Nan Goldin Awarded Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2022 by Berlin Academy of Arts

The Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2022 will be awarded to American photographer and filmmaker Nan Goldin by the Berlin Academy of Arts. An award ceremony is set for early 2023, where she will receive €12,000 along with an exhibition. The jury, led by Hubertus von Amelunxen, Luc Tuymans, and Corinne Wasmuht, commended Goldin for challenging societal norms through her deeply personal photographs that reflect the LGBT community, emphasizing the emotional resonance of her work. Goldin, who currently lives in New York and spent four years in Berlin after a 1991 invitation from the German Academic Exchange Service, is acclaimed for her 1986 work, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency. She is also an activist, founding Prescription Addiction Intervention Now in 2017 and previously threatening to boycott her 2019 exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery due to Sackler funding. Past prize winners include Maria Eichorn (2021), Hito Steyerl (2019), and Douglas Gordon (2012).