Bucksbaum Award

The Bucksbaum Award was donated in 2000 by the Bucksbaum Family Foundation of Des Moines and the Whitney Museum of American Art . It is awarded every two years. It is advertised for artists who live and work in the United States and whose work shows a "unique combination of talent and imagination ". The $ 100,000 prize offers the world's highest prize money for visual artists. In addition, each winner is invited to present their solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum for the next two years.

The award is given exclusively to invited participants of the Whitney Biennial , a talent show in New York City for primarily younger and less well-known American artists. The art award aims to honor artists who have the potential to leave a lasting impression on the history of the US art world.

The jury consists of two representatives from the Whitney Museum management, the current curators of the Whitney Biennial and three independent, rotating representatives from well-known art institutions.

Award winners

• 2000 Paul Pfeiffer
• 2002 Irit Batsry
• 2004 Raymond Pettibon
• 2006 Mark Bradford
• 2008 Omer Fast
• 2010 Michael Asher
• 2012 Sarah Michelson
• 2014 Zoe Leonard

literature

• Chrissie Iles, Christiane Paul, Carter E. Foster and Tina Kukielski (eds.): A Decade in Conversation: A Ten-Year Celebration of The Bucksbaum Award 2000–2010. Whitney Museum of American Art 2016.

Web links

• Web presence of the Bucksbaum Award

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Whitney Museum from May 3, 2004: Bucksbaum Award ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , (PDF; 32 kB). 
2. ↑ Whitney Museum of April 18, 2008: Bucksbaum Award ( Memento of the original of April 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , (PDF; 61 kB). 
3. ^ A Decade in Conversation: A Ten-Year Celebration of The Bucksbaum Award