Fez — A Marrakech art gallery is marking AFCON 2025 with a new collective exhibition titled “En jeu” (“In Play”), bringing together 13 contemporary artists for a show that uses football as a starting point for art, memory, and emotion.
The exhibition opens on Friday, December 19, with an opening night scheduled from 6:30 p.m., according to event announcements.
A football theme, but not ‘football illustrations’
In the gallery’s presentation notes, the idea is not to recreate match scenes or famous goals, but to treat the sport as a shared language across Africa — something that carries identity, movement, passion, and collective memory.
The 13 artists each approach the theme from their own creative universe, with works that aim to stay playful and thoughtful at the same time, leaning into the “sense of the game” and humor without losing depth.
Thirteen artists, multiple mediums
The show spans a wide mix of practices, including drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and collage/assemblage.
Organizers say the variety is part of the point: the same sport can be turned into different visual languages — sometimes focused on gesture and energy, sometimes on stadium culture, and sometimes on the social meaning football carries beyond the pitch.
Dates and run time
“En jeu” runs from December 19, 2025 to January 21, 2026 at Khalid Fine Arts Gallery in Marrakech.
Event listings also say entry is free for the opening night.
Why the gallery is tying it to AFCON
In its framing, the gallery presents the exhibition as part of Morocco’s wider AFCON moment — linking the country’s push around football to an effort to spotlight contemporary creation and offer a confident image of African cultural energy to visitors and audiences following the tournament.
