The Apollo Award Winners 2015
Announcing Apollo’s Personality, Artist, Museum Opening, Exhibition, Book, Digital Innovation, and Acquisition of the Year
Personality of the Year
Maria Balshaw, the director of the Whitworth Art Gallery and Manchester City Galleries, has been a driving force behind the city’s cultural renaissance
Artist of the Year
South African William Kentridge has a remarkable range and is one of the most important artists working today
Acquisition of the Year
The four bronze angels commissioned for the tomb of Cardinal Wolsey are reunited at last at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Exhibition of the Year
‘Silent Partners’ at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge was a revelatory show about the role of the mannequin in art history
Digital Innovation of the Year
The Million Image Database is documenting threatened cultural heritage sites all around the world, through the efforts of volunteers
Book of the Year
‘Carrying Off the Palaces’ is one of the most important works on John Ruskin in recent decades and a major contribution to the history of photography
Museum Opening of the Year
The Whitney Museum’s widely acclaimed move downtown means that American art now has the home it deserves
Apollo Awards 2015: Acquisitions of the Year Shortlist
The most significant artworks and artefacts to enter museum collections in the last 12 months
Apollo Awards 2015: Digital Innovation of the Year Shortlist
Five organisations harnessing digital technology to advance access to, or knowledge of art
Apollo Awards 2015: Museum Opening of the Year Shortlist
Five of the most important new museum or renovation projects completed in the last 12 months
Apollo Awards 2015: Book of the Year Shortlist
Recognising the recent art publications that have contributed significantly to their field
Apollo Awards 2015: Exhibition of the Year Shortlist
Recognising the most revelatory and influential exhibitions of the past year
Crafting value in Venice