Dakota Mace wins Ellsworth Kelly Award and Extra – ARTnews.com

Interdisciplinary artist Dakota Mace was named this yr’s winner of the Ellsworth Kelly Award, which is run by the New York–based mostly Basis for Up to date Arts. The annual grant comes with a $45,000 purse in help of a solo exhibition. Based mostly in Madison, Wisconsin, Mace plans to make use of the funds to create 2,000 newly commissioned chemigrams—a portray or drawing made on mild delicate paper—utilizing pure cochineal dye, in addition to archival images prints. She’s going to set up them at SITE Santa Fe, as a part of a solo exhibition slated to open in March 2025.

This yr’s winner of considered one of Australia’s largest artwork awards, the Hadley Artwork Prize, is Yankunytjatjara artist Vicki Yatjiki Cullinan for her 2023 work Ngayuku Ngura (My Nation). The annual prize, value $100,000, is given to “probably the most excellent portrayal” of the Australian panorama. “My portray is related to the Tjukurpa (Ancestral Tales) that I do know, but in addition my work are an extension of who I’m, and the way I interpret my place on the planet,” Cullinan mentioned in in a press release. Moreover, the $10,000 Hadley’s Residency Prize was awarded to Melissa Kenihan, with honorable mentions given to Joshua Andree, Patrick Mung Mung, Joan Ross, and Denise Brady.

The Smithsonian Establishment’s Archives of American Artwork named the recipients of its two annual awards. Retired curator Ruth Tremendous, who was a curator of particular tasks in fashionable artwork and the Nationwide Gallery of Artwork in Washington, D.C., has recieved the Lawrence A. Fleischman Award for Scholarly Excellence within the Subject of American Artwork Historical past, whereas the Keith Haring Basis and Indigenous artist, activist, and educator Jaune Fast-to-See Smith (who’s presently the topic of a retrospective on the Whitney Museum) are the recipients of the Archives of American Artwork Medal. Collectively, these awards acknowledge those that have made substantial contributions to American artwork. They are going to be honored on the Archives of American Artwork annual gala on October 24 in New York.

The nonprofit grant-making group Artadia named Sofía Córdova, Heesoo Kwon, and Ranu Mukherjee its 2023 San Francisco Bay Space Artadia awardees. They may every obtain $15,000 in unrestricted funds, in addition to entry to Artadia’s community of artists, curators, and donors. The awards had been elevated by $5,000 for the primary time in 5 years.

Frieze awarded Woo Hannah its inaugural Artist Award at Frieze Seoul. Supported by the posh jewellery firm Bulgari, the award gives a debut platform for a newly commissioned work by an rising artist on the honest, which is able to open its second version subsequent month. The profitable piece, titled The Nice Ballroom, suspends draped cloth harking back to a lady’s progressively growing old breasts. The award was chosen by a panel of jurors together with curator Reuben Keehan, inventive director Kim Sunjung, curator Koh Wonseok, artist Moon Kyungwon, and former ARTnews govt editor Andrew Russeth.

Additionally chosen by Frieze was Adham Faramawy for the 2023 Artist Award at Frieze London. In its fifth yr, the winner equally will get to debut a brand new fee on the honest in October. Faramawy’s video and sculptural assemblage And these deceitful waters probe the historical past of the Thames river as a web site of colonization and ecological collapse. Earlier winners embody such artists as Himali Singh Soin, Alberta Whittle, Sung Tieu, and Abbas Zahedi.

The Pollock-Krasner Basis awarded Oliver Lee Jackson its Lee Krasner Award in recognition for a lifetime of inventive achievement. As a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and draftsman, Jackson’s disciplinary apply and energetic help of African American artists earned him this honor. Moreover, the muse awarded $2,657,400 in grants to 93 artists and nonprofit organizations around the globe. “We’re so happy to acknowledge Jackson’s progressive experimentation in his apply, his deep dedication to neighborhood engagement, his instructing, and his management within the arts neighborhood with this award for a lifetime of excellent achievement,” mentioned Caroline Black, govt director of the Pollock-Krasner Basis, in a press release.

Sculptor and set up artist Risa Puno is the recipient of the Brookfield Place New York 2024 Annual Arts Fee. Puno, whose piece will probably be unveiled subsequent summer time, creates work exploring human connection by way of interactive experiences. Now in its thirty fifth yr, Arts Brookfield has had a protracted historical past of supporting artwork by way of the true property firm Brookfield Properties.

The nonprofit Fundación Ama Amoedo introduced ten winners throughout 4 classes for the primary version of the Fundación Ama Amoedo Grants. The classes spanned artists, artwork and social engagement, organizations, and publications. The profitable artists included Paula Castro, Sofía Córdova, Rafael Rg, and Campo Sucio, together with Ruta del Castor and Photo voltaic dos Abacaxis for artwork and social engagement. They may every obtain $10,000.

The artwork heart NXTHVN, cofounded by Titus Kaphar and Jason Worth, named its 2023–24 Studio and Curatorial Fellows, together with Adrian Armstrong, Alexandria Sofa, Marquita Flowers, Eric Hart Jr., Clare Patrick, Fidelis Joseph, Jamaal Peterman, Eugene Macki, and Alex Puz. The curatorial fellows obtain a $45,000 stipend and studio fellows obtain a $35,000 stipend together with 24-hour entry to a workspace and sponsored housing for the year-long program. The fellows work towards a gaggle exhibition on the finish of every cycle.

The 2023 Movie London Jarman Award, which takes its identify from filmmaker Derek Jarman, have shortlisted artists Ayo Akingbade, Andrew Black, Sophie Koko Gate, Julianknxx, Karen Russo, and Rehana Zaman for the annual prize. The winner will obtain a £10,000 ($12,726) purse.

The Joyce Basis introduced that the 2023 Joyce Awards have been awarded to Regina Agu with the Museum of Up to date Pictures at Columbia School Chicago, Sonny Mehta with Mandala South Asian Performing Arts, Marisa Morán Jahn with the Nationwide Public Housing Museum, Marlena Myles with Franconia Sculpture Park, and Julie Tolentino with SPACES. The Joyce Awards help artists of coloration in partnership with cultural organizations within the Nice Lakes area.

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Coinciding with its twentieth anniversary, the 2024 Joyce Awards is rising its grant quantities from $75,000 to $100,000 every. Letters of inquiry are due on September 11.

The 2023 Foundwork Artist Prize, an annual juried grant for rising and mid-career artists working in any medium, is presently accepting purposes. This yr’s jury panel contains ICA Miami inventive director Alex Gartenfeld, Night time Gallery founder Davida Nemeroff, artist Shinique Smith, Medellín Museum of Fashionable Artwork chief curator Emiliano Valdés, and supplier Nicola Vassell. The award comes with an unrestricted $10,000 purse and studio visits with every juror. Moreover, the winner and three shortlisted artists will probably be invited to take part in long-form interviews.

The Nest Heritage Craft Prize is accepting purposes from Texas-based makers, artists, and artisans. The prize focuses on ability, method, and cultural worth. The winner will obtain a $25,000 grant and 4 semi-finalists will every obtain a $2,500 money prize. A partnership with French luxurious items firm Hermès can even convey a two-day showcase to Dallas. Judges embody artist and philanthropist Heather Winn, Hermès chairman Robert Chavez, curator Christopher Blay, Dallas Up to date govt director Carolina Alvarez-Mathies, and Guadalupe Cultural Arts Heart govt director Cristina Balli.