The 10 selected artists for 2022 The Richard Mille Art Prize, a $60,000 prize created in cooperation with the Swiss wristwatch company of the same name, has been revealed by the Louvre Abu Dhabi. GCC nationals and residents were asked to submit new or existing artwork that deals with the notion of “the icon.”
The ultimate prize will be won by Afra Al-Dhaheri, Ayman Zedani, Dana Awartani, Elizabeth Dorazio, Manal Al Dowayan, Rand Abdul Jabbar, Simrin Mehra Agarwal, Shaikha Al Mazrou, Vikram Divecha, Zeinab AlHashemi.
The nominated artists’ works will be displayed at the museum’s Forum in the second edition of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Art “Here” exhibition, which runs from November 18 this year to February 19, 2023.
The winner will be revealed in early 2023 during a ceremony.
Jury members included Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan bin Khalifa Al-Nahyan, Chairman of UAE Unlimited, an art collector, and a patron of the Centre Pompidou, the British Museum and Sharjah Art Foundation; Morad Montazami, an art historian and research curator at Tate Modern, London; Hala Wardé, founding architect of HW Architecture, long-term partner of Jean Nouvel and the lead of the Louvre Abu Dhabi project; Dr. 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 Louvre Abu Dhabi Art Here 2022.
The Richard Mille Art Prize, which was first announced in July, will be held annually.