The Contemporary Art Society has announced the four-strong shortlist for its Annual Award for museums.
The £60,000 prize, now in its fifth year, is awarded to a UK museum to commission an artist of their choice to create a new work that will become part of their permanent collection. The shortlisted museums are:
The shortlisted museums will now work with their nominated artists to create a full proposal for their planned commissions.
The judges for the 2013 award are Brian Griffiths (artist), Charlotte Higgins (chief arts writer, The Guardian), Elizabeth Neilson (director, Zabludowicz Collection), and Kirsty Ogg (curator, Whitechapel Gallery).
The winners of the £60,000 prize will be announced on 18 November. Past winners have included The Collection & Usher Gallery, Lincoln (with artist Oliver Laric) in 2012 and Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery (with artist Christina Mackie) in 2011.
The £60,000 prize, now in its fifth year, is awarded to a UK museum to commission an artist of their choice to create a new work that will become part of their permanent collection. The shortlisted museums are:
- Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, in partnership with the Pitt Rivers Museum and the Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art with artist Elizabeth Price
- Birmingham Museums with artist Jess Flood-Paddock
- The Hepworth Wakefield with artist Des Hughes
- Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, with artist Lucy McKenzie
The shortlisted museums will now work with their nominated artists to create a full proposal for their planned commissions.
The judges for the 2013 award are Brian Griffiths (artist), Charlotte Higgins (chief arts writer, The Guardian), Elizabeth Neilson (director, Zabludowicz Collection), and Kirsty Ogg (curator, Whitechapel Gallery).
The winners of the £60,000 prize will be announced on 18 November. Past winners have included The Collection & Usher Gallery, Lincoln (with artist Oliver Laric) in 2012 and Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery (with artist Christina Mackie) in 2011.
