In France, “we commend the remarkable work carried out under the leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI” to defeat the epidemic of Covid-19, said the president of the Institute of the Arab World (IMA), Jack Lang.
In a correspondence sent to the president of the National Museums Foundation (FNM) of Morocco, Mehdi Qotbi, the President of the Arab World Institute mentions the issue of face masks which “has poisoned the French political life” and praises “Morocco’s determination which has ensured their mass production”.
“It is a good illustration of our common conviction: when a political power wants, it can”, said Lang.
On the cultural side and while “the crisis is brutally affecting artistic life”, Lang called to prepare “a revival”, stressing that this situation can be the opportunity to reinvent the politics of art.
It is a historic opportunity to achieve “a real cultural new-deal”, he pointed out.
Drawing on the Roosevelt revolution of 1929, during which the former US President had for the first time in American history given art a privileged place, Lang underscored the importance of inventing a new cultural model, recalling that Roosevelt’s program was based “on the certainty that the arts could have a leverage effect in times of crisis” both in terms of job creation and restoring hope among Americans.
Lang thus expressed his wish that on “this beautiful project, France and Morocco could work closely hand in hand”, recalling, in this regard, the attachment of HM King Mohammed VI to art and culture.
In view of the immense place taken by the Kingdom in international cultural and artistic life, in particular through the Mohammed VI museum in Rabat, “Morocco could, here again” pave the way for a new vision, Lang said.
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