“I do not work with matter. I work with what passes through it.”

— Younes Khourassani
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À la uneReflections · 15 March 2025

The Casablanca School: A Living Legacy in Moroccan Contemporary Art

The Casablanca School laid the foundations of an authentic Moroccan modernism. Fifty years on, its legacy continues to shape my vision and artistic practice.

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Reflections10 March 2024

Light as Medium

In my practice, light is not a simple visual effect — it is the principal material, the tool that transforms matter into emotion.

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Exhibitions22 October 2023

1-54 London: A Meeting of Two Worlds

The 1-54 international art fair in London let me put my work to an international test, in an unexpected dialogue with the Coty house.

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Technique15 January 2024

Cellulosic Painting: A Living Medium

Since 2020, I have been exploring cellulosic paint on panel and aluminium — a medium that captures light differently, vibrating and transforming depending on the angle of view.

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Reflections20 January 2025

Matter as Passage: The Philosophy of Void in Khourassani's Work

In my work, matter is never an end in itself: it is a passage toward what cannot be seen, a space where void becomes presence and surface becomes depth.

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Exhibitions8 November 2024

Art and Natural Resources: When Sculpture Enters into Dialogue with Water and Earth

The SIAM Trophy confronted me with a fundamental question: how can art bear witness to our relationship with earth and water without sliding into illustration?

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News12 May 2025

African Contemporary Art Asserts Itself on the International Stage

Frieze, Art Basel, 1-54: African and diaspora artists are making a powerful mark at the world's major fairs. An analysis of a movement redefining the international art scene.

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Technique20 February 2025

Painting on Aluminium: Technical and Plastic Stakes of an Unusual Support

Aluminium as a painting support: why this industrial material opens unprecedented plastic possibilities for contemporary cellulosic painting.

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Reflections3 April 2025

Geometric Abstraction: From Malevich to Belkahia, a Parallel History

Western geometric abstraction and the Arab-Berber ornamental tradition followed parallel paths. Exploring this double history is the key to understanding what makes Moroccan contemporary art irreducible to its European influences alone.

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Reflections28 March 2025

Artist Residencies: Why They Transform a Practice

The residency in Paris with Coty UK was far more than a simple collaboration: an experience that repositioned my gaze on the relationship between art, space and perception.

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News10 July 2025

Contemporary Art in 2025: Between Consolidation and New Geographies

The Art Basel & UBS 2025 report outlines a global art scene in transition: the rise of galleries, and emerging poles in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

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Reflections15 September 2024

Art and Natural Light: The Geography of Moroccan Light in My Painting

The light of Morocco — intense, directional, laden with dust and history — is the primary material of my paintings, before paint itself.

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Exhibitions22 July 2024

Exhibiting Internationally: What Art Fairs Taught Me About the Universality of Art

Abu Dhabi, Paris, Amsterdam, London, Marrakech, Cape Town: five years of international exhibitions confronted me with a central question — what crosses borders in a work of art?

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Technique8 May 2024

Sacred Light: Genesis of a Series

How is a series born? The genesis of 'Sacred Light' — from the first intuition to its exhibition at Galerie 38 in Casablanca — retraces the path between idea and form.

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Portrait24 February 2026

Younes Khourassani: Portrait of a Moroccan Visual Artist Between Painting and Sculpture

Painter and sculptor, a Moroccan visual artist trained in Casablanca within the legacy of the Casablanca School: a portrait of a journey between matter and light.

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News5 March 2026

Where to See Contemporary Art in Casablanca: Galleries and Essential Venues

A tour of contemporary art galleries in Casablanca — exhibition venues, institutions and spaces that keep the Moroccan art scene alive.

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Portrait5 May 2026

Being a Moroccan Contemporary Artist Today: Between Casablanca and the International Scene

What does it mean to be a Moroccan contemporary artist in 2026? Between a Casablanca studio and international art fairs, the portrait of a journey in motion.

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Reflections12 May 2026

Inside a Contemporary Painter's Studio in Casablanca

A day in the life of a contemporary painter in Casablanca: between the slowness of gesture, the discipline of matter and the rhythm of a city that infuses every canvas.

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Technique19 May 2026

Contemporary Sculptor in Morocco: From Brush to Volume

Moving from painting to sculpture: how a Moroccan contemporary painter approaches volume, raw matter and public sculpture.

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News2 June 2026

Moroccan Contemporary Art in 2026: Trends, Artists and a Scene in Transformation

International art fairs, a new generation of collectors, expanding institutions: where does Moroccan contemporary art stand in 2026?

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Technique16 June 2026

What Is Cellulosic Paint? Origins and Properties of a Singular Medium

Originating in the automotive industry, cellulosic paint has become a singular medium in contemporary art, valued for its luminosity and chromatic depth.

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Reflections23 June 2026

The Casablanca School: A Founding Movement in Modern Moroccan Art

In the 1960s, a group of Moroccan artists redefined the contours of national artistic modernity. A look back at the Casablanca School and its legacy.

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Reflections30 June 2026

Geometric Abstraction in Art History: Between Western Avant-Gardes and Ornamental Traditions

Russian Suprematism, Constructivism, Op Art... and centuries-old ornamental traditions: geometric abstraction has plural origins long overlooked by Western art history.

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Reflections7 July 2026

Light in Painting: A Subject and a Material Across Art History

From Baroque chiaroscuro to contemporary art that treats light as material, a look at a pictorial obsession running through Western art history and beyond.

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News14 July 2026

Public Sculpture: Role and Challenges in Urban Space

Monument, visual landmark, subject of debate: public sculpture occupies a singular place in urban space, at the crossroads of art, architecture and collective memory.

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Technique21 July 2026

Aluminium in Contemporary Painting: An Industrial Support at the Service of Art

Light, rigid, non-porous: aluminium has established itself over recent decades as an alternative support to canvas for part of contemporary painting.

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