Pierre Huyghe Awarded 2017 Nasher Prize for Sculpture Innovation

Pierre Huyghe, a French artist, has been selected as the recipient of the 2017 Nasher Prize, an award established in 2016 by the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas. The prize includes a $100,000 cash award. A jury comprising artist Phyllida Barlow, National Gallery of Art senior curator Lynne Cooke, Nasher Sculpture Center founding director Steven A. Nash, and Nicholas Serota, then Tate director and future Arts Council England chair, made the selection. They cited Huyghe's work for significantly broadening sculpture's scope through diverse materials and interdisciplinary approaches. The award ceremony is scheduled for April 1, 2017, in Dallas. The announcement was made on September 28, 2016.