Award – magpie

The Middle East’s best buildings?

10 November 2025

The inaugural RIBA Middle East Awards were handed out during Dubai Design Week. The qualifications are pretty generous – submissions had to have been completed between July 2020 and July 2024 by a qualified architect (not necessarily an RIBA architect) [… more]

2024 Richard Mille Art Prize goes to Nicène Kossentini

13 December 2024

The Richard Mille Art Prize 2024 – an award and $60,000 – has gone to the Tunisian artist Nicène Kossentini for her video work Landscapes, shown at Louvre Abu Dhabi along with the four other artists shortlisted for the Art [… more]

Christo and Jeanne-Claude Award winner unveiled at Abu Dhabi Art

20 November 2024

The winning artwork of The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Award 2024 has been unveiled at Abu Dhabi Art. Datecrete Bee Hotel is an installation crafted from the eponymous eco-friendly material – Datecrete is made from date pits with none of the [… more]

Super-smart shopping cart for James Dyson

16 September 2023

“The problems of the future will be solved by today’s bright young engineers and scientists. But they need inspiration and encouragement.” That’s the ethos behind the James Dyson Award; and whatever your views about Mr Dyson himself, the award has [… more]

AlUla Design Award winners on show in Paris

12 September 2023

Arts AlUla riffed off the buzz around Paris Design Week to announce the five winners of the AlUla Design Award there. The Award invited designers to develop retail items across six categories inspired by the heritage, landscape and artistic legacies [… more]

Abu Dhabi pavilion one of three medal winners at London Design Biennale

7 June 2023

The Abu Dhabi pavilion has been named as one of three jury-selected winners of awards at the 2023 London Design Biennale, presented to the pavilions that have contributed the most exceptional installations to the Biennale. Abu Dhabi’s ‘Formation of Soof’ [… more]

Six for IPAF shortlist

1 March 2023

A shortlist of six novels has been named for the 16th International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Each of the authors gets $10,000, with the winner – to be announced in Abu Dhabi on 21 May – receiving an additional $50,000. There [… more]

Sharjah Art Foundation’s 2022 Production Grant awards

1 February 2023

A total of $200,000 will be shared by ten 10 artists, duos and collectives who have been selected through an international open call for Sharjah Art Foundation’s 2022 Production Grant. The money will provide core funding and professional support for [… more]

Alserkal Arts Foundation adds a new selection committee, awards research grants

16 November 2022

Alserkal Arts Foundation has launched its new season with the introduction of a new Selection Committee that will serve as advisors to the Foundation and mentors to residents and grantees. The committee members for the first two-year tenure are artist [… more]

Christo winner unveiled

16 November 2022

The winning installation for The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Award 2022 has been unveiled at Abu Dhabi Art. Urban Fabric is a series of four sculptures conceptualised and built by NYUAD sophomore undergraduates Roudhah Al Mazrouei, Gerald Jason Cruz and Jennifer [… more]