Tamar Guimarães and Kasper Akhøj Awarded Faena Prize for the Arts with $75,000 Grant
Tamar Guimarães and Kasper Akhøj have been honored with the Faena Prize for the Arts. This esteemed award provides a total of $75,000, which includes $25,000 for the artists themselves and up to $50,000 allocated for their exhibition production at the Faena Art Center in Buenos Aires, set for 2019. The winners were selected by an international jury led by Ximena Caminos, who is both the Chair and Artistic Director of Faena Art. The jury featured prominent members like Carlos Basualdo, Anita Dube, Pablo León de la Barra, and Franklin Sirmans. Additionally, Vivian Caccuri and Ishmael Randall Weeks received special mentions, each awarded $1,000.
Key facts
- Tamar Guimarães and Kasper Akhøj won the Faena Prize for the Arts
- The prize includes a total of $75,000
- $25,000 goes to the artists directly
- Up to $50,000 is for exhibition production
- The exhibition will be at Faena Art Center Buenos Aires in 2019
- The jury was chaired by Ximena Caminos
- Special mention awards went to Vivian Caccuri and Ishmael Randall Weeks
- Special mention recipients received $1,000 cash prizes each
Entities
Artists
- Tamar Guimarães
- Kasper Akhøj
- Anita Dube
- Vivian Caccuri
- Ishmael Randall Weeks
Institutions
- Faena Art Center Buenos Aires
- Faena Art
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Kochi-Muziris Biennale
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Pérez Art Museum Miami
Locations
- Buenos Aires
- Argentina
- Philadelphia
- United States
- Kochi
- India
- New York
- Miami