Touria El Glaoui, fighter for African art, in a word, a gesture and a silence
Touria El Glaoui, founder and director of the international contemporary African art fair 1-54 (one continent, fifty-four countries).
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Portrait of a "warrior" in the service of contemporary African art in a word, a gesture and a silence.
Touria El Glaoui has done an enormous job for the international recognition of African artists.
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Born in 1974, Touria El Glaoui is the daughter of the great Moroccan painter Hassan El Glaoui and granddaughter of the former Pasha of Marrakech, Thami El Mezouari El Glaoui.
Touria is the founder and director of the international contemporary African art fair 1-54 (one continent, fifty-four countries), created in 2013 in London, before also establishing annual meetings in New York, Marrakech and , for the first time this year, in Paris.
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