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New museums

structure frozen in concrete. There are 6,000 m of ex- 400 m² permanent exhibition space where the work of
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hibition space in 80 gallery spaces, a rooftop sculpture Yves Saint Laurent will be presented in a scenography by
garden, storage and conservation areas, and centres Christophe Martin; a 150 m² space for temporary exhibi-
dedicated to photography, film, performative practice tions, a 130-seat auditorium, a boutique and bookshop,
and art education, a bookshop, a restaurant, bar, a cos- a café-restaurant, as well as a research library compris-
tume institute, reading rooms and a hotel for visitors. ing 5,000 volumes. The opening of the museum in Mar-
rakech will coincide with the inauguration of a new Yves
The US$40.3m Zeitz MOCAA project has been buit since Saint Laurent museum in Paris, in the former fashion
November 2013 and was created in a partnership be- house and current headquarters of the Fondation Pierre
tween V&A Waterfront and Jochen Zeitz. Zeitz is a for- Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent. Musée Yves Saint Laurent
mer German Manager and Ex-CEO of PUMA, a member of Marrakesh will open Oct. 19 on Rue Yves Saint Laurent in
the Board of Directors of Harley-Davidson since 2007 and Marrakesh, Morocco.
chairs Harley-Davidson’s sustainability committee. He is
also a Board member of Wilderness Safaris and
Chair of the Sustainability Committee, Co-Found-
er and Co-Chair with Sir Richard Branson of The B
Team and Founder of the Zeitz Foundation for In-
tercultural Ecosphere Safety to support sustaina-
ble solutions that balance conservation, commu-
nity, culture and commerce. The Zeitz Collection
was founded in 2002. Since 2008 it has commit-
ted to becoming one of the most representative
collections of contemporary art from the African
continent and its diaspora.

● A museum entirely devoted to the work of the
legendary fashion designer, Yves Saint Laurent
(1936-2008), will be inaugurated in October 2017.
The new building, situated on Rue Yves Saint
Laurent and adjacent to the renowned Jardin Ma-
jorelle, spans over 4,000 m² and is more than just A front view of the Marrakesch YSL Museum.
a museum. Designed by Studio KO, it features a Photo: museum
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