‘Tarz, Embroidery in Morocco, Past and Present’
Travelling exhibition presented in Morocco
Oudayas, Musée de la Parure, Rabat
8 October 2026 to 31 January 2027
– Hosted at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Tourcoing
– From 11 March to 16 July 2023
– Created and presented at the Angoulême Museum of Fine Arts
– From 18 June to 31 December 2022
An exhibition resulting from a public commission by the Angoulême Museum of Fine Arts :
Fatima Lévèque, responsible for the exhibition design, development, creation and production of the embroidered pieces, is co-curator alongside Emilie Salaberry-Duhoux, Director of Museums, Angoulême, and Rémi Labrusse, Director of Studies and lecturer-researcher at EHESS, Paris.
This exhibition introduces the exceptional Moroccan embroidery collection from the Museum of Angouleme - inspired from the previous collection ‘Prosper Ricard’- and also contemporary creations that have given a voice to traditional works.
Angoulême Beaux Arts Museum
The Art Museum of Angouleme has worked together with “La Metisse” to offer a previously unseen exhibition about Moroccan embroidery collections. For more than a thousand years, Moroccan women have been known for their colored and luxuriant decors, filled with plants, animals and geometric shapes.
The exhibition draws to attention the techniques and esthetics of Moroccan women in the XIXth and XXth centuries. A dialogue between past, present, and future contemporary creations, from workshops of Moroccan women, who are also partners of “La Metisse”, are displayed along with works belonging to the museum.
