Brendan Gill Prize Winner For 2024 Announced: Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces Exhibit At MoMA
Announcing the Winner of the 2024 Brendan Gill Prize
Editor’s note: From the MAS page describing the award: “Established in 1987 in honor of Brendan Gill, renowned New Yorker theater and architecture critic and long-time MAS Board Member
The Brendan Gill Prize is given each year to the creator of a specific work—a book, essay, musical composition, play, painting, sculpture, architectural design, film, or choreographic piece—that best captures the spirit and energy of New York City. The prize was established in 1987 in honor of Brendan Gill by friend and fellow MAS board member Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis along with board members Helen Tucker and Margot Wellington.”
We previously covered the announcement of the deadline for nominations for the Brendan Gill Prize.
MAS is thrilled to announce that the 2024 Brendan Gill Prize will be presented to curator Thomas Lax and artist Linda Goode Bryant for their 2023 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces.
Join us Monday, September 30 for the celebration of this year’s honorees at the Museum of Modern Art. As part of the festivities, Thomas Lax, Linda Goode Bryant, and members of the Brendan Gill Prize Jury will participate in an engaging conversation about the exhibition. Complimentary refreshments and light bites will be served.
The Brendan Gill Prize is given each year to the creator of a specific work—a book, essay, musical composition, play, painting, sculpture, exhibition, film, or choreographic piece—that best captures the spirit and energy of New York City.
2024 Brendan Gill Prize Ceremony
Honoring curator Thomas Lax and artist Linda Goode Bryant for
Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces
Monday, September 30
7:00–9:00 PM
Museum of Modern Art
Terrace Café
11 West 53 Street
New York, NY 10019
Complimentary refreshments and light bites will be served
MAS Members $15 | General Public $25
Banner Image: Senga Nengudi performing Air Propo at Just Above Midtown, 1981. Courtesy Senga Nengudi and and Lèvy Gorvy.
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