Prizes
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
Contemporary drag and fruity sculpture: Turner Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Exhibition for the award returns to Tate Liverpool this October after a 15-year hiatus
SJ Norman wins Australia's Blake Prize for diptych of scarification ritual
The prize recognises a live performance in which the artist was slashed 147 times, addressing the disproportionate incarceration and custody deaths of First Nations people
Artist Faye HeavyShield receives one of Canada’s top art prizes
HeavyShield, who received the C$75,000 award from the Gershon Iskowitz Foundation and the Art Gallery of Ontario, creates Minimalist sculptures and installations
Katharina Fritsch and Cecilia Vicuña awarded Venice Biennale Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement
Both artists will feature in the main exhibition titled The Milk of Dreams
Painter Oscar Yi Hou receives third annual UOVO prize
The $25,000 prize includes a solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum and a public commission for the exterior of the UOVO warehouse in Bushwick
Afghan artist wins $100,000 prize for video that reflects on life amid never-ending conflicts
Ukraine's PinchukArtCentre awards Aziz Hazara the Future Generation Art Prize 2021 for his five-channel film installation depicting children in Kabul
Winners of $450,000 Moscow Art Prize announced
The lucrative award is divided between 16 recipients and funded by the Moscow city government
Sanford Biggers and Tanya Aguiñiga win $250,000 Heinz award
The prize recognises the artists for their ‘unflinching’ examination of present-day issues
Marina Abramovic receives Spain's most prestigious culture prize
The performance artist was awarded the Princess of Asturias award for the arts (laureate)
Italian photographer dropped from prize after accusations he identified rape survivors in India without consent
By publishing full names alongside images, Marco Gualazzini stands accused of breaking child protection laws and putting his subjects in danger
Inaugural Oberlander Prize goes to landscape architect
Julie Bargmann wins the $100,000 award, which recognises her focus on advancing urban regeneration in marginalised communities
Bradford, Southampton and the county of Cornwall make the UK City of Culture 2025 longlist
But Banksy ‘spraycation’ towns are eliminated from the competition
New Museum announces sculpture award for women artists
Five artists will be commissioned to create sculptures for the museum’s public plaza when its expansion is complete
Lubaina Himid creates work for UK government collection inspired by climate change and Black Lives Matter
Turner Prize-winning artist wins the annual Robson Orr TenTen Award, with 15 copies of the print going on display in official buildings
‘Excellence in Essex’: Firstsite wins Art Fund Museum of the Year 2021
The small contemporary art organisation was awarded the £100,000 prize for its work during the pandemic and engagement with the local community
'India is an example of fascism unchecked': Jameel Prize-nominated activist Sofia Karim on her samosa packets of solidarity
The London-based artist's Turbine Bagh project shines light on human rights abuses across South Asia
James Turrell and Sebastião Salgado among international recipients of £400,000 Japanese art prize
Japan Art Association drew up the all-male winners list for award dubbed ‘Nobel Prize for the Arts’