Prizes
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
Dia Art Foundation launches $75,000 art award named for late artist Sam Gilliam
The prize, made possible by a gift from Gilliam’s estate, will be given out annually for ten years starting in 2024
Tate, Fitzwilliam and Arts Council scoop up works at Frieze
Plus, the winners of prominent young and emerging artist prizes have been revealed
Artists Dyani White Hawk and María Magdalena Campos-Pons among winners of 2023 MacArthur ‘genius grants'
Each MacArthur fellow receives $800,000 in unrestricted funds, making it one of the most important prizes available to artists
Nigerian Belgian artist Otobong Nkanga wins $100,000 Nasher Prize for sculpture
The Belgium-based artist, whose works span sculpture, textile, installation and performance, is the eighth artist to win the prize bestowed by the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas
Nicholas Cullinan wins Critics' Circle Visual Arts Award
The director of London's National Portrait Gallery receives what organisers hope will soon be seen as an “Oscar” of the art world
Lakota artist Dana Claxton, whose work subverts assumptions about Indigenous identity, wins one of Canada’s top art prizes
The Audain Prize, given annually to an artist based in British Columbia, comes with a C$100,000 cash prize
Artists Kevin Beasley and Roberto Lugo win Heinz Awards, receiving $250,000 each
Beasley and Lugo—best known for their sculptures made of, respectively, textiles cast in resin and ceramics—are among the six honorees in the awards’ 28th edition
The Burrell Collection in Glasgow wins the Art Fund Museum of the Year award
The museum won the prize for its six-year refurbishment and redisplay of one of Scotland's largest art collections, amassed by the late shipping magnate William Burrell
Recognising what’s special about museums: marking 10 years of the Art Fund Museum of the Year prize
The finalists for the 2023 Museum of the Year award, all of which focus on the importance of community engagement, will compete for a record £120,000 prize
Finalists revealed for Canada’s top contemporary art prize
The winner of the C$100,000 Sobey Art Award for 2023 will be announced in November
Museums in four states win top US prize
The Institute of Museum and Library Services bestowed its top honours for 2023 on museums in Florida, Ohio, Wyoming and California
Rand Abdul Jabbar wins the second Richard Mille Art Prize
Artist was awarded the $60,000 prize in a ceremony at the Louvre Abu Dhabi
Artist Narsiso Martinez wins Frieze Impact Prize for series highlighting migrant workers’ plight
The artist will receive $25,000 and a solo stand at the fair showcasing his portraits of agricultural workers
Photographer and historian Deborah Willis receives $200,000 prize from Crystal Bridges Museum
Willis is a photographer, author and curator whose work illuminates cultural histories of Blackness
Effects of war on young Ukrainian artists exposed in PinchukArtCentre Prize exhibition
Contemporary art prize, held in Kyiv, shows images of conflict and ideas for post-war reconstruction by 18 shortlisted artists aged 35 and under
Divya Mehra wins Canada’s top art prize, the Sobey Art Award
The Winnipeg-born artist’s work spans many media and often incorporates humour all the while addressing issues of identity, repatriation and cultural consumption
Future of ArtPrize, the biggest contemporary art contest in the US, uncertain after board disbands
The hugely popular contest also awarded major monies, with the winning artist taking home $250,000 most years