Georges charles robin art biography awards 2018
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Patrick Hughes
Patrick Hughes
© photo: Lawrence Lawry 2019
Patrick Hughes
Patrick Hughes – Biography
At the young age of three or four, whilst staying at his grandparents’ house in Warmingham Road, Crewe, Patrick Hughes would sleep in The Glory Hole – the cupboard under the stairs. Lying awake listening to the air-raid sirens and falling bombs, Patrick would look up and stare at the stairs. "We were looking up at these stairs the wrong way round – up and down, up and down – stairs that only a fly could walk up. It must have made a strong impression: being bombed and in the dark and sleeping with my mother and seeing everything the wrong way round.” Patrick has made a life-long career out of doing things the other way round.
Patrick Hughes was born, Peter David Hughes in October 1939 in Birmingham, the eldest son of Peter and Florence Hughes. His father was a commercial traveller in groceries and a salesman, and his mother a housew
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Programs»Awards for Distinction
Arthur Kingsley Porter Prize
The Arthur Kingsley Porter Prize was established in 1957, in memory of a founding member of the CAA and one of the first American scholars of the discipline. This award seeks to encourage high scholarly standards among younger members of the profession. The prize is awarded for a distinguished article published in The Art Bulletin during the previous year by a scholar who is under the age of thirty-five or who has received the doctorate not more than ten years before acceptance of the article for publication.
2024 WINNER
Daniel M. Zolli
Daniel M. Zolli, “Making Up Materials: Donatello and the Cosmetic Act” The Art Bulletin, 105.4, 2023: 36–63.
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One of CAA’s longest-running awards, the Porter prize has been awarded to superb articles in Western European art and architecture but has increasingly recognized a wider range of topics (in American, Chinese, Japanese, and Assyrian
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2022 in art
Overview of the events of 2022 in art
The year 2022 in art involved various significant events.
The year 2022 was eventful in the art world, filled with both record-breaking achievements and notable social statements.
One major highlight was the sale of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen's art collection, which fetched an unprecedented $1.5 billion at Christie's, breaking multiple artist records and becoming the largest single-owner sale in auction history. Key pieces included works by Georges Seurat, Gustav Klimt, and Paul Cézanne, each selling for over $100 million. The proceeds were directed to charity per Allen's wishes.The Art Year in Review 2022 Edition
Climate change activism also made waves as protesters targeted renowned artworks worldwide. Protesters aimed to draw attention to environmental issues by targeting highly publicized works, all of which were fortunately protected beneath glass. In May, the Mona Lisa at the Louvre was smeared with