Walpole’s whimsical London villa wins heritage prize

A project to restore Strawberry Hill—Horace Walpole’s whimsical Gothic Revival villa in southwest London—is one of 30 projects to receive a prestigious cultural heritage prize administered by the European Union and Europa Nostra.

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Palestinian student wins new scholarship prize

The Caspian Arts Foundation, a London-based non-profit organisation, has awarded its inaugural education scholarship prize, enabling a Middle Eastern student to pursue a postgraduate course at the University of the Arts London. The award winner is…
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Russia’s Kandinsky Prize split between two artists

Russia’s €40,000 Kandinsky Prize for project of the year was divided for the first time between two finalists: Grisha Bruskin for his Kafkaesque H-Hour sculpture and the AES+F collective for Allegoria Sacra, the final installment of an…
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Work dealing with African resistance wins $100,000 prize

The Hammer Museum has announced that the Botswana-born, Los Angeles-based artist Meleko Mokgosi is the winner of its new Mohn Award, a $ 100,000 prize given over two years that rivals the Turner Prize in the UK. The award is funded by the local…
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Pinchuk’s Future Generation Prize extends deadline

One of the largest awards in the art world, worth $ 100,000, has extended its application deadline until 20 May.
The Future Generation Art Prize, sponsored by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, is open to any artist aged 35 or younger of any nationality…
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Allianoi archaeologist awarded cultural heritage prize

A decade-long campaign led by Turkish archaeologist Ahmet Yaras to prevent the Turkish government from flooding the ancient Roman spa town of Allianoi is one of 28 initiatives to receive a European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra…
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Winners of Innovation art prize announced in Russia

The winners of the seventh annual Innovation prize were announced at an awards ceremony at the Artplay Design Center in Moscow on 3 April. The prize is meant to promote and support Russian contemporary visual artists, as well as curators, writers…
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Hammer Museum launches $100,000 biennial art prize

The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles is launching a $ 100,000 art prize in conjunction with its “Made in LA 2012” biennial, which opens 2 June and showcases emerging and overlooked artists working in the city. The Mohn Prize, as it will be known, is…
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