Guadalupe Maravilla, Selva Aparicio, Felipe Baeza, and Jeffrey Meris have been awarded the 2025 Vilcek Prizes in Visual Arts.
Awards
The Opulent Beadwork of Black Masker Demond Melancon
The Louisiana-based artist, known for his hand-beaded portraits and Mardi Gras Indian suits, is the recipient of this year’s 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art.
Vilcek Foundation Doubles Prizes in the Arts, Honors Immigrant Curators
Doubling its contributions to immigrant art professionals, the foundation recognizes Oluremi C. Onabanjo, Donna Honarpisheh, Aimé Iglesias Lukin, and Bernardo Mosqueira for their curatorial work.
Chief Curator of the Anchorage Museum Awarded Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History
Francesca Du Brock is committed to community care and emphasizes diverse perspectives in museum spaces.
Hyperallergic Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanian Wins Rabkin Lifetime Achievement Award
The Rabkin Foundation recognized Vartanian and feminist curator and critic Lucy Lippard for shaping “how we think about art and its social and political contexts.”
Finalists Selected for The Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realist Painters
An all-woman jury of artists, educators, and curators selected 10 finalists for the $50,000 Bennett Prize, the largest art award for women figurative realist painters.
Carrie Mae Weems, Alex Katz, and Mark Bradford Among Recipients of National Medals of Arts
Japanese-American sculptor Ruth Asawa was awarded the honor posthumously.
Announcing the 2024 Rabkin Prize Winners
The Rabkin Prize celebrates the creative and intellectual contributions of today’s arts writers and comes with a $50,000 unrestricted award.
Lorraine O’Grady and Nicholas Galanin Named Guggenheim Fellows
The two are among 68 visual artists, photographers, filmmakers, and art scholars receiving the prestigious prize.
Chicago Artists Exploring Meaning-Making Win 2023 Artadia Awards
SaraNoa Mark, Nyeema Morgan, and Julia Phillips will each receive $15,000 unrestricted grants.
Hundreds of Artworks by NYC Teenagers Go on View at the Met
The talented seventh through twelfth-grade students are recipients of the 2023 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
Lorraine O’Grady, Emily Jacir Among American Academy of Arts’s 2023 Awardees
Artist Faith Ringgold and scholar Helen Hennessy Vendler received this year’s gold medals.