Pem Lham Wins $30k Rubin Museum Himalayan Art Prize

The Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art has named Bhutanese mixed-media artist Pem Lham the winner of the 2026 Rubin Museum Himalayan Art Prize. The honor is presented annually to a contemporary artist from the Himalayan region. It is attended by a $30,000 cash award, making it the largest prize of its kind in the world. […]

Related

Other articles with overlapping topics.

Hyperallergic

Photographer Tyler Mitchell Wins Crystal Bridges's $250K Prize

The National Gallery of Art names a new head of American Art, Sharif Bey wins the Spector Craft Prize, a Solange sculpture heads to the High Line, and more in Art Movements.

Lisa Yin Zhang·Sep 24, 2026

Hyperallergic

Met Museum Brokers Return of Three Artworks to Nigeria

Collector Ceil Pulitzer provided detailed provenance of the works, but the museum preferred another route.

Rhea Nayyar·Sep 22, 2026

A

Artforum

Steven Shearer, Painter of Disaffected Youth, Wins 2026 Audain Prize

Canadian multidisciplinary artist Steven Shearer, known for his portraits blending youth subculture, contemporary iconography, and art-historical references, has been named the winner of this year’s C$100,000 ($71,000) Audain Prize for the Visual Arts. Established in 2004 with the aim of elevating Canadian art at home and abroad, the prize is considered one of Canada’s most […]

Polly Watson·Sep 24, 2026

A

Artforum

Art Institute of Chicago Returns Metzinger Painting to Family of Jewish Collector

The Art Institute of Chicago has announced that it will return Jean Metzinger’s painting Woman with a Fan (1913) to the family of Jewish art collector Emanuel Lewenstein. The museum acquired the painting from New York’s Sidney Janis Gallery in 1959, but provenance research by the Mondex Corporation—an organization founded in 1993 that works to […]

Theo Belci·Sep 23, 2026

L

Literary Hub

Lit Hub Daily: September 24, 2026

During the season of big books, how do you choose one to read? With a flowchart, obviously. | Lit Hub How Imogen Crimp’s Give Me Everything You’ve Got demonstrates the loaded nature of an artist’s room. | Lit Hub Criticism

Lit Hub Daily·Sep 24, 2026

L

Literary Hub

The Artist’s Room Is Not a Neutral Space

At the BFI, Ruby has barely finished showing her film before the tax is levied: which parts are real? The interviewer wants origins, autobiography, the little certificate of suffering audiences sometimes seem to require before they trust invention. Ruby thinks

Demetris Papadimitropoulos·Sep 24, 2026