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On this day in
1832 was born Paul Gustave Doré, French artist, engraver, and illustrator.
1872 Russian pianist and composer Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin was born
1993 died Rudolf Nureyev , one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century
2004 died Francesco Scavullo, American photographer best known for his celebrity portraits. |
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HUGO BOSS PRIZE 2008
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| Thursday, November 20, 2008 |
 Emily Jacir is the iwnner of Seventh Biennial Hugo Boss Prize
HUGO BOSS and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation have announced that the winner of the HUGO BOSS PRIZE 2008 is Emily Jacir Ms. Jacir, who had won the Golden Lion Award for an artist under 40 at the 2007 Venice Biennale. The biennial prize, carrying a stipend of U.S. $100.000, is administered by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and juried by a distinguished international
panel of museum directors, curators and critics. The award is conferred upon artists whose work represents a significant development in contemporary art, and sets no restrictions in terms of age, gender, race, nationality, or media.
The jurors of the HUGO BOSS PRIZE 2008: Russell Ferguson, Chair, Department of Art, UCLA, Los Angeles, California; Maria Lind, Director of the Graduate Program, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; Sandhini Poddar, Assistant Curator of Asian Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Nancy Spector, Chief Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Marc-Olivier Wahler, Director, Palais de Tokyo, Paris. |
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