Paulo Cunha e Silva Art Prize: Shaikha Al Mazrou at Galeria Municipal do Porto, Portugal

The Paulo Cunha e Silva Art Prize was created in 2015, by Porto City Council, as a tribute to the former Councilor for Culture, Paulo Cunha e Silva, and is aimed at artists under 40 years of age. The jury of the second edition of the award – Isabel Lewis, John Akomfrah, Margarida Mendes and Shumon Basar – analysed the portfolios of 48 artists selected by a group of 16 curators appointed by the jury members.

Considering that “The established centres can no longer assume they are the only centres”, the jury selected six artists from various cultural geographies that, in their own words, are “voices — aesthetic, ethical, technical — that articulate the current moment, or, even, sense what is to come”. They added that this left them “emotionally moved, be it through the articulation of beauty, tenderness, politics or the magical”. The winner will be announced during the exhibition.