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• Singer-Zahariev Foundation Announces 2026 Balkan Contemporary Art Prize Shortlist award

  The Singer-Zahariev Foundation has announced the finalists for the inaugural Balkan Contemporary Art Prize (BCAP), scheduled for 2026. This prize aims to promote contemporary…

• Sam Harrison Wins First CIAF Resonance Commission for 2026 Large-Scale Work award

  Sam Harrison, a multidisciplinary artist of Kamilaroi and Wiradjuri heritage based in Meanjin/Brisbane, has been selected for the inaugural CIAF Resonance Major Commissioning…

• Smithsonian Women's Committee Grants $120,000 to Traveling Exhibition on Night Sky Preservation award

  So, on September 30, the Smithsonian Women's Committee shared that they’re giving a $120,000 grant for their 60th Anniversary Special Grant. This money is going to the Smithsonian…

• RCA and Hyundai Motor Group Announce 2026 Sustainability Award Winners award

  The Royal College of Art (RCA) has announced the winners of the 2026 Hyundai Motor Group Awards, now in their fourth year. These awards celebrate exceptional contributions to…

• Thoma Foundation Awards $160K+ for Spanish Americas Art Grants award

  The Thoma Foundation has granted over $160,000 through its 2026 Art of the Spanish Americas Grants & Fellowships, aimed at enhancing the conservation of colonial paintings and…

• Frenzi Rigling Wins Lower Austria's 2026 Visual Arts Recognition Award award

  Frenzi Rigling, born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland in 1958 and currently living between Obermarkersdorf and Vienna, has been awarded the 2026 Lower Austria Recognition Award for…

• TextielMuseum Wins Netherlands' Best Day Out Award for 2026 award

  The TextielMuseum in Tilburg has snagged the title for the best day out in the Netherlands for 2026, thanks to the DagjeWeg.NL Award. Visitors selected it from 240 contenders, and…

• Tang Museum Publications Win Three AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers Awards for 2025 award

  The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College received accolades in AIGA's prestigious 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2025 competition, which recognizes…

• Oriana Julie Winston Wins ACE x Firstdraft Residency award

  Oriana Julie Winston has been awarded the 2026 ACE x Firstdraft Short-term Residency by Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE). Chosen by the Firstdraft committee, Winston will…

• Sculptors Jethro Crabb and Albert Kozak win Society of Portrait Sculptors awards at FACE 2026 exhibition award

  The Society of Portrait Sculptors (SPS) has revealed the winners of its excellence prizes during the FACE 2026 exhibition, which highlights portrait, figure, and relief sculpture.…

• Chloë Cheuk Wins 2026 Impressions Residency at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts award

  Chloë Cheuk has been awarded a spot in the 2026 Impressions residency, a collaborative program between the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) and the Conseil des arts de…

• Kraszna-Krausz 2026 Book Awards Longlist Announced award

  Hey, guess what? The longlist for the 2026 Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards has just been announced! This is a big deal in the UK for photography and moving image publishing. The…

• Michael Beutler Wins Nam June Paik Award 2026 for Paper Workshop Installation award

  The Nam June Paik Award 2026, endowed with €25,000 and presented by the Kunststiftung NRW in collaboration with Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen, has been awarded to artist Michael…

• Eric Carle Museum Announces 2026 Carle Honors Honorees Including Bryan Collier and International Youth Library award

  Bryan Collier receives the Artist honor among five distinguished recipients of the 2026 Carle Honors. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art will celebrate these honorees at…

• Smithsonian Archives of American Art Names 2026 Fall Gala Honorees award

  On September 17, the Archives of American Art is hosting its annual fall gala to recognize three distinguished figures in the art community. Celebrated artist Martin Puryear will…

• Nataliia Ivanova Named 2026 Igor Zabel Award Laureate award

  Nataliia Ivanova, founding director of the Yermilov Centre in Kharkiv, has been selected as the 2026 Igor Zabel Award for Culture and Theory laureate. The award recognizes…

• Lyndsey Gilmour Wins 2026 RSA MacRobert Art Award for Painting award

  Lyndsey Gilmour, originally from Glasgow and currently living in Aberdeenshire, has been honored with the 2026 RSA MacRobert Art Award for Painting. This prestigious accolade…

• Yves Klein Foundation Opens Research Grant Applications award

  The Yves Klein Foundation has announced an open call for its research grant, supporting projects that deepen public understanding of the artist's work. Based in Lugano,…

• Cameron Martin Wins 2026 National Academy Affiliated Fellowship award

  Cameron Martin has been named the 2026 recipient of the National Academy Affiliated Fellowship, awarded by the National Academy of Design. This prestigious fellowship includes an…

• Helen Chadwick exhibition wins AAH Curatorial Prize for Exhibitions award

  The Association for Art History (AAH) awarded its 2026 Curatorial Prize for Exhibitions to 'Helen Chadwick: Life Pleasures' at The Hepworth Wakefield. The exhibition was curated…

• Hyundai Artlab Names 2026 Editorial Fellows Travis Jeppesen and Yutong Lin award

  Hyundai Artlab has selected Travis Jeppesen and Yutong Lin as the 2026 Artlab Editorial Fellows. The fellowship, now in its fourth year, supports writing on contemporary art with…

• Ann and Jürgen Wilde Receive 2025 DGPh Culture Prize for Lifelong Photography Advocacy award

  The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh) will honor Ann and Jürgen Wilde with the 2025 Culture Prize for their remarkable contributions to the field of photography. The…

• Serpentine and FLAG Art Foundation establish £200,000 biennial prize for emerging artists award

  A major new contemporary art prize offering £200,000 to selected artists has been launched through a decade-long partnership between London's Serpentine and New York's FLAG Art…

• Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant names 27 recipients for 2023 award

  The 2023 recipients of the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant have been revealed, with 27 writers receiving funding between $15,000 and $50,000 in three distinct…

• Rosa Barba Wins 2026 Zurich Art Prize award

  The 2026 Zurich Art Prize has been conferred upon Rosa Barba, an annual accolade given by Haus Konstruktiv in collaboration with Zurich Insurance Company Ltd. This honor comes…

• Tomaso De Luca Wins MAXXI Bvlgari Prize, Marina Abramović Receives Princess of Asturias Award award

  Tomaso De Luca has received the MAXXI Bvlgari Prize, now in its second edition, which supports emerging artists. The Italian artist was selected from three finalists that included…

• Array Collective Wins 2021 Turner Prize in All-Collectives Edition award

  Array Collective, a Belfast-based group focused on social justice and Northern Irish politics through collaborative actions, received the 2021 Turner Prize at Coventry Cathedral.…

• 2019 Turner Prize Shortlist Announced: Four Artists Nominated for Prestigious Award award

  Four artists have been nominated for the 2019 Turner Prize: Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Tai Shani, and Oscar Murillo. Their works will be exhibited at Turner Contemporary…

• Veronica Ryan Awarded 2022 Turner Prize for Sculptural Works Honoring Windrush Generation award

  Veronica Ryan received the 2022 Turner Prize, securing the £25,000 award at a ceremony held in St George’s Hall, Liverpool. Her victory was based on two key projects: the…

• Charlotte Prodger Wins 2018 Turner Prize for iPhone-Filmed Video Work award

  Charlotte Prodger received the 2018 Turner Prize during a televised ceremony on December 4. The Glasgow-based artist was selected from a shortlist that included Forensic…

• Simone Forti Awarded Venice Biennale's Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award

  Simone Forti, an American artist of Italian descent, has been honored with the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the Venice Biennale. Born in 1935, she is renowned for her…

• YoungEun Kim awarded 2026 ACC Future Prize award

  YoungEun Kim has been honored with the 2026 ACC Future Prize by the National Asian Culture Center (ACC). This award grants her a budget for production, access to media resources,…

• Jasleen Kaur Wins 2024 Turner Prize with Political Statement at Tate Britain Ceremony award

  Jasleen Kaur received the 2024 Turner Prize, earning £25,000. The Glasgow-born artist, who studied at Glasgow School of Art and the Royal College of Art, was selected from a…

• Turner Prize 2017 shortlist announced with age limit removed, featuring Anderson, Büttner, Himid, and Nashashibi award

  The 2017 Turner Prize has shortlisted four artists: Hurvin Anderson, Andrea Büttner, Lubaina Himid, and Rosalind Nashashibi, following the removal of the under-fifty age limit.…

• Nan Goldin Leads ArtReview Power 100 as Artists Dominate List with Social Activism award

  Nan Goldin has been named the top figure in ArtReview's 22nd annual Power 100 list, celebrated for her efforts against corporate influences related to the US opioid epidemic. This…

• Lubaina Himid becomes oldest Turner Prize winner and first black woman recipient in 2017 award

  Lubaina Himid received the 2017 Turner Prize at a ceremony in Hull Minster, presented by Goldie. The £25,000 award recognized her trio of exhibitions in Oxford, Bristol, and…

• Helen Cammock Awarded 2018 Max Mara Art Prize for Women with Italian Residency and Solo Exhibition award

  Helen Cammock received the 2018 Max Mara Art Prize for Women during a ceremony held at London's Whitechapel Gallery. The prize, created in 2005 through a partnership with the…

• Turner Prize 2016 shortlist features four British artists under fifty award

  The 2016 Turner Prize shortlist features four artists, highlighting exceptional exhibition work by British creatives under fifty. Michael Dean received a nomination for his solo…

• New Museum launches $2M biennial sculpture prize for women artists; MacArthur Foundation names 2021 fellows award

  The Hostetler Wrigley Foundation is donating $2 million to create a new sculpture award at New York's New Museum, specifically for women artists. Over the next ten years, five…

• Helen Marten Wins 2016 Turner Prize Amid Political Controversy award

  At Tate Britain, Helen Marten was awarded the 2016 Turner Prize, with author Ben Okri presenting the £25,000 prize. The 31-year-old artist, who was recognized as one of…