Awards
Art Journal Award
Past Award Recipients
2012 Colby Chamberlain and Triple Canopy, “The Binder and the Server,” (Winter 2011)
Jury: Alexander Alberro, Barnard College, chair; Carol Becker, Columbia University; and Caroline A. Jones, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2011 Kirsten Swenson, Janet Kraynak, Paul Monty Paret, and Emily Eliza Scott, “Land Use in Contemporary Art” (Winter 2010)
Jury: Ann Gibson, University of Delaware, chair; Carol Becker, Columbia University; and Caroline A. Jones, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2010 Joanna Grabski, “Urban Claims and Visual Sources in the Making of Dakar’s Art World City” (Spring 2009)
Jury: Steven Nelson, University of California, Los Angeles, chair; Alexander Alberro, Barnard College; and Ann Gibson, University of Delaware
2009 Richard Meyer, “‘Artists sometimes have feelings’” (Winter 2008)
Jury: Nicholas Mirzoeff, New York University, chair; Alexander Alberro, Barnard College; and Steven Nelson, University of California, Los Angeles
2008 Simon Leung, “The Look of Law” (Fall 2007)
Jury: Nicholas Mirzoeff, New York University, chair; Steven Nelson, University of California, Los Angeles; and Alexander Alberro, University of Florida
2007 Sean Cubitt, “Grayscale Video and the Shift to Color” (Fall 2006)
Jury: Darby English, University of Chicago, chair; Nicholas Mirzoeff, New York University; and Joanna Roche, California State University, Fullerton.
2006 Mark Cheetham, “Matting the Monochrome: Malevich, Klein, and Now” (Winter 2005)
Jury: Joanna Roche, California State University, Fullerton, chair; Deborah Willis, New York University; Darby English, University of Chicago; and Elizabeth Kotz, University of Minnesota
2005 Nato Thompson, “Strategic Visuality: A Project by Four Artist/Researchers” (Fall 2004)
Committee: Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Harvard University, chair; Joanna Roche, California State University, Fullerton; Deborah Willis, New York University; and Darby English, University of Chicago
2004 Jenni Sorkin, “Envisioning High Performance” (Summer 2003)
Committee: Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Harvard University, chair; Joanna Roche, California State University, Fullerton; Jacquelyn Days Serwer, Corcoran Gallery of Art; and Deborah Willis, New York University
2003 Rainer Usselmann, “18.Oktober 1977: Gerhard Richter’s Work of Mourning and Its New Audience” (Spring 2002)
Committee: Valerie J. Mercer, Detroit Institute of Arts, chair; Maurice Berger, Vera List Center for Art and Politics; Jacquelyn Days Serwer, Corcoran Gallery of Art; and Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Harvard University
2002 Joanna Roche, “Performing Memory in Moon in a Tree: Carolee Schneemann Recollects Joseph Cornell” (Winter 2001)
Committee: Valerie J. Mercer, City College, City University of New York, and independent curator, chair; Maurice Berger, Vera List Center for Art and Politics; Connie Butler, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and Jacquelyn Days Serwer, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC
2001 Miwon Kwon, “The Wrong Place” (Spring 2000)
Committee: Valerie J. Mercer, City College, City University of New York, and independent curator, chair; Maurice Berger, Vera List Center for Art and Politics; Connie Butler, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and Holland Cotter, New York Times
