Eight finalists in Jameel Prize shortlist of V&A and Art Jameel
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Muhammad Yusuf, Features Writer
V&A and Art Jameel have announced the Jameel Prize shortlist. Jameel Prize is the world’s leading award for contemporary art and design, inspired by Islamic tradition.
Eight finalists have been shortlisted from over 400 applications for the £25,000 prize: Golnar Adili (Iran), Hadeyeh Badri (UAE), Kallol Datta (India), Farah Fayyad (Lebanon), Ajlan Gharem (Saudi Arabia), Sofia Karim (UK), Jana Traboulsi (Lebanon) and Bushra Waqas Khan (Pakistan).
Jameel Prize is a collaboration between the V&A and Art Jameel, founded in 2009, now in its sixth edition. This edition marks a new era for it by introducing a thematic focus dedicated to contemporary design.
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This month marks a
year since the coronavirus pandemic initiated a series of global shutdowns across art organisations. The immediate effect of the pandemic was a swift shift to digital programming: exhibitions became walk-throughs; fair booths became
virtual viewing rooms; and Q&As became video chats. The amount of material made available online, as well as its uptake among the public, was overwhelming, fuelled perhaps by adrenalin and sublimated panic.
“The digital sphere has always had this sort of secondary position, and people didn’t take it as seriously as they should
- Krist Gruijthuijsen
That flurry of initial activity has subsided, but the “new normal” is still emerging. What have been the effects of a year’s worth of online programming on art organisations, artists and audiences – and specifically for the Arab world?
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