Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Marrakesh
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| Established | 19 October 2017 |
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| Location | Yves Saint Laurent Street, Marrakesh, Morocco |
| Coordinates | 31°38′34.037″N 8°0′11.308″W / 31.64278806°N 8.00314111°W |
| Architect | Studio KO |
| Website | museeyslmarrakech |
The Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Marrakech (Arabic: متحف إيف سان لوران بمراكش, French: Musée Yves Saint Laurent de Marrakech, stylized mYSLm) is a museum dedicated to the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent located in Marrakesh, Morocco.
History
Two museums have been established to display the works of Yves Saint Laurent and the collection of the Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent Foundation: one in Marrakesh and the other at the historic headquarters of the Yves Saint Laurent fashion house in Paris.[1] According to Pierre Bergé, the designer's business partner and onetime life partner, "it was natural to build a museum dedicated to the work of Yves Saint Laurent in Morocco, as he—even in the colors and the forms of his clothing—owes so much to the country."[2] The opening of both museums was organized in 2017.[2]
The museum in Marrakesh was notably financed by an auction of Moroccan works of art, held in the city by Pierre Bergé September 2015.[3]
It was inaugurated October 2017 and opened to the public 19 October 2017.[4][5] In January 2018, the museum received the best new public building award at the 2018 Design Awards of the British international design magazine Wallpaper.[6]
Location
This Marrakesh museum is located on a street that had already been named after the designer, Yves Saint Laurent Street, near Majorelle Garden—Saint Laurent's residence in Morocco, transformed since his death into a garden, a Berber Art Museum,[7] and an exhibition space that received more than 700,000 visitors per year.[2]
Description
The museum covers an area of 4,000 m2 (43,000 sq ft). It was designed by Studio KO and built by the Moroccan subsidiary of Bouygues.[2][8]
It includes an exhibition hall featuring the work of Yves Saint Laurent, in which there are photos, videos, sketches, 30,000 accessories, and over 7,000 garments from Saint Laurent's personal collections.[9] Another hall is dedicated to Jacques Majorelle, there are temporary exhibition halls, and holds an auditorium with 13 seats. It also has a gift shop and book store, a café-restaurant with a patio, and a research library with over 5,000 volumes including Andalusi works dating back to the 12th century as well as books on botany, Amazigh art, and the work of Yves Saint Laurent.[2][8][10]
From the exterior, the earth-colored building takes the form of an assemblage of cubes and curves, dressed in a lace of bricks evoking weaves of fabric. The materials are terra cotta, concrete, and terrazzo, with colors allowing the building to blend in with its surroundings. The earth bricks were made from Moroccan earth and produced locally. The terrazzo in front and on the ground floor is an aggregate of stone and local marbles.[8]
Art historian Björn Dahlström, a former director of the Berber Art Museum, edited the book Berber Women of Morocco,[11] which was published in conjunction with the 2014/15 exhibition of the same name and shown in Paris, Manama and Rabat.[12] Apart from numerous photographs of Berber women's jewellery, dress and carpets in the museum's collection, the book presents articles about the traditional culture of Berber women in Morocco.
See also
References
- ^ Léonard, Fabrice (6 October 2017). "La femme Yves Saint Laurent s'expose à Paris et à Marrakech" [The Yves Saint Laurent Woman Is Exhibited in Paris and Marrakech]. Le Point (in French).
- ^ a b c d e Rousseau, Caroline (2016). "Yves Saint Laurent, deux musées pour un couturier" [Yves Saint Laurent, Two Museums for One Designer]. Le Monde (in French).
- ^ "Pierre Bergé- Yves Saint Laurent met aux enchères sa collection d'art marocain à Marrakech" [Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent Auctions His Moroccan Art Collection in Marrakech]. Telquel.ma (in French). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Le musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech inauguré ce week-end" [The Yves Saint Laurent Museum Marrakech Inaugurated This Weekend]. FIGARO (in French). 14 October 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Le musée Yves Saint Laurent de Marrakech ouvrira le 19 octobre" [The Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Marrakech Will Open on October 19]. Al HuffPost Maghreb (in French). 10 March 2017. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Maroc : le musée Yves Saint Laurent, une architecture primée" [Morocco: The Yves Saint Laurent Museum, an Award-Winning Architecture]. Jeune Afrique (in French). 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Musée Pierre Bergé des arts berbères" [Pierre Bergé Museum of Berber Arts]. Jardin Majorelle (in French). Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ a b c A. B. (2016). "Le projet du musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech (MYSLM) dévoilé" [The Yves Saint Laurent Museum Marrakech (MYSLM) Project Unveiled]. AMC Archi (in French).
- ^ "The Most Iconic Exhibits of All Time". CR Fashion Book. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Le musée Yves Saint Laurent à Marrakech ouvrira en octobre 2017" [The Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Marrakech Will Open in October 2017]. The Huffington Post (in French). 2016. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016.
- ^ Dahlström, Björn (ed.) Berber Women of Morocco. Paris: Editions d'Art Lys, ISBN 978-2-85495-576-7
- ^ Guerraoui, Saad (3 July 2015). "Berber Women of Morocco Exhibition at Rabat National Library". AW. Retrieved 17 January 2022.