Abraaj Capital Art Prize 2010
August - October 2010
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The Museum of Arts and Design presents the 2010 winners of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize. Now in its second year, this prize is unique among art awards; not only is it the world's most generous, disbursing $1 million to its recipients, but it is also distinct in its concentration and approach, focusing on contemporary art and design from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia (MENASA) region and honoring proposals conceived by an artist and curator pairing rather than individual realized works. This year's three winning duos are the Algerian artist Abdel Kader Attia with Laurie Ann Farrell, executive director of exhibitions for the Savannah College of Art and Design; the Egyptian artist Hala Elkoussy with Jelle Bouwhuis, a curator at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; and the Lebanese artist Marwan Sahmarani from Lebanon with the Lebanese-Spanish curator Mahita El Bacha Urieta. Among the international panel of jurors who selected the winners from 97 applicants was MAD's Charles Bronfman International Curator, Lowery Stokes Sims.
The Abraaj Capital Art Prize is made possible through the support of Abraaj Capital.
