Collect Winners of the Hugo Boss and Guggenheim Prizes FEATURING WORKS BY JOHN BALDESSARI, ALEX KATZ, ANICKA YI AND MORECollector Focus

The Guggenheim Prize and Hugo Boss prize are two of the art world's most prestigious awards. They can push a mid-career artist towards super stardom or cement someone's place in art history, often leading to big institutional shows in addition to large amounts of cash and press. Basically, they're a big deal.

The Guggenheim Prize, given by the Guggenheim Foundation since 1925, has been awarded to art heavy-hitters like Alex Katz, John Baldessari, and Beverly Buchanan. The prize, which amounts to an average of $45,000 per recipient, is given to about 175 artists, scientists, and scholars who are US citizens or permanent residents. 

Unlike the Guggenheim Award, the Hugo Boss Prize is given to artists only. It is awarded every other year to artists working in any medium, and doesn't have any age or nationality restrictions. Administered by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, the Hugo Boss Prize winner gets a $100,000 cash prize and a solo show at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Past winners have included art world superstars like Anicka Yi, Matthew Barney and Tacita Dean. Bouchra Khalili, Simone Leigh, Teresa Margolles, Emeka Ogboh, Frances Stark, and Wu Tsang are currently nominated for the 2018 Hugo Boss Prize.

Below, we've combed our site for winners of these prestigious prizes—collect them here on Artspace.