The Wexner Prize
The Wexner Prize recognizes an artist whose work reflects exceptional innovation and the highest standards of artistic quality and integrity. Most recently, visionary filmmaker Spike Lee received the Wexner Prize in 2008.
The prize includes a $50,000 award and an engraved commemorative sculpture designed by renowned artist Jim Dine in 1991. Programs at the Wexner Center explore the prize recipient's career and thought.
Past winners include: Film and theater director Peter Brook (1992), Choreographer Merce Cunningham and composer John Cage (1993), Artist Bruce Nauman (1994), Choreographer and filmmaker Yvonne Rainer (1995),Filmmaker Martin Scorsese (1996/97), Painter Gerhard Richter (1998), Sculptor Louise Bourgeois (1999), Artist Robert Rauschenberg (2000), Architect Renzo Piano (2001), Choreographer William Forsythe (2002), Designer Issey Miyake (2004), Choreographer Bill T. Jones (2005), and Filmmaker Spike Lee (2008).
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