Jameel Prize returns to Sharjah

The Jameel Prize, a biennial international award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition, has returned to Sharjah’s Museum of Islamic Civilization.

Launched at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum in 2009, the exhibition travels to a variety of international venues. The inaugural edition was exhibited in Sharjah in 2010, and the visit by the third edition means the emirate is the first international venue that it has travelled to more than once.

“The UAE is the Jameel Prize’s second home,” says Tim Stanley, the senior curator for the Middle Eastern collections at the V&A. “Sharjah does a fantastic job in terms of presenting the prize and exhibition within a context that means a lot to people, and we are very happy to bring it back here.”

Original article by Anna Seaman

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