Featured in Selections Magazine: The White Lilies of Marrakech
Selections Magazine recently featured Lana Khayat in an in-depth editorial and interview, exploring her landmark solo exhibition The White Lilies of Marrakech at Hafez Gallery, Riyadh. Presented in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Jardin Majorelle, the exhibition reflects Khayat’s deep engagement with nature, memory, and the resilience of women’s narratives.
Across 100 paintings, one for each year of the garden’s existence, and an immersive installation of 1,000 lilies, Khayat transforms the white lily from a botanical subject into a powerful visual protagonist. In her hands, the flower becomes a metaphor for endurance, femininity, and the cyclical rhythm of renewal. Through free-flowing floral forms, layered with the structured geometry of Tifinagh and Arabic calligraphy, her works create a dialogue between past and present, rootedness and transformation.
The article highlights how Jardin Majorelle, more than just a garden, served as both muse and mirror. Its careful cultivation, rich legacy, and silent strength echoed the very themes Khayat sought to explore: the nurturing of women’s stories, the intergenerational passing down of memory, and the tension between vulnerability and strength. Her approach invites viewers to witness language not just as text, but as rhythm and presence, abstract forms that carry emotional weight, heritage, and resistance.
As Selections beautifully articulates, Khayat’s practice weaves together floral abstraction, ancestral scripts, and cultural history into a visual symphony. Her art becomes a sanctuary for the unspoken, a space where women’s stories are not only honored, but reimagined.