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The William Zimmer Prize in Art Criticism is being offered to students of Art History and Theory in conjunction with the United States tour of the Recent Works exhibition of the acclaimed Irish artist John Kingerlee. Scheduled venues for the exhibition to date are as follows:
AFP Galleries, New York, NY, September 4-October 12, 2007
Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA, December 5-29, 2007
Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL, January 26-March 30, 2008
The Anderson, Anderson, IN, April 17-July 3, 2008
Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX, September 5-November 1, 2008
The Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, January 16, 2009-March 1, 2009
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA, January 16-February 27, 2009
William King Regional Fine Art Center, Abingdon, VA, March 13-September 6, 2009
Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA, September 20-November 1, 2009
Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX, March 20-April 26, 2009
The Parthenon, Nashville, TN, November 14, 2009-February 6, 2010
The winning essay from each venue will be selected by the noted critics Richard Vine, Dominique Nahas and Larry Powell of Larry Powell Management. The winner will be awarded a prize of $1,000, and will be shortlisted for a Grand Prize award of $3,000 at the conclusion of the US tour. The Grand Prize winning essay will be published in a respected art journal either in the US or Europe.
The exhibition will include 60 to 100 works (depending on venue), a one-hour documentary film and reference copies of John Benington’s full-length monograph on the artist. The critic Dominique Nahas (Art in America, ARTnews, Art Asia Pacific) who has spent time with the artist at his studio in West Cork, Ireland, is scheduled to give a talk on Kingerlee at each exhibiting venue.
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