Prizes
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
Pioneering photo-conceptualist Ian Wallace wins one of Canada’s top art prizes
The Audain Prize, awarded to the province of British Columbia’s most distinguished artists, comes with C$100,000 cash
Cauleen Smith and Vanessa German receive $250,000 Heinz Prize
The unrestricted prize recognises important contributions to the artistic, environmental and economic sectors
American artist Senga Nengudi wins $100,000 Nasher Prize for sculpture
The artist will have a career-spanning exhibition at Dia Beacon next year that will be on view long-term
Ai Weiwei and museum architects Sanaa win £100,000 Praemium Imperiale art prizes
The annual award, under the patronage of Japan’s Imperial Family, spans five categories including painting, sculpture and architecture
Jailed Cuban artist receives €50,000 inaugural Prince Claus Impact award
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara is one of six artists to be honoured by the Dutch NGO
Canadian foundation will give more than $150,000 to artists of Ukrainian heritage
The Hnatyshyn Foundation will confer awards to ten displaced Ukrainian artists and ten Canadian artists of Ukrainian descent
Emerging British artist Abbas Zahedi wins 2022 Frieze Artist Award
He will create a large installation for the upcoming Frieze London fair, bringing together a public waiting area and support space
A basket woven from horsehair wins the 2022 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize in Seoul
The world's most lucrative craft prize was awarded to Korean weaver Dahye Jeong, who was selected by a jury including ceramicist Magdalene Odundo
Artist Yto Barrada wins the $106,000 Queen Sonja Print Award
The prestigious printmaking prize was founded by the Norwegian monarch
Colombian gallery repeats as Frieze stand prize winner
The Bogotá- and New York-based gallery Instituto de Visión walked away with the award for the second consecutive year
Deana Lawson wins the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2022
The US photographer has been awarded the £30,000 prize for her “sheer inventiveness and complexity of her approach to image making”
From migration to Minecraft: shortlist for UK's Art Fund Museum of the Year 2022 is announced
Institutions in the running include Tŷ Pawb in Wrexham and Horniman Museum and Gardens in London
Sonia Boyce's British pavilion wins Venice Biennale's coveted Golden Lion for best national exhibition
Simone Leigh, Zineb Sedira and Ali Cherri also receive awards