An award with a cheque as big as the Turner Prize was announced today for contemporary artists influenced by Islamic craft and design.
The £25,000 Jameel Prize was unveiled by the Victoria and Albert Museum and is being funded by Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel, a Saudi Arabian businessman whose British interests include the Hartwell car and hotel businesses. He previously gave £5.4 million towards the Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art at the V&A.
The £25,000 Jameel Prize was unveiled by the Victoria and Albert Museum and is being funded by Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel, a Saudi Arabian businessman whose British interests include the Hartwell car and hotel businesses. He previously gave £5.4 million towards the Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art at the V&A.
Shelf life: Buy Me by Hassan Hajjaj. The artist, who has Moroccan roots, runs a clothing store in Covent Garden
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