Nicholas Serota Receives $25,000 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence from CCS Bard

Nicholas Serota, the outgoing director of Tate, will be honored with the Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence, which includes a $25,000 prize from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College. The award ceremony is scheduled for April 3 in New York City. Serota, aged 70, concludes his 28-year tenure at Tate by the end of 2016 and will assume the chairman position at Arts Council England in February 2017. Tom Eccles, Bard's executive director and a contributor to ArtReview, praised Serota as a monumental advocate for contemporary art in Britain, highlighting his role in building a major art institution. Established two decades ago, this award acknowledges curators who have significantly influenced exhibition practices. Previous laureates include Harald Szeemann in 1998, Marcia Tucker in 1999, Okwui Enwezor in 2009, Lucy Lippard in 2010, Helen Molesworth and Hans Ulrich Obrist in 2011, and Thelma Golden in 2016. The announcement was made on December 13, 2016.