HUGO BOSS PRIZE - 2020 FINALISTS
From a short list of 6 artist, the recipient of the award will be announced on October 22 on Guggenheim’s Instagram.
The Hugo Boss Prize honors outstanding achievement in contemporary art, celebrating the work of remarkable artists whose practices are among the most innovative and influential of our time. The biennial prize, established in 1996, sets no restrictions on age, gender, nationality, or medium.
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Nairy Baghramian, Stay Downers: Nerd, Fidgety Philip, Dripper, Truant, Backrower and Grubby Urchin (2017). Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery. Photo: Timo Ohler.
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Kevin Beasley, Your face is / is not enough (2016). Performance view: Liverpool Biennial, July 14, 2018. © Kevin Beasley. Courtesy of Casey Kaplan, New York. Photo: Pete Carr.
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Deana Lawson, Mama Goma, Gemena, DR Congo (2014). © Deana Lawson. Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, and Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago.
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Elias Sime, Tightrope: Internalized (2017). Courtesy of the artist and James Cohan, New York.
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Cecilia Vicuña, Cloud Net (1999). Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, and Seoul.
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Adrián Villar Rojas, Mi familia muerta (My Dead Family) (2009). Courtesy of the artist, Ruth Benzacar Art Gallery, kurimanzutto, and Marian Goodman Gallery.
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Guggenheim Museum in New York. Image ccourtesy of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Juried by an international panel of distinguished museum directors, curators, and critics, it is administered by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and carries an award of $100,000. Also, work by each artist who receives the award is presented in a solo exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
2020 Finalists for the Hugo Boss Prize:
Nairy Baghramian (b. 1971, Isfahan, Iran)
Kevin Beasley (b. 1985, Lynchburg, USA)
Deana Lawson (b. 1979, Rochester, USA)
Elias Sime (b. 1968, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
Cecilia Vicuña (b. 1948, Santiago, Chile)
Adrián Villar Rojas (b. 1980, Rosario, Argentina)
