We've confirmed that the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut will bestow its annual Larry Aldrich Foundation Award upon painter Elizabeth Peyton. The award honors an American artist whose work "has had a significant impact on contemporary visual culture during the previous three years." After narrowing the list down to 10 artists, the staff of the Aldrich calls upon its secret jury of collectors, artists, critics, curators and gallerists to select the winner. Each year's honoree gets a check for $25,000 and the offer of an exhibition. Peyton is considering a show of her drawings, but it remains to be seen whether the increasingly reclusive art star will unveil new work for the 2007 exhibition.
Previous winners of the award are Kara Walker, 2005; Catherine Opie, 2004; David Hammons, 2003; Fred Wilson, 2002; Mark Dion, 2001; Doug Aitken, 2000; Janine Antoni, 1999; Ann Hamilton, 1998; Charles Ray, 1997; Robert Gober, 1996; Bruce Nauman, 1995; Cindy Sherman, 1994; and Elizabeth Murray, 1993.
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