Wolfgang Hahn Prize
Since 1994 the Friends of the Museum Ludwig have honoured each year an international artist with the ‘Wolfgang-Hahn Prize’, presented during the city's art fair Art Cologne. Both the annual highlight of the Friends' activities and one of the cultural featurs of Cologne and the Rhineland, this purchase prize is dedicated to the memory of Wolfgang Hahn (1924 - 1987), chief conservator and painting restorer at Wallraf Richartz Museum / Museum Ludwig and one of Cologne's most far-sighted collectors. The budget for the prize amounts to a maximum of 100,000 euros per annum. The museum also acquires a work from each prizewinner.
An international jury chooses from the nominations submitted by the members. The Wolfgang Hahn Prize Cologne has been awarded to the following artists:
- 1994 - James Lee Byars
- 1995 - Lawrence Weiner
- 1996 - Günther Förg
- 1997 - Cindy Sherman
- 1998 - Franz West
- 1999 - Pipilotti Rist
- 2000 - Hubert Kiecol
- 2001 - Raymond Pettibon
- 2002 - Isa Genzken
- 2003 - Niele Toroni
- 2004 - Rosemarie Trockel
- 2005 - Richard Artschwager
- 2006 - Mike Kelley
- 2007 - none awarded
- 2008 - Peter Doig
- 2009 - Christopher Wool
- 2010 - Peter Fischli and David Weiss
- 2011 - John Miller
- 2012 - Henrik Olesen
- 2013 - Andrea Fraser
Read more about this topic: Museum Ludwig
Famous quotes containing the words wolfgang and/or prize:
“Man ... knows only when he is satisfied and when he suffers, and only his sufferings and his satisfactions instruct him concerning himself, teach him what to seek and what to avoid. For the rest, man is a confused creature; he knows not whence he comes or whither he goes, he knows little of the world, and above all, he knows little of himself.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“In the corrupted currents of this world
Offence’s gilded hand may shove by justice,
And oft ‘tis seen the wicked prize itself
Buys out the law; but ‘tis not so above:
There is no shuffling.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)