Abderrahmane Rahoule
- Amine Asselman
- Muhcine Ennou
- Rahma Lhoussig
- Yvanovitch Mbaya
- Chigozie Obi
- Ngimbi Bakambana Luve
- Ousmane Bâ
- Camara Gueye
- Yadichinma Ukoha-Kalu
- Aliou Diack
- Mahi Binebine
- el Seed
- Armand Boua
- Collin Sekajugo
- Charles-David Gnangoran
- Taher Jaoui
- Maheder Haileselassie Tadesse
- Willow Evann
- Victor Adewale
- Kelvin Haizel
- Caio Marcolini
- Isabelle D.
- Rita Alaoui
- Rachid Bouhamidi
- Abdelmalek Berhiss
- Ali Maimoun
- Amina Yahia
- Maissane Alibrahimi
- Mohamed Hamidi
- Kendell Geers
- Younes Khourassani
- Ghizlane Agzenaï
- Meriam Benkirane
- Yacout Hamdouch
- M’barek Bouhchichi
- Margaux Derhy
- Safaa Erruas
- Malick Welli
- Najia Mehadji
- Aly Ben Salem
- Farid Belkahia
- Hassan El Glaoui
- Talal Chaibia
- Roland Dorcély
- Alex Burke
- Amina Agueznay
- Bouchra Boudoua
- Nassim Azarzar
- Houda Kabbaj
- Malika Sqalli
- Mustapha Azeroual
- Zineb Mezzour
- Bouchra El Menjra
- Valérie Ohana
- Sara Benabdallah
- Caleb Kwarteng Prah
- Joel Bigaignon
- Abdallah El Hariri
- Joël Andrianomearisoa
- Abdoulaye Konaté
- Samuel Nnorom
- Tegene Kunbi
- Hako Hankson
- Joshua Michael Adokuru
- Khari Turner
- Dina Nur Satti
- Aidan Marak
- Ange Dakouo
- Adjei Tawiah
- Kingsley Ayogu
- Méné
- Fadekemi Ogunsanya
- Amina Benbouchta
- Khadija El Abyad
- Mouad El Bissaoui
- Malek Sordo
- Yassine Sellame
- Mehdi Ait El Mallali
- Rida Tabit
- Kamil Bouzoubaa-Grivel
- Laila Hida
- Yto Barrada
- Anuar Khalifi
- Mustapha Akrim
- Matti Braun
- Hassan Darsi
- Seamus Farrell
- Badr El Hammami
- Mohssin Harraki
- Soukaina Joual
- Maria Karim
- Syl. Pâris Kouton
- Grace Ndiritu
- Sara O’Haddou
- Sue Nabi
- Nicolas Vu
- Amoako Boafo
- Ghizlane Sahli
- Girma Berta
- Hugo Zeytoun
- Marwan Zakhem
- Fihr Kettani
- Hassan Hajjaj
- Khanyi Mawhayi
- Aïcha Snoussi
- Elladj Lincy Deloumeaux
- Prune Nourry
- Yassine Balbzioui
- David Seidner
- Karim Bennani
- Ahlam Lemseffer
- Stanley Wany
- Alexis Peskine
- Reggie Khumalo
- Amina Benboutcha
- Enoch Nii Amon Hammond
- Roméo Mivekannin
- Rachel Marsil
- Carl-Edouard Keïta
- Sadikou Oukepdjo
- Ouattara Watts
- Geoffrey Phiri
- M'barek Bouhchichi
- Larbi Cherkaoui
- Nabil El Makhloufi
- Ines-Noor Chaqroun
- Nissrine Seffar
- Kaïs Dhifi
- BAYA
- Abderrazak Sahli
- Marcel Gotène
- Mehdi-Georges Lahlou
- M'hammed Kilito
- Oumar Ball
- Rashid Diab
- Amine Asselma
- Sanae Arraqas
- Amine El Gotaibi
- Salma Cheddadi
- Fatima Mazmouz
- Hasnae El Ouarga
- Barthelemy Toguo
- Evan Cláver
- Boris Nzebo
- Gouider Triki
- Ibrahim El-Salahi
- Amina Azreg
- Ines Abergel
- Hiba Baddou
- Insaf Benali
- Hiba Dahibi
- Hajar El Moustaasime
- Yasmine Hadni
- Khadija Jayi
- Imane Laaribi
- Safae Labzae
- Mouna Ahizoune
- Louisa Ben
- Sabrine Lahrach
- Safae El Kadi
- Maud Houssais
- Morad Montazami
- Roger Karera
- Jean Servais Somian
- Kehinde Wiley
- Léonard Pongo
- Devin B. Johnson
- Yasmina Alaoui
- Yamou
- Éder Oliveira
- Thandiwe Muriu
- Johanna Mirabel
- Marlon Amaro
- Maya Inès Touam
- Mariam Abouzid Souali
- Ismail Zaidy
- Bathelemy Toguo
- Omar Ba
- Nú Barreto
- Youssef Nabil
- Joanna Choumali
- Ana Silva
- Mous Lamrabat
- Prince Gyasi
Institutions
- 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
- La Mamounia
- DaDa
- C+N Gallery CANEPANERI
- space Un
- GALERIE FARAH FAKHRI
- Galerie Medina
- Hunna Art
- Le Violon Bleu Gallery
- Abla Ababou Galerie
- AFIKARIS
- African Arty
- CDA Gallery
- Galerie Atiss Dakar
- Galerie 208
- Gallery 1957
- Gallery Nosco
- Galerie SINIYA28
- La Galerie 38
- L’Atelier 21
- Loeve&Co
- Loft Art Gallery
- MCC GALLERY
- Myriem Himmich Gallery
- Nil Gallery
- Primo Marella Gallery
- Ross-Sutton Gallery
- So Art Gallery
- The African Art Hub (TAAH)
- The Bridge Gallery
- Kalhath Foundation
- Kalhath Institute
- Fondation TGCC
- Think Tanger
- Tanger Print Club
- L’appartement 22
- Audi Maroc
- Christie’s
- INFINIMENT COTY PARIS
- Prix Mustaqbal
- Christie's
- Mamounia Hotel
- M CONCEPT Gallery
- Christophe Person
- Jajjah by Hassan Hajjaj
- MAP Marrakech (Musée des Arts de la Parure)
- Black Rock Global Arts Foundation
- Canvas
- MCC Gallery
- ELLEPHANT
- Imvelo Art Studios
- The Art Affair
- The Lobster Edition
- DADA
- Monde des Arts de la Parure (MAP)
- Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL)
- LE 18
- Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech
- AA Gallery
- FILAFRIQUES
- Galerie Cécile Fakhoury
- L'Atelier 21
- LA LA LANDE GALLERY
- LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery
- Vigo Gallery
- ABLAKASSA
- DaDa Marrakech
- Artorium Art Space
- Black Rock Senegal
- Reiners Contemporary Art
- Revie Projects
- Portas Vilaseca Galeria
- kó
- The African Art Hub
- 193 Gallery
- Galerie Carole Kvasnevski
- Katharina Maria Raab
- Retro Africa
- THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE
- Fondation Montresso*
- Institut Français de Marrakech
- Le Comptoir des Mines
- Al Maqam
- Art Basel Hong Kong
- Foreign Agent
- HOA Galeria
- Mmarthouse
- Superposition Gallery
- TEMPLON
- Ed Cross
- Galerie 127
- Galerie Nathalie Obadia
- Galerie Véronique Rieffel
- MAÂT Gallery
- MAGNIN-A
- MACAAL
- MAP Marrakech
- Malhoun 2.0
Locations
- Marrakech
- Morocco
- La Mamounia hotel
- DaDa
- Medina
- Milan
- Italy
- Tokyo
- Japan
- Abidjan
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Bamako
- Mali
- Kuwait City
- Kuwait
- Sidi Bou Said
- Tunis
- Tunisia
- Rabat
- Paris
- France
- Casablanca
- Dakar
- Senegal
- Accra
- Ghana
- London
- UK
- Brussels
- Belgium
- New York City
- USA
- Stockholm
- Sweden
- Lugano
- Switzerland
- Tangier
- United Kingdom
- New York
- United States
- Hong Kong
- China
- Burkina Faso
- Benin
- Jemaa el Fnaa
- Montreal
- Canada
- Lusaka
- Zambia
- Luanda
- Angola
- Geneva
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Gueliz
- La Mamounia
- Marbella
- Spain
- Rio de Janeiro
- Brazil
- Lagos
- Nigeria
- Venice
- Berlin
- Germany
- Abuja
- Lisbon
- Portugal
- Africa
- Middle East
- Asia
- Lausanne
- São Paulo
- Johannesburg
- South Africa
- Miami Beach
- Grand-Bassam