Editing Tunisia (section)

=== Painting ===
The birth of Tunisian contemporary painting is strongly linked to the School of Tunis, established by a group of artists from Tunisia united by the desire to incorporate native themes and rejecting the influence of Orientalist colonial painting. It was founded in 1949 and brings together French and Tunisian Muslims, Christians and Jews. Pierre Boucherle was its main instigator, along with [[Yahia Turki]], [[Abdelaziz Gorgi]], Moses Levy, Ammar Farhat, and Jules Lellouche. Given its doctrine, some members have therefore turned to the sources of aesthetic Arab-Muslim art, such as miniature Islamic architecture, etc. Expressionist paintings by Amara Debbache, Jellal Ben Abdallah, and Ali Ben Salem are recognized while abstract art captures the imagination of painters like Edgar Naccache, Nello Levy, and [[Hedi Turki]].<ref name="tangka3">{{cite web|url=http://guides.tangka.com/tunisie/Chapt8Sub1.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007040510/http://guides.tangka.com/tunisie/Chapt8Sub1.htm |archive-date= 7 October 2011 |title=Un pays pour les peintres |language=fr |trans-title=A country for painters |publisher=Guide Tangka |date=7 October 2011 |access-date=26 January 2013 }}</ref>

After independence in 1956, the art movement in Tunisia was propelled by the dynamics of nation building and by artists serving the state. A Ministry of Culture was established, under the leadership of ministers such as [[Habib Boularès]] who oversaw art and education and power.<ref name="tangka3"/> Artists gained international recognition such as [[Hatem El Mekki]] or [[Zoubeir Turki]] and influenced a generation of new young painters. Sadok Gmech draws his inspiration from national wealth while Moncef Ben Amor turns to fantasy. In another development, Youssef Rekik reused the technique of painting on glass and founded [[Nja Mahdaoui]] calligraphy with its mystical dimension.<ref name="tangka3"/>

There are currently fifty art galleries housing exhibitions of Tunisian and international artists.<ref name="tunisia online">{{cite web|url=http://www.tunisiaonline.com/culture/culture1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010210043336/http://www.tunisiaonline.com/culture/culture1.html |archive-date=10 February 2001 |title=Culture de la Tunisie |publisher=Tunisia Online |date=10 February 2001 |access-date=19 January 2013 }}</ref> These galleries include Gallery Yahia in Tunis and Carthage Essaadi gallery.<ref name="tunisia online"/>

A new exposition opened in an old monarchal palace in Bardo dubbed the "awakening of a nation". The exposition boasts documents and artifacts from the Tunisian reformist monarchial rule in mid-19th century.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2016/12/09/a-tunis-une-exposition-reveille-l-histoire-precoloniale-du-pays_5046481_3212.html|title=A Tunis, une exposition réveille l'histoire précoloniale du pays |language=fr |trans-title=In Tunis, an exhibition awakens the precolonial history of thecountry}}</ref>