Visual artist Divya Mehra has won the $100,000 Sobey Art Award. The Winnipeg-based Mehra was named winner of the prestigious prize at a gala at the National Gallery of Canada.
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Sobey Art Award removes age limit. 2021 Nominations open until March 19, 2021
OTTAWA, ON, Feb. 17, 2021 /CNW/ - The Sobey Art Award, now recognized as one of the world s most generous privately funded prizes for contemporary visual artists, is thrilled to open up the competition to emerging Canadian artists of all ages.
Sobey Art Award removes age limit. 2021 Nominations open until March 19, 2021 (CNW Group/National Gallery of Canada)
Jointly administered by the Sobey Art Foundation (SAF) and the National Gallery of Canada (NGC), the Award celebrates the careers of emerging Canadian artists through prize money and recognition. The SAF and NGC are pleased to announce a return to an in-person exhibition of the five shortlisted winners after the annual show was cancelled last year due to the pandemic. The exhibition will be presented at the National Gallery during the fall of 2021.
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