Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards £50,000 to Artists Including Stewart Home and Margaret Harrison

On November 14, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation announced its Awards for Artists, granting £50,000 over three years to each recipient with no conditions attached. Among the visual arts winners are Stewart Home, an artist and ArtReview contributor; Margaret Harrison, a pioneer of British feminist art; Cally Spooner, recently commissioned for Performa 13; and Torsten Lauschmann, a multimedia artist based in Glasgow. Ian White, an artist, educator, and curator with a focus on film and performance, was posthumously honored, with the award money going to his family following his death earlier this month after a long illness. The selection process involved anonymous peer nominations and two judging panels chaired by the foundation's chair, Jane Hamlyn. Three composers—Emily Hall, Bryn Harrison, and Chris Watson—also received similar generous prizes. Home, whose practice centers on video and computers, expressed a need for new equipment, noting his current computer dates to 2007 and he has lacked a personal digital video camera for years, relying on borrowed gear. Spooner described the award as 'life enlarging,' planning to use it for ambitious evolution in her practice. Lauschmann highlighted the financial security it provides, allowing him to maintain his studio and work for the next three years, a first since leaving art school 15 years ago.