Wael Shawky Winner of the First Edition of Mario Merz Prize

Wael Shawky has been awarded as winner of the first edition of the Mario Merz Prize.

Fondazione Merz announces the world premiere of Wael Shawky’s new film, Al Araba Al Madfuna III, produced by Qatar Museums as part of his solo exhibition at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha in 2015. A conversation between the artist and Abdellah Karroum, the curator of the solo exhibition to be held at the Merz Foundation in the autumn, will accompany the screening.

World premiere of Al Araba Al Madfuna III at the Auditorium Kunsthaus Zürich:

11 June 2016, 11 am – 12.30 pm