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| Marina Tabassum, Prayer Hall, Bait ur Rouf Mosque, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2012. Photo: Sandro di Carlo Darsa. © MTA/Sandro di Carlo Darsa |
DUBAI - The Jameel Prize exhibition will visit Dubai for the first time in April 2019, Antonia Carver, director of Art Jameel told Salaam Gateway. The exhibition will take place at the new Jameel Arts Centre, which opened its doors on November 11. Jameel Prize is an international award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition. First awarded in 2009, it is held every two years and is worth 25,000 British pounds. Two joint winners were announced in the fifth edition of the prize in June this year. Iraq-born artist Medhi Moutashar and Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum showed their artwork along with eight finalists in a special exhibition at the V&A from June 28 to November 25. [
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| Mehdi Moutashar, Deux carrés dont un encadré (Two squares, one of them framed), 2017, wood, paint, elastic wire. Collection of the artist. Photo © Fabrice Leroux |
