Lawrence Weiner has been announced as the recipient of the 2017 Aspen Award for Art, awarded every year by the Aspen Art Museum to an artist for his/her contribution to the arts. He will be presented with the award at ArtCrush, the Museum’s fundraising event, on 4 August.
Previous winners include: Richard Tuttle, Ed Ruscha, Fred Tomaselli, Marilyn Minter, Roni Horn, Ernesto Neto, Lorna Simpson, and Gabriel Orozco.
23 February 2017