PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION AWARDS ANNOUNCED; LEWITT ESTATE TO BE REPRESENTED BY PACE

The winners of the UK’s largest art prizes, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards, were announced last night, reports Bloomberg. Five artists and three musicians have won £45,000 ($92,000) each. This year’s art winners are Claire Barclay, Phyllida Barlow, Michael Fullerton, Ryan Gander, and Mark Leckey. This year’s panel of judges included a number of curators, a critic, and the artist Phil Collins.

Elsewhere, Carol Vogel reports in the New York Times that PaceWildenstein has been selected as the sole representive of artist Sol LeWitt’s estate. Pace has handled LeWitt’s work since 1965. Arne Glimcher, PaceWildenstein’s chairman, said the gallery was planning a special LeWitt show, “Exchanges,” for the summer of 2009. “Throughout his life Sol exchanged works with artists like Eva Hesse, Donald Judd, Carl Andre, Richard Serra, and Robert Mangold,” he said. “The exhibition will show all the great art in the LeWitt collection, and the works he exchanged them for.”