RIBA National Awards 2024
Image: James Gorst Architects, New Temple Complex, Rake, Hampshire, United Kingdom, 2023. Photo: Rory Gardiner
ARCHITECTURE
RIBA National Awards
The Royal Institute of British Architects has unveiled the 26 winners of the 2024 RIBA National Awards for Architecture, recognizing the finest examples of UK architecture and showcasing the country’s design and social trends. Established in 1996, the awards highlight outstanding architectural projects across the UK, from Northern Ireland and Scotland to the south of England. This year’s award celebrates projects that feature "inspiring examples of existing buildings and structures that have been given a new lease of life."
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LOEWE FOUNDATION / Studio Voltaire
Award 2024
Image: Prajakta Potnis, Capsule, 2012. Digital print on cotton rag paper. Courtesy of the artist
ART
Prajakta Potnis
LOEWE FOUNDATION / Studio Voltaire
Mumbai-based artist Prajakta Potnis is the latest recipient of the LOEWE FOUNDATION and Studio Voltaire international residency programme. Potnis’ multimedia work, spanning painting, video and time-based installations, explores the fractures of everyday life, often in the context of gender and social divides, highlighting the nuances and complexities of varying emotions. The year-long residency is part of the ongoing partnership between the LOEWE FOUNDATION and Studio Voltaire, one of the UK’s leading non-profit organisations, working to strengthen representation and accessibility within contemporary arts since 2021.
About the LOEWE FOUNDATION / Studio Voltaire Award
Royal Academy of Arts
Summer Exhibition 2024
Image: Tracey Emin RA, Did it Ever Get Any Better, acrylic on canvas, 182 x 152 cm. © The Artist. Photo: Ollie Harrop
ART
Tracey Emin
Charles Wollaston Award
Tracey Emin RA has won the 2024 Charles Wollaston Award for her work Did it Ever Get Any Better on view in the Summer Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts. Established in 1978 and presented to the "most distinguished work" in the exhibition, it is one of the most significant art prizes awarded in the UK. Tracey Emin's expressive and visceral work is renowned for its portrayal of personal experience and heightened states of emotion. Frank and intimate, yet universal in its relevance, her practice draws on the fundamental themes of desire and grief, unravelling the constructs of ‘woman’ and ‘self’.
About the Charles Wollaston Award
Prix étudiant de la Photographie Industrielle
"Un Autre Regard sur l’Industrie" 2024
Image: Manon Egmann, Sport et histoire [Sport and history]. The climbing wall takes the characteristic shape of the sheds, illuminated by the sun's rays. Bringing sport to life in the heart of an industrial zone.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Prix étudiant de la Photographie Industrielle
"Un Autre Regard sur l’Industrie"
The Prix étudiant de la Photographie Industrielle, entitled "Un Autre Regard sur l’Industrie" [Another Look at Industry], was awarded this year to six students, each taking a unique look at this field of innovation and technology. The aim of this 5th edition was to encourage students to put the spotlight on all champions, amateurs and professionals, manufacturers and athletes, on the eve of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in France. Adèle Delbet, Manon Egmann, Garance Madelénat, the duo Tara Ozem and Lou Respinger, and Noémie Rapale are the winners of this 2024 edition.
About the Prix étudiant de la Photographie Industrielle "Un Autre Regard sur l’Industrie"
Art on Paper 2024
Image: Mouad Elbissaoui, Ressemblance, 2023. Charcoal on paper and coal on wood, 6 x 50 x 70 cm.
ART
Mouad Elbissaoui
Eeckman Art Prize
Mouad Elbissaoui is the winner of the Eeckman Art Prize awarded by the Art on Paper fair with the support of Eeckman. Born in Morocco, where he currently lives and works, Mouad Elbissaoui is a multidisciplinary artist who delves into themes of power, the human condition and underlying discourses. His project "Face à l’horizon" aims to explore the symbolism of borders. Rather than merely condemning, he questions the issues and tragedies related to immigration. His solo exhibition will be on show at Art on Paper from 3 to 6 October 2024 in Brussels.
National Portrait Gallery
Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2024
Image: Antony Williams, Jacqueline with Still Life, 2020. Egg tempera on wooden board, 1222 x 668 mm. Courtesy the artist
ART
Antony Williams
Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award
England's National Portrait Gallery awarded the Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award to Antony Williams for his egg tempera portrait, Jacqueline with Still Life (2020). Born in 1964, Williams trained at Farnham College and Portsmouth University. He has shown works in the Portrait Award exhibition 11 times, placing third in 2017. His winning portrait was created using egg tempera, pigments bound with egg yolk, instead of more popular oil paints. As well as being impressed by Williams "confidence and mastery of the egg tempera medium", the jury said the composition "was nuanced and surprising".
