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Artists vanessa german and Cauleen Smith have won one of the largest art prizes in the world, the Heinz Award for the Arts. Each will now take home $250,000. german often creates sculptures that are adorned with beads, fabrics, cowrie shells, glass, and more. Often, these works are intended to serve a restorative purpose and seem imbued with ritualistic power. Past works have involved ...

The Baloise Art Prize, the biggest art award associated with the Swiss edition of the Art Basel art fair, has gone this year to artists Tourmaline and Helena Uambembe, both of whom will receive 30,000 Swiss francs (a little over $30,000) each. The award goes to artists in the “Statements” section of the fair, which is for galleries presenting work by emerging artists and ...

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines A SURPRISE IN THE SALESROOM. Last week brought news that an Aboriginal heritage council in Australia had set up a GoFundMe in an attempt to raise funds to compete for two works by the 19th-century Wurundjeri artist William Barak that were coming up for auction at Sotheby’s in New York this week. That effort brought in about $118,000 (US$83,600), the Guardian reports—short of ...

This year, the Webby Awards, which recognize “excellence on the Internet,” gave special mention to NFT projects—an unusual designation, since art is not often given these prizes. Artist Takashi Murakami received a Special Achievement Webby for his contributions to the space with his NFT projects. The Lifetime Special Achievement honor was awarded to the creators of the NFT, Anil Dash and Kevin McCoy. “I ...

For the first time, both of the Venice Biennale’s top honors went to Black women. Those awards, known as the Golden Lions, went this year to Simone Leigh and Sonia Boyce, who won for participation in Cecilia Alemani’s main show and for a national pavilion, respectively. The Silver Lion, for a “promising young artist” in the main show, went to Ali Cherri. Special mentions ...

Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Wednesday, March 16. NEED-TO-READ Queen Joins Cultural Boycott Against Russia – The Royal Collection has withdrawn permission for a loan of three 17th-century swords to the Kremlin Museums in Moscow. The weapons were due to be ...

With a month and a half to go until the opening of its 2022 edition in Italy, the Venice Biennale has named two winners for its Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award: Katharina Fritsch and Cecilia Vicuña, both of whom will be included in the biennial’s main show this year. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement is given to artists in the middle or ...

A project that inspired more people to visit Scunthorpe has been crowned the winner of ‘Best Arts Project’ in the national Hearts for the Arts Awards 2022. The council fought off strong competition from across the UK to triumph for the presentation of artist Luke Jerram’s ‘Of Earth and Sky’. The installation saw local people’s poems appear in a stunning art trail across Scunthorpe, ...

Brit Awards 2022: Who's performing and who's going to win?  BBC News Source link

Rapper Little Simz is the dark horse in the best album race. Her smart, funky record Sometimes I Might Be Introvert was music critics' favourite album of 2021, and her producer, Inflo, has already been named producer of the year. If the 1,300-strong voting academy reflects those choices, Simz could be going home with her first-ever Brit. Source link