TAC AWARD 2025

 

Theme: "Story of a Dot" – A Bauhaus-Inspired Painting Competition

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Exploring Bauhaus principles and Arab modernism, focusing on the transformative power of the dot. Inspired by Bauhaus’ fusion of art, craft, and technology, artists will deconstruct and reconstruct form, starting from the simplest shape.

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As Wassily Kandinsky saw the dot as a universe of potential, Arab artists like Etel Adnan, Dia Al-Azzawi, and Saloua Raouda Choucair used geometric abstraction to express movement, structure, and culture. 

 

Artists are invited to transform the dot through Bauhaus ideals of geometry, abstraction, and function, creating innovative and thought-provoking compositions.

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Artists will explore the dot’s evolution into lines, planes, and structures, shaping compositions that reflect balance, rhythm, and harmony. How does a dot exist in isolation? How does it interact with colour, movement, and scale? What story does it tell within Bauhaus modernism and Arab abstraction?

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JURY

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-Munira Al SAYEGH - Founder & Head Curato | Dirwaza Curatorial Lab 

- Alain BARON - Founder of Numismatica Genevensis 

- Basmah El BITTAR - Director | Alserkal Avenue

- Arnaud MORAND - Independent Curator & Cultural Strategist | Head of Arts at AFALULA

- Michaela WATWERLOT - Curator & Director of Exhibition | Bassam Freiha Art Foundation

- The Art Circle Board - Represented by its Artistic Advisor Noor Al Suwaidi

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WINNER

Romeo ROBIS - IN FOCUS - 2025

Acrylic on Canva, 75x75cm