Haegue Yang Awarded 2018 Wolfgang Hahn Prize, First Asian Recipient

Haegue Yang, a Korean artist based in Berlin, has been honored with the 2018 Wolfgang Hahn Prize from the Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst am Museum Ludwig. This award recognizes artists whose work demonstrates significant growth, as evaluated by a panel of international experts. Notably, Yang is the first Asian artist to receive this recognition. Along with the prize, Yang’s work will be acquired, and she will have a solo exhibition at Museum Ludwig, accompanied by a publication. The award ceremony is set for April 2018, featuring jurors like Christina Végh and Yilmaz Dziewior. Recent exhibitions include 'Lingering Nous' at the Centre Pompidou and 'Uncharted Territory' at Hamburger Kunsthalle, with another show planned for 2019 at The Geffen Contemporary in Los Angeles. The announcement was made on September 4, 2017.