Awards
Frank Jewett Mather Award
Past Award Recipients2003 Roberta Smith, Art Critic, New York Times
Committee: W. Jackson Rushing, University of Houston, Chair; Gregory Sholette, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Sue Taylor, Portland State University; James Yood, Northwestern University
2002 Arlene Raven
Committee: Jonathan Katz, State University of New York, Stony Brook, Chair; Joanna Frueh, University of Nevada, Reno; W. Jackson Rushing, University of Houston, Texas; James Yood, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
2001 Peter Halley
Committee: Jonathan Katz, State University of New York, Stony Brook, Chair; Joanna Frueh, University of Nevada, Reno; Amelia Jones, University of California, Riverside; W. Jackson Rushing, University of Houston
2000 Moira Roth and Catherine Lord
Committee: Jonathan Katz, City College of San Francisco, Chair; Joanna Frueh, University of Nevada, Reno; Amelia Jones, University of California at Riverside; Joseph Mashek
1999 Mira Schor
Committee: Amelia Jones, University of California, Riverside, chair; Richard Martin, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Joseph Masheck, Hofstra University; John Hallmark Neff, Terra Museum of American Art
1998 Jeremey Gilbert-Rolfe
John Hallmark Neff, Terra Museum of American Art, chair; Dave Hickey, University of Nevada; Joseph Masheck, independent critic
1997 Christopher Knight
Committee: Suzanne Muchnic, Los Angeles Times, chair; Dave Hickey; Lowery Stokes Sims, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1996 Arthur C. Danto
Committee: Frances Colpitt, University of Texas, San Antonio, chair; David Carrier, Carnegie Mellon University; Thomas McEvilley, Artforum; Suzanne Muchnic, Los Angeles Times
1995 Jan Avgikos
Committee: Frances Colpitt, University of Texas, San Antonio, chair; David Carrier, Carnegie Mellon University; Victor Margolin, University of Illinois, Chicago; Suzanne Muchnic, Los Angeles Times
1994 Dave Hickey
Committee: Victor Margolin, University of Illinois, Chicago, chair; David Carrier, Carnegie Mellon University; Frances Colpitt, University of Texas; Joan Hugo, California Institute of the Arts
1993 Thomas McEvilley
Committee: Lowery Stokes Sims, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, chair; Joan Hugo, California Institute of the Arts; Victor Margolin, University of Illinois, Chicago
1992 Shifra Goldman, Eleanor Heartney
Committee: Lowery Stokes Sims, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, chair; Joan Hugo, California Institute of the Arts; John Kissick, Pennsylvania State University
1991 Lowery Stokes Sims
Committee: Jonathan Fineberg, University of Illinois, chair; Shifra Goldman, Rancho Santiago College; Patricia Mathews, Oberlin College
1990 Martha Gever, Jan Zita Grover
Committee: Douglas Crimp, chair; Hunter Drohojowska; Xenia Zed
1989 Douglas Crimp
Committee: Robert Storr, chair; Yve-Alain Bois; Arlene Raven
1988 Germano Celant
Committee: Susan Larsen, chair; Thomas McEvilley
1987 Carter Ratcliff
Committee: Ruth Weisberg, University of Southern California, chair; Franz Schulz, Lake Forest College; Joan Marter
1986 Benjamin H. D. Buchloh
Committee: Melinda Wortz, chair; William Olander; Moira Roth
1985 Robert Hughes
Committee: Jane Livingston, chair; Robert Berlind; Jonathan Fineberg, University of Illinois
1984 Leo Steinberg
Committee: Janet Kardon, chair; Brenda Richardson; John Russell
1983 Donald Kuspit
Committee: Jeanne Siegel, chair; Brian O'Doherty; Dianne Vanderlip
1982 Robert Hughes
Committee: Kirk Varnedoe, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, chair; Jan Butterfield; Amy Newman
1981 Robert Rosenblum
Committee: Franz Schulz, Lake Forest College; Linda Cathcart; Peter Schjeldahl
1980 Peter Schjeldahl
Committee: Alfred Frankenstein, chair; Linda Nochlin, Vassar College; Robert Rosenblum
1979 John Russell
Committee: Alfred Frankenstein, chair; Linda Nochlin, Vassar College; Robert Rosenblum
1978 Linda Nochlin
Committee: Elizabeth Baker, chair; Lucy R. Lippard; Alfred Frankenstein
1977 Amy Goldin
Committee: Irving Sandler, State University of New York, Purchase, chair; Elizabeth Baker; Lucy R. Lippard
1976 Elizabeth Baker
Committee: Tom Hess, chair; Wayne Anderson; Irving Sandler, State University of New York, Purchase
1975 Lucy R. Lippard
Committee: Tom Hess, chair; Wayne Anderson; Irving Sandler, State University of New York, Purchase
1974 Lincoln Kirstein
Commitee: Rosalind Krauss and Margit Rowell, co-chairs; Hilton Kramer; Annette Michaelson
1973Rosalind Krauss
Committee: Robert Rosenblum, chair; Lawrence Alloway; Elizabeth Baker; Margit Rowell
1972 Lawrence Alloway
Committee: Shirley Blum, chair; Alfred Frankenstein; Edward Fry
1971Alfred Frankenstein
Committee: Barbara Rose, chair; Shirley Blum; Robert Rosenblum
1970 Barbara Rose
Committee: Martin L. Friedman; Donald Judd; Robert L. Herbert
1969 Clement Greenberg
Committee: Samuel J. Wagstaff, Jr.; Ada Louise Huxtable; Frederick S. Wight
1968 Ada Louise Huxtable
Committee: Milton Brown; William Seitz; William Agee
1967 Barbara Rose
Committee: Lincoln Johnson; Ellen Johnson; Robert Goldwater; Robert Rosenblum
1966 Max Kozloff
Committee: Charles P. Parkhurst; Frank Trapp; Lincoln Johnson
1965 Brian O'Doherty
Committee: S. Lane Faison, Jr.; George Hamilton; Peter Selz
1964 Creighton Gilbert, Harold Rosenberg
Committee: Arline B. Saarinen; John McAndrew; Creighton Gilbert, Yale University
1963 Lewis Mumford, Dore Ashton
Committee: Peter H. Selz; James S. Ackerman, Harvard University; Herschel B. Chipp; Sam Hunter; Allen S. Weller