DUBAI: The Ithra Art Prize announced its five jurors who will pick the best works to exhibit at 2020’s Art Dubai this week.
Nada Shabout, a professor of art history and coordinator of the Contemporary Arab and Muslim Culture Studies Initiative (CAMCSI) in Texas, has been announced as a jury member, while independent curator and architect Tarek Abou El-Fetouh will also take a seat.
Eiman Elgibreen, an artist and assistant professor of art history at the Princess Nourah University in º£½ÇÖ±²¥, is the third name on the list.
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Next in line is Reem Fadda, the director of Abu Dhabi’s Cultural Foundation.
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Maya El-Khalil, an independent curator and a former director at the Athr Gallery in Jeddah, rounds out the list.
The winner will receive up to $100,000 and their work will become a part of Ithra’s permanent collection.
Applications are now open to all Saudi and º£½ÇÖ±²¥-based artists. The deadline for applications is Oct. 3.Ìý
