Akinsanya Kambon wins Hammer Museum’s $100,000 Mohn Award
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Akinsanya Kambon wins Hammer Museum’s $100,000 Mohn Award Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Prizes news Akinsanya Kambon wins Hammer Museum’s $100,000 Mohn Award The prize, plus two others of $25,000 each, are given to artists participating in the museum’s “Made in LA” biennial Jori Finkel 7 December 2023 Share Akinsanya Kambon Photo: Antonio Gilbreath Don’t be surprised if you don’t know know their names. Too often, big awards accrue to the already lauded, but the three prizes tied to the Hammer Museum’s popular Made in LA biennial are designed to do the opposite, singling out important work by underrecognised or emerging artists from the Los Angeles area—the purview of the show. Today the Hammer is announcing that the $100,000 Mohn Award for excellence in the 2023 biennial will go to Akinsanya Kambon, with Pippa Garner winning the $25,000 Career Achievement Award and Jackie Amézquita winning the $25,000 Public Recognition Award.