Value of B.C.'s Audain Prize for Visual Art increases to $100,000 GlobeArts
Philanthropist Michael Audain, pictured here at the Vancouver Art Gallery, funds the Audin Prize for Visual Art through his foundation.In a move to increase the visibility of visual artists on the West Coast, the Audain Prize for Visual Art is more than tripling in value. The recipient of the prize, which recognizes a senior British Columbia artist annually, will now receive $100,000 – up from $30,000.
The recipient will now receive the same amount as the winners of the country’s two richest cultural prizes, the Sobey Prize for Visual Art, which awards $100,000 annually to an artist 40 and under; and the Scotiabank Giller Prize, which awards $100,000 each fall to a Canadian author of a work of fiction in English.“We don’t want to be second-place to anyone,” says Audain. “We’re just so committed to the art of this province.
Lately he has been spending a fair bit of time in Quebec and says he has perceived “a stronger perception of the cultural stars, so to speak, whether it’s in music or in the visual arts or in theatre.” He says there are some B.C. artists who are world-renowned but are not well known at home. He wonders if the average person on the street is aware of Jeff Wall or Rodney Graham, both international contemporary art superstars and previous winners of the Audain Prize.
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