Myriam Ben Salah announced as Abraaj Group Art Prize curator

Myriam Ben Salah. Courtesy Deborah Farnault

The curator for next year’s edition of the prestigious Abraaj Group Art Prize has been announced.

Myriam Ben Salah was born in Tunisia but is based in Paris where she has been coordinating special projects and public programs at Palais de Tokyo since 2009, focusing especially on performance art, video and publishing initiatives. She is also is Editor-in-Chief of the international edition of Kaleidoscope Magazine.

She will be responsible for working with the chosen Abraaj Prize artists once they are selected and curating their work for a group exhibition at Art Dubai next year.

“I am very excited to have been chosen as the Guest Curator of the 10th edition of the Abraaj Group Art Prize,” says Ben Salah. My curatorial practice covers different scopes and in recent years, I have felt an urgency to work towards shifting the narratives around the MENASA region and its artistic practices. I admire how Abraaj has been consistently supporting artists by offering them a platform for production and the opportunity to realise ambitious projects. Having the resources to produce is the cornerstone to a relevant art scene.”

Each year, The Abraaj Group awards $100,000 (Dh370,000) to a winning artist to develop a new commission, and $10,000 each to three shortlisted artists to support the development of their artistic practice. The work of the winning artist is unveiled at each edition of Art Dubai and is complemented by an exhibition of works by the three shortlisted artists.