The second annual ARTnews Awards have announced their 2025 winners, selected by a jury of five esteemed US-based curators: Ryan N. Dennis (Co-Director & Chief Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston), Anne Ellegood (Executive Director, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles), Rosario Güiraldes (Curator of Visual Arts, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis), Ruba Katrib (Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, MoMA PS1, New York), and Victoria Sung (Phyllis C. Wattis Senior Curator, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive). These jurors reviewed exhibitions held between August 2024 and July 2025, meeting twice alongside two ARTnews senior editors to nominate and select winners across six categories.
This awards program matters because it provides a dedicated platform for recognizing curatorial excellence at US arts institutions, highlighting exhibitions that might otherwise be overlooked in broader art world coverage. By convening a jury of prominent curators from major museums across the country, the ARTnews Awards helps shape discourse around what constitutes outstanding achievement in exhibition-making, while also offering visibility to institutions and artists that may not receive national attention otherwise.