Jameel Prize 2013 goes to Turkish fashion designers
The third biannual Jameel Prize has gone to Turkish fashion designer Dice Kayek, a label established in Paris in 1992 by sisters Ece and Ayse Ege. The GBP 25,000 Jameel Prize 3 went to the sisters, native of Bursa, for Istanbul Contrast, a collection of garments that evoke Istanbul’s architectural and artistic heritage. The judges felt that Dice Kayek’s work demonstrates how vibrant and creative Islamic traditions continue to be...
Dan Snow to head Archaeology Council
Historian Dan Snow is the new President and spokesperson for the Council for British Archaeology, which has numerous international projects, including some in the Levant (eastern Mediterranean). Historian, broadcaster and television presenter Dan Snow will be the CBA’s frontman for public engagement programmes such as the UK-wide community project recording the physical remains of the First World War and its Home Front, and the...
New book and exhibitions on Mohan Samant, his life and paintings
The artist Mohan Samant was described by Ranjit Hoskote, by way of a compliment, as “the missing link in the evolutionary narrative of contemporary art in India.” Now a book on the life and work of this extraordinary but little known artist has been published in an impressive tome coinciding with a London exhibition and a major retrospective in Mumabi, writes SAJID RIZVI. Mohan Samant: Paintings, by Ranjit Hoskote, Marcella Sirhandi...
Tate reappoints Jessica Morgan
Tate has reappointed Jessica Morgan as The Daskalopoulos Curator, International Art. With the renewal of the funding by the D.Daskalopoulos Collection, Greece. The post, which has been funded by the Collection for the past three years, has now been extended for a further three-year period until 2016. Jessica will continue to mainly focus on acquisitions of contemporary and emerging international art, specifically non-western regions,...
Bouchra Khalili: First solo show in Canada
French-Moroccan artist Bouchra Khalili is having a solo show in Toronto 3 September – 27 October 2013 with recent works featuring Malcolm X, Mahmoud Darwish and Mohamed ben Abdelkrim El Khattabi, among others. Bouchra Khalili: The Opposite of the Voice-Over features two of the artist’s major recent projects, The Mapping Journey and Speeches. Bouchra Khalili’s work often takes the form of video installations, among other mediums,...
New Sensations Finalists
Channel 4 and the Saatchi Gallery have announced the shortlist and finalists for this year’s New Sensations Prize. The work of 20 young artists will be exhibited in an exhibition in London opening on 12 October. Twenty graduates from BA and MA courses at UK and the Republic of Ireland colleges and universities have been chosen by the judges: the artists Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin; Nick Hackworth, founder of Paradise Row,...