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Rabat now has several art galleries and art spaces supported by private foundations. Art is also available in large format, thanks to graffiti artists, invited each year to express themselves on the walls of the capital. Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art  In 2014, the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art opened its doors with an inaugural exhibition which will be a landmark: “1914-2014, one hundred creation”. He established Rabat as the epicenter of the Moroccan plastic scene. A fair return of things for this city which, before Casablanca, saw the birth of the country's first modern art galleries. In 1957, the gallery L'œil Noir and La Découverte opened, two ephemeral spaces founded by artists, soon followed by L'atelier which, from 1972 to 1992, will exhibit all the pioneers of modern Moroccan art among which Jilali Gharbaoui, Ahmed Cherkaoui, Mohamed Melihi, Mohamed Chebaa, Farid Belkahia or Chaïbia. Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art After a memorable inaugural exhibition in 2014, which brought together all the big names of the Moroccan pictorial scene, the MMVI alternates individual exhibitions of the greatest figures of world art, such as Picasso or Modigliani, and the big names of the scene Moroccan, emblematic figures of the beginnings of modern art in our country, young creation or foreign artists working in Morocco. This program, as well as the actions carried out in favor of students and college students, attests to the will of this institution to disseminate the Moroccan artistic heritage while encouraging creativity and cultural development. Hours: Open every day, except Tuesday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A multitude of galleries and exhibition venues Rabat has several very active private galleries such as Marsam (also publisher), Galerie Nadira La Découverte, Abla Ababou Galerie, or Fan Dok to name just