Matisse Art Gallery

Gueliz & Ville Nouvelle


The small, upmarket Matisse Art Gallery is somewhere you're guaranteed to find Moroccan art. Local artists such as Mahi Binebine and Farid Belkahia have exhibited here, and it's a good place to find older Moroccan works.


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