Because of her outstanding contribution to contemporary sculpture, Otobong Nkanga has received the Nasher Prize. The Nigerian-Belgian artist will receive $100,000 and an exhibition at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas in 2025.
Since 2015, the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas, has awarded the Nasher Prize, which carries a $100,000 prize. Now, Nigerian-Belgian artist Otobong Nkanga (b. 1974) received the award, which comes with a solo exhibition at the museum in two years. In explaining why, Director Jeremy Strick said: »The work of Otobong Nkanga makes manifest the myriad connections—historical, sociological, economic, cultural, and spiritual— that we have to the materials that comprise our lives. Delving deeply into the variegated meanings these materials take on, Nkanga’s work makes clear the essential place of sculpture in contemporary life.«
Nkanga is the first winner of the new biennial format. This change was made to give the laureates more time to prepare new works and the museum more time to produce a printed monograph. The nine-member jury this year included Pablo León de la Barra, a curator at the Guggenheim New York; Rashid Johnson, U.S. artist; and Yuko Hasegawa, director of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa.
In her first solo exhibition in a German museum, Ayoung Kim transports visitors to alien universes with AI, simulations and sculptures. In Ayoung Kim. Many Worlds Over, the public can influence the narratives. The exhibition can be seen from February 28 at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. Kim recently received the LG Guggenheim Award, endowed with 100,000 USD.
From February 18 to 22, the Grand Palais in Paris will host the important Salon Comparaisons, which presents a cross-section of the spectrum of art. The Hungarian artist Igor Eugen Prokop from the Art.Salon's artist program will be showing his work Evolution of a Scarecrow.
Since 2017, the Vonovia Award for Photography has been focusing on the theme of home and has repeatedly presented positions that provide new interpretations and perspectives. The exhibition for the Vonovia Award can be seen in the Marktkirche in Hanover from March 16.
With an extraordinary exhibition, the Cleveland Museum of Art offers exciting insights into Indian painting of the 16th century, which saw a shift towards realistic forms and dramatic narratives. Indian Painting of the 1500s: Continuities and Transformations opens March 15.
