The £5,000 first prize went to the Victoria and Albert Museum for its Gothic: Art for England 1400-1547 catalogue, which was edited by Richard Marks and Paul Williamson and was published by V&A publishing.
The judges were impressed by the vivid writing and wealth of detail in the catalogue. Anna Somers Cocks, the editorial director general of the Art Newspaper and chairwoman of the judges, said: 'No historian will be able to ignore this catalogue.' She also praised it as a huge achievement which reflected the efforts that had gone into researching the exhibition.
The second prize, a full-page advertisement in the Art Newspaper, went to the Tate for Donald Judd, which was edited by Nicolas Serota and published by Tate publishing. According to the judges it has already become a standard reference work.
An extra third prize of a half-page ad was given to the Imperial War Museum for Eric Ravilious by Alan Powers and the Imperial War Museum.
The runners-up - Advertising and the Artist Ashley Havinden (National Galleries of Scotland), Rovert Pateson, a Scientific Philospher (the Harris Museum and Art Gallery), and Dürer and the Virgin in the Garden (National Gallery Publishing) - were awarded quarter-page ads.
Clare Pardy, the development director of AXA art and one of the judges, said there were more new entries this year.
Sharon Heal
The judges were impressed by the vivid writing and wealth of detail in the catalogue. Anna Somers Cocks, the editorial director general of the Art Newspaper and chairwoman of the judges, said: 'No historian will be able to ignore this catalogue.' She also praised it as a huge achievement which reflected the efforts that had gone into researching the exhibition.
The second prize, a full-page advertisement in the Art Newspaper, went to the Tate for Donald Judd, which was edited by Nicolas Serota and published by Tate publishing. According to the judges it has already become a standard reference work.
An extra third prize of a half-page ad was given to the Imperial War Museum for Eric Ravilious by Alan Powers and the Imperial War Museum.
The runners-up - Advertising and the Artist Ashley Havinden (National Galleries of Scotland), Rovert Pateson, a Scientific Philospher (the Harris Museum and Art Gallery), and Dürer and the Virgin in the Garden (National Gallery Publishing) - were awarded quarter-page ads.
Clare Pardy, the development director of AXA art and one of the judges, said there were more new entries this year.
Sharon Heal