Just what we need - another $50,000 art prize
Howdy!
If you remember, on the 19th of January the first Hnatyshyn Foundation Visual Arts Award was awarded. If I look closely, it got written about in two newspapers. Well now the Art Gallery of Ontario was able to convince Aeroplan that there should be another $50,000 award. On top of it, it ain't even a Canadian award, their line is 'five Canadian and international artists each year.'
From what I've heard, it costs about $200,000 to give away $50,000. And even then that doesn't guarantee that the prize gets noticed. This explosion in prizes ain't going to do a darn thing for 'art in Canada,' although I betcha dollars to doughnuts that the jury and the winner make out like bandits this spring.
If you remember, on the 19th of January the first Hnatyshyn Foundation Visual Arts Award was awarded. If I look closely, it got written about in two newspapers. Well now the Art Gallery of Ontario was able to convince Aeroplan that there should be another $50,000 award. On top of it, it ain't even a Canadian award, their line is 'five Canadian and international artists each year.'
From what I've heard, it costs about $200,000 to give away $50,000. And even then that doesn't guarantee that the prize gets noticed. This explosion in prizes ain't going to do a darn thing for 'art in Canada,' although I betcha dollars to doughnuts that the jury and the winner make out like bandits this spring.
posted by Zeke's, the Montreal Art Gallery on 6.2.07
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