Bahia Palace hosts photography exhibitions until 30 November
Published on 10/31/2026 at 13:31 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSPhotography exhibitions through November
- Voix Plurielles and Cultures Nomades Production present the Marrakech photography programme at Bahia Palace from 7 October 2026.
- Works by Qi Hao and Noureddine El Warari remain part of the palace exhibition programme until 30 November 2026.
- The Ministry of Culture describes the palace as an 8-hectare complex built in stages between 1894 and 1900.
Bahia Palace (Palais de la Bahia) in Marrakesh is hosting exhibitions from the Rencontres de la Photographie de Marrakech through 30 November 2026. The photography programme brings contemporary work into one of Morocco’s best-known historic residences, with exhibitions continuing after the opening week in October. The event is part of a city-wide programme marking 200 years of photography.
Photography exhibitions remain at Bahia Palace until 30 November
The sixth Rencontres de la Photographie de Marrakech opened on 7 October 2026 and ran its main programme until 10 October. The exhibitions remain visible through 30 November, giving visitors in Marrakesh a current cultural reason to include the palace in a visit during November.
The programme is carried by Voix Plurielles of Casablanca and Cultures Nomades Production of Arles. The organisers placed the exhibitions across several venues, including the palace, Meydene, the Yves Saint Laurent Museum, the Museum of Moroccan Culinary Art, the Sofitel and the Mövenpick. The official 2026 programme identifies the palace as the venue for the opening night and vernissage on 7 October.
The palace presentation includes Crossed Gazes: China-Morocco, featuring Qi Hao and Noureddine El Warari, and Frontiers of Silk by Cynthia Cooper. Their placement in the palace connects the exhibition’s cross-cultural subject matter with a building whose courtyards, salons and decorative surfaces were themselves shaped by exchanges between materials, craft traditions and courtly design.
How the photography programme fits the palace
Bahia Palace is a historic monument in Marrakesh administered by Morocco’s Ministry of Culture. The ministry describes the complex as covering 8 hectares and having been built in two phases during the second half of the nineteenth century. Its official heritage page records the expansion of the residence between 1894 and 1900.
The later palace grew from the house of Si Moussa, then expanded by his son Ba Ahmed after 1894. The site consists of courtyards, gardens, salons, outbuildings and annexes, with ornament including marble, carved wood, painted surfaces, zellige tilework, stained glass and stucco. A photography exhibition therefore occupies a complex where architecture and visual decoration are already central to the visitor experience.
The link between venue and programme is especially clear in the China-Morocco exhibition. Rather than placing the works in a neutral gallery, the organisers present them within rooms and courtyards formed during the palace’s six-year expansion, allowing the exhibition to be encountered alongside the building’s own layered history. The regional press also confirms the palace venue and the exhibition period in its programme report.
Visiting Bahia Palace: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- The Rencontres de la Photographie exhibitions remain at the venue through 30 November 2026, following the opening programme from 7 to 10 October 2026.
- Visitors can find the China-Morocco exhibition by Qi Hao and Noureddine El Warari, together with Cynthia Cooper’s Frontiers of Silk, within the palace programme. Admission to the photography event is free according to the organisers.
- The palace is in Marrakesh, Morocco, within the historic city and among the venues used by the 2026 photography programme.
- Morocco’s official languages are Arabic and Amazigh, and its national currency is the Moroccan dirham.
These exhibitions give the palace a current cultural role while preserving its importance as a nineteenth-century architectural complex.
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Frequently asked questions about Bahia Palace
When do the photography exhibitions take place at Bahia Palace?
The exhibitions from the Rencontres de la Photographie remain on display through 30 November 2026. The opening programme ran from 7 to 10 October 2026.
What is Bahia Palace?
It is a historic palace complex in Marrakesh administered by Morocco’s Ministry of Culture and expanded between 1894 and 1900.
Where is Bahia Palace and how do you get there?
Bahia Palace is in Marrakesh, Morocco, within the historic city. It is one of the venues named for the 2026 Rencontres de la Photographie.
