The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced its 2024 Guggenheim Fellows, selecting 188 individuals from a pool of nearly 3,000 applicants. These recipients, hailing from 52 different disciplines, include artists, scholars, and scientists recognized for their significant achievements and potential. Each fellow will receive a monetary stipend to support their independent work.
Among the 28 visual artists awarded in the Fine Arts category are Lorraine O’Grady, known for her feminist performance works, such as Art Is… (1983); Lotus L. Kang, whose installation In Cascades (2023–24) is currently featured in the Whitney Biennial; Dyani White Hawk, whose work that integrates Native American visual traditions with contemporary art practices; and Nicholas Galanin, a Tlingit/Unangax̂ multi-disciplinary artist who focuses on shifting the discourse around Indigenous art.
For the second year in a row, one of this year’s art fellowships is sponsored by actor Robert De Niro, who has underwritten the award for Arvie Smith. Smith’s work, which delves into racial and political identity through historical references, is honored in memory of De Niro’s father, Robert De Niro Sr., himself a 1968 Guggenheim Fellow.
“The Guggenheim Fellowship is a life-changing recognition. It’s a celebrated investment into the lives and careers of distinguished artists, scholars, scientists, writers and other cultural visionaries who are meeting these challenges head-on and generating new possibilities and pathways across the broader culture as they do so,” said Edward Hirsch, award-winning poet and president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, in a statement.
