Lalla Essaydi, a New York-based Moroccan painter and mixed-media artist recently devoted herself to photography, exploring the image of women in Islamic society. The result, this very cool series entitled Harem in which her subjects are wrapped in robes which echo the decorative Arabic tiles and patterns that wall the incredible interiors.

A new video focusing on the work of Spanish artist, Remed, was released to promote his upcoming solo exhibition at David Bloch Gallery in Morocco. The show entitled “EPYPHISM” will showcase a number of new paintings from the artist. The video documents his process painting in the studio, as well as creating a simple abstract piece in the streets.

Our May 2012 Public Art special issue features a few works from Italian muralist Blu captured from our travels in Europe last year, and we just saw that the artist was in Morocco to paint a new mural near a border crossing in the North African nation. That appears to a European Union colorway on that wall, no?