Maya Lin Wins Van Alen Fellowship

NEW YORK—The Van Alen Institute has awarded artist Maya Lin its second annual New York Prize Senior Fellowship.

Named for William Van Alen, the architect of the Chrysler Building, the institute developed the fellowship to bring practitioners and scholars to its New York headquarters to pursue projects shaping the conception, design, and use of public space.

Lin will use the fellowship to continue developing "Missing," a project she says will “focus attention on species and places that have gone extinct or will most likely disappear within our lifetime.” She says it will be her last memorial.