Winners Announced for Francis J. Greenburger Awards

Published: November 10, 2008

Coutesy Sturtevant and Gallery Thaddaeus Ropac

Sturtevant, "Infinite Exhaustion" (2007)

Brice Marden Sylvia Mangold Joan Jonas Mel Kendrick Helen Levitt Elaine Sturtevant First Annual Art Awards Winners Announced Rob Pruitt and the Guggenheim Launch an Awards Show

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NEW YORK— The winners of the Francis J. Greenburger Awards for 2008 have been announced: artists Joan Jonas, Mel Kendrick, Helen Levitt, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, and Sturtevant. The awards honor artists who have made important contributions to contemporary art, but who have not been fully recognized by the "world at large."

Each artist was chosen by an individual juror and will be awarded $10,000. This year, arts mogul Tom Healy chose Jonas, artist Brice Marden chose Kendrick, collectors Arthur and Carol Goldberg chose Levitt, gallerist Rhona Hoffman chose Mangold, and art critic Kim Levin chose Sturtevant.

The awards were created in 1986 by Francis J. Greenburger, a New York real estate developer and the founder and chairman of Omi International Arts Center. This year marks the seventh presentation of the honors, which will take place at the New Museum on Monday, November 17, at 6 p.m.

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