Awards
Researchers rescuing war-damaged manuscripts in Gaza receive Unesco prize
Abdul Latif Hashim and Haneen Al-Amassi have been awarded the $40,000 Unesco/Jikji Memory of the World Prize
Winners of 2026 Governor General Awards, one of Canada’s top art prizes, revealed
An exhibition featuring works by all eight recipients of this year’s awards will open in New Brunswick this autumn
Bhutanese artist Pem Lham wins Rubin Museum's prize for Himalayan art
The $30,000 unrestricted cash prize will be awarded at a ceremony with the Queen of Bhutan in attendance
Jenny Holzer and Andy Goldsworthy win art world’s ‘Nobel Prizes’
Architect Daniel Libeskind, whose past projects include the Jewish Museum in Berlin, was also a winner of one of this year’s Praemium Imperiale awards
Three UK arts organisations receive new £100,000 Freelands Foundation education award
Wolverhampton Art Gallery, The Burton and Signal are the inaugural recipients of the Freelands Award
Four artists explore AI's effect on culture as part of Serpentine's new art and technology fellowship
Artists Refik Anadol and Cao Fei are among the judges for the London-based Future Art Ecosystems R&D Fellowship
Arise Sir Tristram—V&A director is knighted in UK New Year Honours
National Trust chief Hilary McGrady is awarded a CBE while curator Ekow Eshun bags an OBE
Nnena Kalu wins the 2025 Turner Prize
The Scottish artist, who was nominated for works shown at the Walker Art Gallery and Manifesta 15, is the first learning-disabled person to claim the prestigious award
Artists and Gulf royalty top ArtReview Power 100 list
Ibrahim Mahama takes first place in 2025 ranking of the art world's most influential people, becoming the first African artist to take the top spot
New £200,000 contemporary art prize is biggest in UK
The Serpentine x Flag Art Foundation Prize is open to artists of any age, based anywhere worldwide, who have been exhibiting professionally for less than ten years
What does winning an arts prize really mean?
Sparkly accolades punctuate the art world calendar and are honey pots for museums and artists alike
Peter Doig and Marina Abramović celebrated at star-studded Praemium Imperiale ceremony
Speakers at the Tokyo event included former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton and ex-Italian prime minister Lamberto Dini
‘It was the cheapest possible art form I could imagine’: Sophia Al-Maria performs stand-up for Frieze London
As the winner of this year’s Frieze London Artist Award, the artist will perform daily this week
Art of diplomacy: Scottish printmaker Anya Gallaccio explores soft power with commission for UK embassies
Gallaccio's series was commissioned by the UK Government Art Collection, as part of the Robson Orr Ten Ten Award
As World Press Photo turns 70, is it time for photojournalism to move forward from a history of harm?
The sought after award is celebrating its anniversary with an introspective exhibition—but questions remain about its value in today’s world
Artists Jennifer Packer and Marie Watt receive $250,000 Heinz Awards
Both artists will receive an unrestricted cash prize from the Pittsburgh-based Heinz Family Foundation
Marina Abramović and Peter Doig win £77,000 Praemium Imperiale prizes
The annual award, created under the patronage of Japan’s Imperial Family, covers five categories including painting, sculpture and architecture
Tate and V&A chiefs awarded in King’s Birthday Honours
Sculptor Antony Gormley received the top award of Companion of Honour
Art Basel Awards name inaugural medalists including artists, curators and patrons
The 36 medalists will be honoured at a reception during Art Basel’s Swiss fair
Casino giant hands out inaugural prize at Art Basel Hong Kong
Shin Min wins MGM's $50,000 award for her portrayal of the “harsh reality” faced by fast food workers in South Korea
ICA Boston launches $100,000 award for women artists, with Sarah Sze winning inaugural edition
The new Meraki Artist Prize is funded by Fotene Demoulas, whose family owns the Market Basket supermarket chain
Artist Kent Monkman and curator Daina Augaitis among winners of Canada’s Governor General’s Awards
Also honoured in the visual and media arts category this year are the AI artist Sandra Rodriguez, the furniture-maker Peter Pierobon and the film-maker Bruce LaBruce
UK New Year Honours for National Gallery director Gabriele Finaldi and artist Rebecca Salter
Charity chief Rose Aidin, designer Tom Dixon and artist Barbara Davis Rae also receive awards
Indigenous Alaskan artist Nicholas Galanin receives $200,000 prize from Crystal Bridges Museum
The biennial award is named for the late collector and food company president Don Tyson
As the no-strings Paul Hamlyn Awards for Artists turn 30, it’s time to celebrate what makes them special
These awards, which have increased to £75,000 for each recipient this year, are unique in that they come with no conditions
Major UK art prize awarded to Royal Academy schools student
Prizewinner Jame St Findlay receives £30,000 and a show at Claridge’s ArtSpace
Community curators: artists chosen by public vote for exhibition at Museum of the Moving Image
Finalists will be shown on the New York museum’s media wall with visitors able to mint a fragment of each work on the Tezos blockchain
Shortlist announced for Artes Mundi 11, the UK’s biggest contemporary art prize
The 11th edition, which will be presented at venues across Wales, sees six artists nominated for the £40,000 prize
Anishinaabe artist Rebecca Belmore wins the Audain Prize, one of Canada’s top art awards
The annual prize, which honours an artist based in British Columbia, comes with C$100,000 cash
Jennie C. Jones and Gala Porras-Kim receive $250,000 Heinz Awards
Jones and Porras-Kim were selected for their rigorous works highlighting, respectively, overlooked sonic phenomena and institutional collecting practices





























