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(left) vanessa german. Photo: Joshua Franzos; (right) Cauleen Smith. Photo: Joshua Franzos

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27th Heinz Awards for the Arts Honors vanessa german and Cauleen Smith

The Heinz Family Foundation recognizes the artists for their enduring impact in the arts with its coveted award of $250.000.

A work by Ralph Lemon included in the 2022 Whitney Biennial. Photo: Whitney Museum.

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2022 Bucksbaum Award Goes to Ralph Lemon

The interdisciplinary artist is the recipient of the 2022 Bucksbaum Award for his outstanding contribution to the history of American art.

Senga Nengudi. Photo: Ron Pollard. Courtesy Sprüth Magers Gallery

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Senga Nengudi is Recipient of the 2023 Nasher Prize

American artist Senga Nengudi receives the prestigious $100,000 award presented by the Nasher Sculpture Center for genre-expanding sculpture.

(Clockwise) Karimah Ashadu. Portrait by Aigberadion Israel Ikhazuangbe; Film Still Detail

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Prize of the Böttcherstraße 2022 goes to Karimah Ashadu

The artist Karimah Ashadu wins one of the most renowned art prizes in the German-speaking world for her film installation "Cowboy".

Ijeoma Loren Uche-Okeke in April 2022 at the opening of

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Ijeoma Loren Uche-Okeke (1972 – 2022)

Ijeoma Uche-Okeke, curator and director of Asele Institute, has passed away.

Rindon Johnson Receives Ernst Rietschel Art Prize for Sculpture 2022

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Rindon Johnson Receives Ernst Rietschel Art Prize for Sculpture 2022

Johnson's art practice blurs the lines between sculpture, photography, performance, poetry and virtual reality, fusing language with art.

Lubaina Himid by Magda Stawarska Beavan

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Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize Goes to Lubaina Himid

Himid will present a solo exhibition in Austin and later New York, including an exhibition publication and public programming.

Lerato Nkosi. Courtesy of Latitudes.

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Lerato Nkosi Wins First ANNA Award

Lerato Nkosi’s entry for the ANNA Award features words inspired by Bell Hooks’ All About Love and is endowed with a cash prize and a residency.

Stéphané E. Conradie, kroon, 2017, Fotografie, Courtesy: Stéphané E. Conradie, Foto: Strauss Louw

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Stéphané Edith Conradie Receives Triennial Young Artists Award

The inaugural Young Artist Award of Fellbach Triennale goes to artist Stéphané Edith Conradie for her ornate sculptures and prints.

Selom Kudjie (in black), Artistic Director SCCA Tamale giving Ugandan artists a tour of A diagnosis of Time: Unlearn What You Have Learned.

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Ghana Exchange Program « Travel Somewhere Nice » Launches Second Edition

Curators and cultural producers from Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania visit three cities in Ghana: Accra, Kumasi and Tamale in August 2022.

By Latitudes ANNA Award Finalist Lerato Nkosi

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First ANNA Award Finalists are Announced

Out of 12 finalists, the ANNA Award selection committee will select the winner, who will be announced on August 10, 2022.

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Cynthia Aurora Brannvall, The Threads That Bind a Nation, 2020. Vintage and antique textiles painted on stretched crinoline, white thread in long stitches. 36 × 58 in. Courtesy of the artist.

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MoAD Expands its Emerging Artists Program

A new grant will support a juried competition that selects four local Black artists per year for a solo show at the Museum of the African Diaspora.