Louvre Abu Dhabi and Swiss watchmaker Richard Mille have announced the 10 shortlisted artists for the 2022 Richard Mille Art Prize as part of the Louvre Abu Dhabi exhibition Art Here.
The art prize received 246 submissions from artists residing across the GCC.
The artists were selected by a five-member jury who examined submissions based on proposals to engage with the idea of how the concept of “icon” and “iconic” resonates within contemporary art practices and how it informs new artistic perspectives.
The jury is made up of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan, chairman of UAE Unlimited and an art collector, Morad Montazami, art historian and research curator at Tate Modern London, Hala Warde, founding architect of HW Architecture, Souraya Noujaim, director of scientific, curatorial and collections management at Louvre Abu Dhabi, and Reem Fadda, director of Abu Dhabi’s Cultural Foundation and curator of this year's Art Here exhibition.
“It is an honour to curate the second edition of the Art Here exhibition and to work with a museum that continues to champion contemporary art in the UAE and wider the region,” said Fadda.
“I was thrilled to see the calibre of work the shortlisted artists put forward and believe that the exhibition will be stellar in terms of quality of production and discourse; a sentiment I am sure will be shared by our visitors and the cultural community at large.”
Artists will showcase their works at the museum in the second Louvre Abu Dhabi Art Here exhibition, running from November 18 to February 19. The winner of the 2022 Richard Mille Art Prize, which will be announced early next year, will receive $60,000 in cash.