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Guggenheim Publication Wins Prestigious Award     Mon, Apr 27. 2009


The Guggenheim exhibition catalogue Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe has won the 2008 George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award, which recognizes outstanding publications in visual arts and architecture.

Established by the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) in 1980, the annual award honors the memory of George Wittenborn (1905–1974), a New York art book dealer and publisher who was a strong supporter of ARLIS/NA. Eligible titles are evaluated in the categories of content, documentation, layout, format, and overall aesthetic quality.

Published on the occasion of a comprehensive exhibition of work by the Chinese-born artist Cai Guo-Qiang, organized by Thomas Krens and Alexandra Munroe, Senior Curator of Asian Art at the Guggenheim Museum, the book includes essays by Wang Hui, David Joselit, Miwon Kwon, and Sandhini Poddar. Designed by Miko McGinty and Rita Jules, the catalogue features over 230 illustrations and offers a comprehensive history and interpretation of Cai’s art, as well as an extensive chronology, exhibition history, and bibliography.

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Gucci Group announces Nominees     Fri, Aug 1. 2008


Gucci Group and the 65th Venice Film Festival today announced that visual artist Julian Schnabel, photographer and visual artist Isaac Julien, musician Adam Yauch, visual artist Steve McQueen are nominees for the third annual Gucci Group Award. The award ceremony will be held during the festival at Venice’s
Palazzo Grassi on September 1, 2008.

Members of the 2008 Gucci Group Award Selection Committee include Marco Müller, Artistic Director of the
Venice Film Festival, Franca Sozzani, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Italy, the artist Jeff Koons and Stefano Pilati,
Creative Director of Yves Saint Laurent.

Each year, the Gucci Group Award is bestowed to an internationally-acclaimed artist who has made a remarkable contribution to a film in any capacity within the past 18 months, as a director, actor, screenwriter, set designer, or costume designer. Each member of the Selection Committee nominated one artist, and together the Committee will determine the winner of the award.
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