The ICI's Independent Vision Award for emerging curators has gone to Jay Sanders, curator of performance at the Whitney Museum in New York, and Nav Haq, a curator at MuHKA in Antwerp. The biennial award goes to emerging curators from around the world who have demonstrated "exceptional creativity and prescience" in organising exhibitions, coordinating research and for related writing.
Sanders and Haq were chosen by Hans Ulrich Obrist from a shortlist nominated by 15 internationally recognised curators. "Nav Haq fredquently takes us into the polyphony of art centers, creating shows and projects that broaden the scope of our thinking," he said. "Jay Sanders stays close to artists, gaining a strong understanding of an artist's body of work - both emerging and overlooked - so that ultimately audiences can know an artist deeper."
Image: Haq and Sanders
