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Abraaj Capital Art Prize 2012 Winners Announced
11.10.2011. in Competitions
Dubai, UAE, October 2011 / The Abraaj Capital Art Prize announced the five winning artists for 2012. The artists, who were selected from a record number of submissions, have begun working on realizing the artworks they proposed which will be unveiled during Art Dubai in March 2012. The artworks become permanent additions to the Abraaj Capital Collection.
Silk Route’s International Jilbab Design Competition: StyleIn! Announces Winner
07.10.2011. in Competitions
It was a tense few hours on the eve of October the 4th as many designers and thousands of eager fans, friends and family descended upon the Islamic Design House Facebook Fan Page to follow the Silk Route StyleIn! 2011 Jilbab Competition Countdown to the winner!
Rachid Koraïchi - the Winner of the Jameel Prize 2011
14.09.2011. in Competitions
Algerian born Rachid Koraïchi has won the £25,000 Jameel Prize for a selection of embroidered cloth banners from a series entitled Les Maitres invisibles (The Invisible Masters), 2008. Martin Roth, Director of the V&A, Hasan Jameel and Ed Vaizey MP, presented Rachid Koraïchi with the prize at a ceremony at the V&A on Monday 12 September.
‘Capture the Spirit of Ramadan’, an International Ramadan Photography Competition
30.07.2011. in Competitions
Studio Basel for Creative Solutions is organizing and sponsoring an International Ramadan Photography Competition in an effort to share with the world the essence of the Holy month.
The shortlisted artists for the Jameel Prize 2011
24.07.2011. in Competitions
The work of the shortlisted artists and designers will be shown at the V&A from 21 July until 25 September 2011 and draws strongly on the artists’ and designers’ own local and regional traditions, celebrating particular materials and iconography with strong references to traditional Islamic art.
Art Competition: Skywards Future Artists
21.06.2011. in Competitions
A new and exciting art competition for all undiscovered artists and a chance to win USD $5,000.