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• Jesse Wine and Haffendi Anuar win inaugural Powerhouse Commission for Battersea Power Station sculptures award

  Jesse Wine and Haffendi Anuar have been chosen as the inaugural recipients of the Powerhouse Commission, an outdoor sculpture initiative by the Battersea Power Station Development…

• Trương Công Tùng receives inaugural Han Nefkens Foundation video art grant for Southeast Asia award

  Trương Công Tùng, a Vietnamese artist born in 1986 in Dak Lak, has been awarded the inaugural Han Nefkens Foundation – Southeast Asian Video Art Production Grant, which amounts to…

• BelgianArtPrize 2019 nominees withdraw amid criticism of all-male shortlist award

  So, the five artists nominated for the 2019 BelgianArtPrize have decided to pull out because of the backlash over the all-male shortlist. Sven Augustijnen, Koenraad Dedobbeleer,…

• Berggruen Institute awards $1 million prize to Peter Singer while establishing Venice headquarters award

  Peter Singer, an Australian philosopher known for his ethical ideas, has been honored with the first-ever Berggruen Prize, which comes with a $1 million reward. This accolade…

• Haroon Mirza receives 2014 Nam June Paik Art Center Prize with $50,000 award and 2015 solo exhibition award

  Haroon Mirza, a British artist, has been awarded the 2014 Nam June Paik Art Center Prize. This accolade comes with a monetary award of $50,000, roughly translating to £32,000, and…

• Stephen Sutcliffe and Graham Eatough Win Contemporary Art Society Annual Award for Whitworth Commission award

  In 2015, Stephen Sutcliffe and Graham Eatough, in collaboration with The Whitworth, won the Contemporary Art Society Annual Award, which comes with a £40,000 grant. This funding…

• Choi Chan Sook Wins Korea Artist Prize 2021; Artadia Announces LA Awards award

  Choi Chan Sook, a media artist, received the Korea Artist Prize 2021 from the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), in partnership with the SBS Foundation.…

• Dahye Jeong Wins 2022 Loewe Craft Prize for Horsehair Basket award

  Dahye Jeong has been honored with the 2022 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize, earning €50,000 for her creation A Time of Sincerity (2021). This artwork is a basket crafted from…

• Steve McQueen Honored with Volta Lifetime Achievement Award award

  On February 28, filmmaker and artist Steve McQueen was honored with the Volta Lifetime Achievement Award during the Dublin International Film Festival. This prestigious accolade,…

• Dashi Namdakov's She Guardian sculpture wins inaugural What's That Thing? Award for worst UK public art award

  Dashi Namdakov's sculpture, She Guardian, created in 2012 and situated in Marble Arch, London, has received The Spectator's inaugural What's That Thing? Award, which highlights…

• Hiwa K Awarded Documenta's 2016 Arnold Bode Prize award

  Hiwa K, an artist born in Iraq and based in Berlin, has been named the winner of the 2016 Arnold Bode Prize, an annual award given by the Documenta Foundation in Kassel. The prize…

• Hsu Che-Yu Wins Taishin Arts Award Grand Prize for Microphone Test award

  Hsu Che-Yu secured the Taishin Arts Award Grand Prize, earning NTD 1.5 million for his piece Microphone Test, which debuted at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum in fall 2015. Four other…

• The Hepworth Wakefield Named 2017 Art Fund Museum of the Year award

  The Hepworth Wakefield has been selected as the 2017 Museum of the Year by Art Fund, receiving £100,000 in prize money. A judging panel including Stephen Deuchar, Hartwig Fischer,…

• Swedish Academy Cancels 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature Amid Sexual Abuse Scandal award

  The Swedish Academy has announced it will not award a Nobel Prize in Literature in 2018, marking an unprecedented cancellation. This decision follows months of internal conflict…

• Thao Nguyen Phan Wins Inaugural Han Nefkens Foundation – Loop Barcelona Video Art Award award

  Thao Nguyen Phan, an artist hailing from Ho Chi Minh City, has been awarded the first-ever Han Nefkens Foundation – Loop Barcelona Video Art Award. This was announced on November…

• Ayoung Kim wins 2025 LG Guggenheim Award with $100,000 honorarium award

  Ayoung Kim, a South Korean artist, has been awarded the 2025 LG Guggenheim Award, which comes with a $100,000 honorarium. She is the third recipient of this accolade, part of the…

• Emilija Škarnulytė Wins 2019 Future Generation Art Prize with $100,000 Award award

  During a ceremony held at Kyiv's Pinchuk Art Centre, Emilija Škarnulytė, an artist from Lithuania, was awarded the 2019 Future Generation Art Prize. The total prize amount is…

• Maria Fernanda Cardoso receives 2020 NSW Visual Arts Fellowship for spider portrait series award

  Maria Fernanda Cardoso, a Sydney-based artist, has received the 2020 NSW Visual Arts (Established) Fellowship. This fellowship, a collaboration between Create NSW and the Museum…

• Shu Lea Cheang Receives 2024 LG Guggenheim Award for Tech-Art Exploration award

  Shu Lea Cheang has been honored with the 2024 LG Guggenheim Award, receiving a generous $100,000 unrestricted honorarium. This Taiwanese-American artist and filmmaker has…

• Nairy Baghramian Wins $100,000 Nasher Prize for Sculptural Innovation award

  Nairy Baghramian has received the prestigious sixth Nasher Prize, which includes a $100,000 cash award for her innovative sculptural work. Hailing from Iran but now residing in…

• Nathaniel Mellors and Harris Museum win £40,000 Contemporary Art Society Award for Beckett-inspired film award

  The Contemporary Art Society Annual Award 2014 has been granted to British artist Nathaniel Mellors and the Harris Museum & Art Gallery. This sixth edition of the prize provides…

• Nairy Baghramian Wins 2022 Nasher Prize, Misfits Series Exhibited at Nasher Sculpture Center award

  Nairy Baghramian, who was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1971 and moved to Berlin at the age of thirteen, is known for her sculptures that evoke human internal organs. Her installation,…

• Ai Weiwei and Joan Baez to Receive Amnesty International's 2015 Ambassador of Conscience Award award

  Amnesty International will honor Ai Weiwei and Joan Baez with its 2015 Ambassador of Conscience Award. The ceremony is scheduled for May 21, 2015, in Berlin. This annual prize…

• International Awards for Art Criticism Opens Second Edition with €6,000 Prize and Shanghai Residency award

  The second International Awards for Art Criticism (IAAC 2) is now accepting submissions for its annual contest dedicated to independent writing on contemporary art. Writers can…

• Newsha Tavakolian Receives 2015 Prince Claus Award for Transformative Photography award

  The 2015 Prince Claus Award, valued at €100,000, has been granted to Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian. Born in 1981, Tavakolian is recognized as a pioneering female…

• Jeffrey Shaw Wins Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica for Media Art Pioneering award

  As part of the 2015 Prix Ars Electronica, the Golden Nica for Visionary Pioneers of Media Art has been awarded to Jeffrey Shaw. This accolade comes with a monetary prize of up to…

• Four Artists Shortlisted for 2022 Prix Marcel Duchamp award

  Claude Bonnin, the president of ADIAF, revealed the four contenders for the 2022 Prix Marcel Duchamp: Giulia Andreani, Iván Argote, Philippe Decrauzat, and Mimosa Echard. This…

• Adriano Pedrosa wins $25k Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence award

  Adriano Pedrosa, the head of Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), has been honored with the Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence, which comes with a $25,000 prize from Bard…

• SaraNoa Mark, Nyeema Morgan, Julia Phillips Win Chicago Artadia Awards 2023 award

  Three artists have been selected for the Chicago Artadia Awards 2023, each receiving an unrestricted $15,000 grant. SaraNoa Mark (b.1991, New York) works with carved stone tablets…

• Nguyễn Trinh Thi Reconfigures Documenta 15 Installation for Artes Mundi 10 award

  Nguyễn Trinh Thi is among the seven contenders for Artes Mundi 10, the UK’s most significant cash award of £40,000, given to an international artist whose creations engage with…

• Joy Gregory and Whitechapel Gallery Win £110,000 Freelands Award award

  Established in 2015, the Freelands Award provides £110,000 each year to a UK public arts institution for a solo exhibition featuring a mid-career woman artist. This year's…

• Yee I-Lann Wins Inaugural ANTEPRIMA x CHAT Textile Art Prize award

  The inaugural ANTEPRIMA x CHAT Contemporary Textile Art Prize has been awarded to artist Yee I-Lann and weavers Roziah Binti Jalalid and Julitah Kulinting, who received HKD…

• Marjane Satrapi declines France's Legion of Honour over Iran hypocrisy award

  Marjane Satrapi, a graphic novelist, has declined the Légion d’Honneur, the highest distinction in France, due to what she perceives as the country’s hypocritical approach to…

• Prix Pierre Daix 2025 awarded to Elvan Zabunyan and Clara Royer award

  Elvan Zabunyan has been honored with the Prix Pierre Daix 2025 for her book "Réunir les bouts du monde. Art, histoire, esclavage en mémoire," published in October 2024 by éditions…

• Freedlands Foundation establishes £100,000 annual prize for UK women artists over 50 award

  A new £100,000 annual award, the Freedlands Artist Award, has been introduced to support midcareer women artists based in the UK. Unlike the Tate’s Turner Prize, this initiative…

• Edit András Wins 2024 Igor Zabel Award, Three Others Receive Grants award

  András Edit, an esteemed art historian, critic, and curator, has been honored as the 2024 Igor Zabel Award Laureate for her significant contributions to Eastern European art and…

• Richard Mosse Wins 7th Prix Pictet for 'Heat Maps' Series on Migration award

  Richard Mosse, an Irish photographer and filmmaker, was honored with the 7th Prix Pictet for his impactful series 'Heat Maps' (2016–17), which examines migrant movements across…

• Maryam Tafakory Wins 2024 Jarman Award for Experimental Filmmaking award

  The 2024 Film London Jarman Award has been awarded to Maryam Tafakory, who will receive a prize of £10,000. This Iranian artist, based in London, incorporates archival footage and…

• Colombian Artist Oscar Muñoz Receives 2018 Hasselblad Award in Photography award

  The 2018 Hasselblad Award in Photography has been awarded to Colombian artist Oscar Muñoz. This prestigious accolade, created by the Hasselblad Foundation in Sweden, acknowledges…

• Carolina Caycedo's Artes Mundi 10 Exhibition Draws from Welsh Peace Protests and Indigenous River Activism award

  Carolina Caycedo is among the seven contenders for the Artes Mundi 10 award, which offers a £40,000 prize from the Bagri Foundation. Her exhibition at Oriel Davies Gallery in…