Announcing the 2026 Rabkin Prize Winners
The Rabkin Foundation celebrates the creative and intellectual contributions of today’s art writers, with eight unrestricted awards of $50,000 each.
The Rabkin Foundation has announced the winners of the 2026 Rabkin Prize, honoring eight visual arts journalists with $50,000 each for their creative and intellectual contributions to the field. The recipients include Damien Davis, Melaine Ferdinand-King, Tyler Green, Alicia Inez Guzmán, Julia Halperin, Sarah Lewis, Jan Tumlir, and Kaelen Wilson-Goldie.
The prize, now in its tenth year, has distributed a total of $4.1 million since its inception in 2017. An independent jury, consisting of Irene Borger, Jaime DeSimone, and Legacy Russell, selected the winners from a pool of nominees. The Rabkin Prize, a key initiative of the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation, supports writers in the arts until they win the prize.
The foundation, based in Portland, Maine, is home to a destination gallery showcasing Leo Rabkin's work.
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