Abbas Akhavan, Study for a Garden, 2012, Delfina Foundation, London Residency – Image courtesy Christa Holka and the Third Line, Dubai
■The Abraaj Group Art Prize announced the winners of the 2014 edition: Abbas Akhavan (Iran), Kamrooz Aram (Iran), Bouchra Khalili (Morocco), Basim Magdy (Egypt) and Anup Mathew Thomas (India). These artists will now start working closely with this year’s selected Guest Curator, London-based Pakistani-Born Nada Raza. She is responsible for supervising the production and the display of artworks as well as the publishing of the annual catalogue at Art Dubai. [art-agenda] [The Abraaj Group Art Prize]
â– The Sobey Award for Canadian artists under 40 announced its shortlist: Isabelle Pauwels (West Coast & the Yukon), Mark Clintberg (Prairies & The North), Duane Linklater (Ontario), Pascal Grandmaison (Quebec) and Tamara Henderson (Atlantic). Their works will be exhibited at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) opening on September 13, 2013. The winner is to be announced at the Gala AGNS event on October 9, 2013. [Sobey Art Award]
â– The Baloise Art Prize has been awarded to Jenni Tischer (Germany) and Kemang Wa Lehulere (South Africa), each to receive CHF 30,000 and present work at the Statements section of Art Basel 2013. The prize winners will see of a group of their works includes acquired by the Baloise Collection, subsequently donated to two important European museums: this year being the Hamburger Kunsthalle and the MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna. [baloise.com]
■The Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013 goes to London based duo Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin for their work War Primer 2. [The Guardian]
â– Jean-Michel Basquiat’s CV, a two-page handwritten document, was sold for $50,000 at Sotherby’s [HUH]
â– Julian Schnabel has announced his plan to open a “community exhibition space” on the ground floor of his West Village home. It will be called Casa del Popolo [Gallerist NY] [Casa del Popolo]
â– Istanbul-based artist Can Altay reports from Gezi Park, the symbol of current popular uprisings and utopian public space. [Creative Time Reports]
■Michigan attorney general rules out sales of the Detroit Institute of Art’s collection [Art in America]