First held in November 2005, the Arts in Marrakech (AiM) International Biennale is the first major trilingual (English, Arabic & French) festival in North Africa focusing on cutting-edge contemporary art, literature and film. The AiM International Biennale seeks to promote the status of the artist and contemporary culture in North Africa and to dynamize the regional creative scene, enabling discussions with and between artists. Held every two years, the AiM International Biennale promotes inter-cultural and inter-disciplinary exchanges through an educational approach that addresses art professionals, students and the general public.

A short film by Brenda Goldblatt showcasing AiM's 3^rd edition in 2009, is available here.

Past AiM participants have included:

Adel Abdesemmed, Yassin Adnan, Sobhi Al-Zobaidi, Francis Alys, Noureddine Amir, Younes Baba-Ali, Yto Barrada, Marie-Louise Belarbi, Farida Benlyazid, Faouzi Bensaidi, Rachid Benzine, Omar Berrada, Mahi Binebine, Katrine Boorman, John Boorman, Kim Cattralll, Stuart Comer, William Dalrymple, Shezad Dawood, James Dearden, Sussan Deyhim, Sanaa El Aji, Ahmad El Madini, Edmond El Maleh, Tracey Emin, Ekow Eshun, Esther Freud, Seamus Farrell, Eric Fellner, James Fenton, Jean-Francois Fourtou, David Goldblatt, Anthony Gormley, Richard E. Grant, Geordie Greig, Joana Hadjithomas, Leila Hafyane, Mohsin Hamid, Christopher Hampton, John Hillcoat, Richard Horowitz, Pieter Hugo, Isaac Julien, Abdellah Karroum, Joseph Kosuth, Hari Kunzru, Hanif Kureishi, Faouzi Laatiris, Nick Laird, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Annie Lennox, Bernard Marcade, James Marsh, Mourad Mazouz, Rabii Mobarak, Santu Mofoken, Deborah Moggach, Danny Moynihan, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Andrew O'Hagan, Alexandra Pringle, Simon Prosser, Gabriel Range, Tayeb Salah, Julian Schnabel, Tahir Shah, Wael Shawky, Batoul S'Himi, Hardeep Singh-Kohli, Zadie Smith, Ahdaf Soueif, Anna Steiger, Mikhael Subotsky, Abdelah Taia, Guy Tillim, Gavin Turk, Nontiskelelo Veleko, Nabeel Yassin & Alan Yentob, among others.

The Arts in Marrakech International Biennale is run by the AiM Association, a non-profit organization registered in Morocco (FGM/1215).