Internationally acclaimed Pakistani artist Imran Qureshi was honoured with a Medal of Arts Award by the US State Department for 2017, making him the first Pakistani ever to receive this honour. The awardees for this year also include Nick Cave, Jenny Holzer, Wolf Kahn and Rachel Whiteread. Qureshi was honoured in a ceremony hosted by Deputy US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington D.C. on 12th January 2017 at the State Department’s historic Benjamin Franklin Room.
Julian Raby , Director Freer and Sackler Galleries and some guests
