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News
Art Jameel has acquired 29 works that were previously held by the Dubai-based private equity firm Abraaj Group, sponsor of the Abraaj Group Art Prize, which began in 2009 as a 10-year project to support talented artists from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia with an award of $100,000. The art prize award ended in 2018. [The National]
In the first major hire since its director departed abruptly at the end of last year, the Bronx Museum of the Arts has tapped Jasmine Wahi as Holly Block Social Justice Curator. [ARTnews]
Museums
With a change in leadership, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bangkok aims to modernize, expanding its holdings beyond the confines of Buddhist art. [South China Morning Post]
Thanks to a gift from the Cy Twombly Foundation, the Drawing Center in New York will offer free admission through February 2023. [ARTnews]
The city of Madrid has come up with a plan to guard the Debod Temple, an ancient Egyptian structure dating to 200 B.C.E., against the threat of pollution. [El País]
Market
A growing base of African collectors has taken on a mission to buy work by modern and contemporary artists from the continent so as to keep it from heading elsewhere. [The Art Newspaper]
Despite Art Basel Hong Kong’s cancellation and the threat of the coronavirus, galleries in Hong Kong including Pace, Pearl Lam, and Rossi & Rossi remain open. [South China Morning Post]
Artists
Artist Shizu Saldamando has been using her intricately rendered portraits to put viewers in conversation with members of her community. “There is more to the Latinx experience than trauma,” she said. [Los Angeles Times]
Sir David Adjaye and Cai Guo-Qiang are the winners of the 2020 Isamu Noguchi Award. [Artforum]