The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger is an artwork decide for a lavish new artwork prize on the Caribbean island of Mustique. The exhibition and prize with the theme “Caribbean Soul” options work by 16 artists from the area—together with Brandon Better of Barbados and Aurora Honeywell of Trinidad & Tobago—who’re exhibiting their entries at Mustique’s Group Centre later this month (27-29 December). As we went to press, three shortlisted artists competed for a complete shared prize of $20,000. All work featured are on the market, with 50% of the proceeds donated to the Mustique Academic Belief. The collector and writer Tiqui Atencio Demirdjian is behind the brand new award, whereas different esteemed judges on the panel embrace the UK artist Marc Quinn and the auctioneer Simon de Pury. Maybe Quinn will do a duet with Jagger—Paint it, Black or Forty Licks (of paint)?
