Prizes
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
Sophie Calle and Doris Salcedo win £73,000 Praemium Imperiale prizes
The annual award, under the patronage of Japan’s Imperial Family, covers five categories including painting, sculpture and architecture
Former Art Gallery of Ontario curator wins Canadian foundation’s curatorial award
Wanda Nanibush and the artist Curtis Santiago are the recipients of this year’s Hnatyshyn Foundation Mid-Career Awards
Young V&A wins UK Art Fund Museum of the Year prize
The prize rewards a space for children that “will cement museums as places they belong and feel welcome as they grow up, regardless of their background”
Artists Christi Belcourt, Joe Average and bill bissett receive one of Canada’s highest honours
The artists—and pop star Avril Lavigne—were among 83 new appointees to the Order of Canada
As winner of renamed ABS Digital Art Prize is announced, have we reached a turning point for conversations around NFTs and culture?
Geneva-based RVig, who was awarded the prize for a piece inspired by Baudelaire, is hoping for a more nuanced understanding of what NFTs bring to the art world
Finalists for Canada’s top art prize, the Sobey Art Award, revealed
From an initial field of 30 nominees, a shortlist of just six artists is now competing for the prize
Queen Sonja of Norway calls art a ‘unifying force in turbulent times’
The monarch was speaking at her biannual printmaking award ceremony, where Anselm Kiefer received a lifetime achievement award
Artist Sable Elyse Smith wins $200,000 Suzanne Deal Booth and Flag Art Foundation Prize
In addition to the prize money, the interdisciplinary artist will receive a solo show that debuts at The Contemporary Austin in Texas, then travels to the Flag Art Foundation in New York
South African artist wins prestigious photo prize for 'risk-taking' Apartheid work
Lebohang Kganye was selected for the Deutsche Börse award for her exhibition shown last year in Amsterdam
Pool of artists vying for Canada’s top art prize expands with addition of new regional category
Thirty artists are nominated for the Sobey Art Award this year, with the total purse for the award growing to C$465,000
Young V&A makes shortlist for UK museum of the year prize
The shortlist of five for Art Fund's ₤120,000 award also includes the Craven Museum, Dundee Contemporary Arts, the National Portrait Gallery and the Manchester Museum
Artists including Nicholas Galanin, Lorraine O’Grady and Park McArthur win Guggenheim Fellowships
The 28 visual artists who are now Guggenheim Fellows will receive between $30,000 and $60,000 to realise specific projects
$500,000 Getty Prize grant goes to juvenile justice non-profit the Arts for Healing and Justice Network
Artist Mark Bradford said he picked AHJN for the grant because of its work to "transform young people’s lives through the power of arts education”
Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama wins inaugural Sam Gilliam Award
The prize, established by Dia Art Foundation and the Sam Gilliam Foundation, comes with a $75,000 gift and public programme at Dia
Ten artists receive €100,000 as winners of Chanel Next Prize 2024
The second edition of the biennial award, which acknowledges practitioners across art, film, theatre and more, also grants two years of mentorship and inclusion in a global networking programme
Curator Naomi Beckwith awarded the $50,000 David C. Driskell Prize
The Guggenheim curator is being recognised for her outstanding contribution to the field of African American art
Eight artists and curators receive Canada’s Governor General’s Award
This year’s winners of the prestigious Canadian honour include the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona and Saskatchewan-based curator Michelle Jacques
Textile artist Gary Tyler wins 2024 Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize
The artist, who was wrongfully incarcerated for almost 42 years, will receive $25,000 and a solo stand at this year’s edition of the fair
Colombian artist Daniel Otero Torres wins French art prize
CPGA-Etant donnés Prize is awarded to artists either from or working in France
Akinsanya Kambon wins Hammer Museum’s $100,000 Mohn Award
The prize, plus two others of $25,000 each, are given to artists participating in the museum’s “Made in LA” biennial
Inaugural $100,000 Sfer Ik Award will support creation of AI-powered habitat for bats
The winning artist, Antoine Bertin, will develop "The Bat Cloud" during a two-month residency in the Mayan jungle
Jesse Darling wins the 2023 Turner Prize for work reflecting a dystopian Britain
The Berlin-based artist was nominated for shows at London’s Camden Art Centre and Modern Art Oxford
Mark Bradford wins $500,000 Getty Prize
As stipulated in the award's new rules, the Los Angeles-based abstract artist will donate the money to a non-profit of his choosing
‘Black American confidence is really powerful to me’: Garrett Bradley on the role of transparency and music in her filmmaking
The winner of the 2023 Eye Art & Film Prize also discusses the challenge of eliciting a “360-degree experience” and her interest in Italian new wave cinema
Inuvialuk artist Kablusiak wins Canada’s top art prize
The 2023 Sobey Art Award went to the Calgary-based artist, who is known for her wide-ranging, multidisciplinary approach that incorporates and reimagines Inuk traditions
Ithra Art Prize worth up to $500,000 awarded to Saudi artist Obaid Alsafi
Palm trunk work located in AlUla addresses environmental issues
‘No strings attached’ £60,000 Hamlyn awards given to five artists including Helen Cammock
Ten cultural figures in total are garlanded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Anna Maria Maiolino and Nil Yalter awarded Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion for lifetime achievement
The itinerant lives of the Brazilian and Turkish artists chime with the theme of his central exhibition next year
Oscar-nominated director Garrett Bradley wins 2023 Art & Film prize
The artist and filmmaker will receive $30,000 to put towards a new work