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• Taylor Swift Makes MTV VMA History as Most-Awarded Artist, Toppling Beyoncé award

  At the MTV Video Music Awards, Taylor Swift won the night's top prize and became the most-awarded artist in the show's history, surpassing Beyoncé. Swift took video of the year…

• Frick Collection Renovation Receives Multiple Preservation Honors award

  The Frick Collection has received four major preservation awards for its comprehensive renovation project, which was completed nearly a year ago. The awards were presented this…

• Rossella Biscotti Awarded BelgianArtPrize 2027 with Exhibition Planned at Bozar award

  Rossella Biscotti has been named the recipient of the BelgianArtPrize for 2027. The artist was chosen from over sixty nominees and will develop and showcase new creations at…

• Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Receives 2025 Gershon Iskowitz Prize award

  The Gershon Iskowitz Foundation has named Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun as the winner of its 2025 prize. This annual honor includes a $75,000 award recognizing significant impact on…

• New York Landmarks Conservancy Reveals 2026 Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award Recipients award

  The New York Landmarks Conservancy has selected the honorees for its 2026 Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards, which represent the organization's top recognition for exceptional…

• MoMA to Honor Steven Spielberg at 2026 Film Benefit award

  The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) announced that its Film Benefit in 2026, supported by CHANEL, will honor the legendary director and producer Steven Spielberg. Scheduled for…

• Rick Atkinson Receives Fraunces Tavern Museum's 2026 Book Award for Revolutionary War History award

  Fraunces Tavern Museum has selected Rick Atkinson as the recipient of its 2026 Book Award for his publication 'The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to…

• Tania Bruguera Named 2026 Ellis-Beauregard Visual Arts Awardee award

  The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation has announced Tania Bruguera as the recipient of its 2026 Visual Arts Award, which carries a $50,000 prize. The foundation, based in Maine, aims to…

• Julia Phillips Among Nominees for €100,000 K21 Global Art Award 2026 award

  On October 8, 2026, the K21 Global Art Award's fourth edition will be awarded by Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany. This prestigious accolade, worth €100,000, is…

• Yona Lee Wins PICA's 2027 Judy Wheeler Commission for Site-Specific Sculpture award

  The Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts has announced that Yona Lee will receive the 2027 Judy Wheeler Commission. Established in 2022, this annual program is supported by a…

• Georgia Museum of Art Wins Five SEMC Awards, Gold for 'We, Too, Are Made of Wonders' award

  Five awards from the Southeastern Museums Conference went to the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia. The honors were handed out on September 30, 2026, during the…

• Frieder Bickhardt Wins 2026 August Sander Award for Refugee Portraits award

  Frieder Bickhardt has been named the fifth recipient of the August Sander Award, to be presented in 2026, for his project City Plaza. The work features black-and-white portraits…

• Mahdi Vaghari's 'No one can take my Soul' wins 2025 Peace Image of the Year award award

  Iranian photographic artist Mahdi Vaghari received the Peace Image of the Year 2025 honor at the Global Peace Photo Awards. His work "No one can take my Soul" was selected from…

• Abdelrahman Alkahlout wins inaugural James Nachtwey Prize for Gaza photography award

  Abdelrahman Alkahlout, a Palestinian photojournalist, has been awarded the inaugural James Nachtwey Prize, a new €5,000 accolade established to honor the esteemed photojournalist…

• RAF Museum London Wins Renewed Sandford Award for Heritage Learning award

  For the second time, the Royal Air Force Museum London has been honored with the Sandford Award, having first received it in 2021. This renewed accreditation, valid for five…

• Khalil McKnight wins RISD Museum's 2026 Dorner Prize for performance piece The Observer award

  Khalil McKnight, a painting major at RISD expected to graduate in 2027, has been honored with the 2026 Dorner Prize by the RISD Museum. This prestigious annual competition is…

• Fundación Ama Amoedo opens call for 2026 grants supporting Latin American art award

  The Fundación Ama Amoedo has announced the opening of applications for its 2026 Grants program, now in its fourth edition, designed to enhance the Latin American art landscape.…

• Howie Tsui and Crystal Mowry Win 2026 Hnatyshyn Foundation Awards award

  The Hnatyshyn Foundation has revealed that Howie Tsui, a Vancouver-based artist, and Crystal Mowry, a curator from Regina, will be honored with its 2026 Mid-Career Awards. Tsui is…

• Shamiran Istifan Wins Manor Art Prize 2026, Solo Show at Aargauer Kunsthaus award

  Shamiran Istifan, born in 1987, has been awarded the Manor Art Prize Aarau 2026, a biennial honor aimed at promoting emerging Swiss artists. This accolade includes a solo…

• Imelda Cajipe Endaya Becomes First Woman Named National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts award

  Imelda Cajipe Endaya, who hails from Manila and was born in 1949, has received the esteemed Order of National Artists of the Philippines in Visual Arts, which is the nation's…

• Musée du quai Branly Announces 2026 Photography Award Winners award

  The 2026 Photography Award at the Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac has been awarded to Abhishek Rajaram Khedekar from India and Sara Kontar from Syria. Khedekar received…

• Andreas Brunner Wins 2025 Lucerne Publication Prize, Opens Solo Show award

  The Kommission Bildende Kunst Stadt Luzern has recognized Andreas Brunner (*1988) with the 2025 spot publication prize. The upcoming exhibition will showcase the 22nd edition of…

• Amelia Skelton Wins 2026 NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging) award

  Artist Amelia Skelton has been awarded the 2026 NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging), a $30,000 prize supporting a 12-month self-directed professional development program. The…

• Alfredo Jaar elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters award

  Galerie Lelong in New York has announced that Alfredo Jaar will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2026. The induction ceremony is scheduled for May 20,…

• Matthias Noggler Wins 2026 RLB Art Prize in Tyrol award

  The 2026 RLB Art Prize has been conferred upon Matthias Noggler, a biennial accolade from Raiffeisen-Landesbank Tirol aimed at artists with ties to Tyrol. Vik Bayer and Simona…

• Invisible Bauhaus Dessau Audio-Video Walk Nominated for Grimme Online Award 2026 award

  The audio and video walk titled "Invisible Bauhaus Dessau," created by the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation in collaboration with navos create and Stadtmarketing Dessau-Roßlau, has…

• Korea Artist Prize 2026 Opens at MMCA Seoul award

  The Korea Artist Prize is set to take place in 2026 at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) in Seoul. This prestigious award, which supports contemporary…

• SOKOL Prize 2026 opens with AI and satire focus award

  Submissions for the 2026 SOKOL Prize, an international accolade celebrating digital caricature, critical drawing, and satire, are now open. The submission period extends from June…

• The Artist Prize Launches with £30,000 Award and Solo Exhibition at Firstsite award

  The Artist Prize, a significant new open submission art competition across the UK, has been established through a collaboration between Firstsite in Colchester and Zealous. This…

• Van Gogh Museum Wins Licensing Award for LEGO Sunflowers Set award

  The Brand & Lifestyle Licensing Award has been awarded to the Van Gogh Museum in the category of Inspired Innovation Brand Licensed Product or Range for the LEGO Art Vincent van…

• Kerstin Weiser wins HfG Rundgang Award 2026 from Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation award

  Kerstin Weiser has received the HfG Rundgang Award 2026 from the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation for her work titled "Von Sandburg zu Sandburg" ("From sandcastle to…

• Marc Dalessio Wins Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2026 award

  Marc Dalessio has secured the top honor in the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2026 with his work titled Jean-Denis. The second place was claimed by Chloe Cox for…

• Hend Samir Wins 14th ABN AMRO Art Award award

  Hend Samir has been awarded the ABN AMRO Art Award for its fourteenth edition. Born in 1986, the jury lauded her as a true painter with exceptional skill, noting that her…

• Gloriann Sacha Antonetty-Lebrón and Juan Pablo Vizcaíno Win People's Choice Award at Smithsonian Portrait Competition award

  Gloriann Sacha Antonetty-Lebrón from Carolina, Puerto Rico, along with Juan Pablo Vizcaíno from Loíza, Puerto Rico, has been awarded the People's Choice Award in the Smithsonian…

• Cooper Hewitt Introduces Gala Honorees for 2026 National Design Awards award

  Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has established a new category of recognition for its Smithsonian National Design Awards Gala. A selection of Gala Honorees will be…

• Basim Magdy Wins Helmut-Kraft Art Prize 2026 award

  Basim Magdy, a 1977-born artist and filmmaker from Basel, has been awarded the Helmut-Kraft Art Prize 2026 by the Helmut-Kraft-Stiftung and the Museum für Neue Kunst in Freiburg…

• Miguel Novelo Named 2026 Artadia Awardee During ICA San José Show award

  Miguel Novelo, an artist connected with the Institute of Contemporary Art San José (ICA), has been honored as a recipient of the 2026 San Francisco Bay Area Artadia Award. This…

• NEA Grants $65,000 to New Britain Museum for John Hitchcock and Louise Nevelson Shows award

  The New Britain Museum of American Art has been awarded $65,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) as part of the FY 2026 Grants for Arts Projects. The funding will…

• National Gallery shortlisted for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2026 following bicentennial celebrations award

  Art Fund has selected the National Gallery as a finalist for its 2026 Museum of the Year award, the largest museum prize globally. The winner, to be revealed on 25 June at…

• Academy Museum Gala 2026 to Honor Carpenter, Domingo, Theron award

  Mark your calendar for October 17, 2026, because the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is throwing its annual fundraising gala. This year, they’re honoring filmmaker and composer…