A dish discovered in 1991, a lead pursued in 1996 In 1991, on her first trip to Morocco, Valérie Barkowski saw women working with a large raw earthenware dish, used to roll couscous or knead bread. She bought one, with no other idea than to use it at home. A saucy dish, served the very …
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Dar Kawa’s raw tableware and raw cotton
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Embracing slow travel in Marrakech: a way of life
The term ‘slow travel’ makes me smile. To me, it means something very simple: taking the time to inhabit a place until it is no longer foreign. This is what happened with the Marrakech medina, which I walked through and across, year after year, until it became my own. 1996. I didn’t know yet that …
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A(RT)wareness. When Art, Bodies and Stories Come Together
(ART)wareness, an Exhibition That Shapes Awareness, Literally As part of ‘’What’s on’’, the Off program of the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in Marrakesh, Céline and I are hosting the A(RT)wareness exhibition in my studio, above the V.Barkowski store in Dar El Bacha. From 4 to 10 February 2026, the space will present a series …
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Dar Kawa: Confidential Riad in Marrakech
The story of Dar Kawa: textile creation, collections, and life in Marrakech At the end of the work, in autumn 1999, Dar Kawa opened its doors. I didn’t really have time to realize what was happening. The night before the first Belgian journalists arrived, we were still working late into the night. The next morning, …
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