Ken Lum: Gershon Iskowitz Prize
The 2019 Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), which is presented annually to an artist who has made an outstanding contribution to the visual arts in Canada, has been awarded to Ken Lum, the Marilyn Jordan Taylor Presidential Professor and chair of fine arts at Penn’s Weitzman School of Design. Administered by the Gershon Iskowitz Foundation in partnership with the museum, the honor comes with a $38,000 cash prize and a solo exhibition at the AGO that will be staged within the next two years.