The Ordway Prize, created in 2005, is awarded every other year to two recipients, one artist and one curator/arts writer who have had significant impact on the field of contemporary art. The prize is administered by the New Museum in conjunction with Creative Link for the Arts. It carries with it an unrestricted cash award of $100,000. The nominees are between the ages of forty and sixty-five, with a developed body of work extending over a minimum of fifteen years. The winners are chose by a jury composed of arts professionals.
History of the Prize
edit2005 Winners
Doris Salcedo- Artist Ralph Rugoff, Curator
2008 Winners
James Elaine, Curator and Writer Cildo Meireles, Artist
The 2008 jury included included Jennifer McSweeney, Director of Creative Link for the Arts; Doris Salcedo, artist from Bogota, Colombia, and winner of first artist’s Ordway Prize in 2005; Vicente Todoli, Chief Curator and Director of the Tate Modern, London; and Hamza Walker, Director of Education and Associate Curator at the Renaissance Society, University of Chicago.