On Tuesday 21 November, Apollo celebrated its annual awards with a dinner and ceremony. The awards celebrate major achievements in the art world in the following categories: Personality, Artist, Digital Innovation, Museum Opening, Exhibition, Acquisition and Book. The event was held in association with Bonhams.
![Apollo Awards 2017: Lubaina Himid, winner of the Artist of the Year category, collects her awards from Apollo editor Thomas Marks. Photo © Anne Schwarz](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/AS2_8929.jpg?resize=486%2C730)
Lubaina Himid collects the award for Artist of the Year. Photo © Anne Schwarz
![Apollo Awards 2017: Lubaina Himid, winner of the Artist of the Year category. Photo © Anne Schwarz](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/AS2_8919.jpg?resize=730%2C486)
Lubaina Himid. Photo © Anne Schwarz
![Apollo Awards 2017: Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo collects her award for Personality of the Year. Photo © Anne Schwarz](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/AS2_8868.jpg?resize=730%2C486)
Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo is Apollo’s Personality of the Year. Photo © Anne Schwarz
![Apollo Awards 2017: Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. Photo © Anne Schwarz](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/AS2_8864.jpg?resize=730%2C486)
Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. Photo © Anne Schwarz
![Apollo Awards 2017: Anna Lowe of Smartify collects the award for Digital Innovation of the Year. Photo © Anne Schwarz](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/AS2_8850.jpg?resize=730%2C486)
Anna Lowe of Smartify collects the award for Digital Innovation of the Year. Photo © Anne Schwarz
![Apollo Awards 2017: Sophie Levy, director of the Musée d’arts de Nantes, collects the award for Museum Opening of the Year. Photo © Anne Schwarz](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/AS2_8834.jpg?resize=730%2C486)
Sophie Levy, director of the Musée d’arts de Nantes, collects the award for Museum Opening of the Year. Photo © Anne Schwarz
![Apollo Awards 2017: Kelly Hays, director of gifts of art, and Ben Weiss, director of collections at the MFA Boston, collect the award for Acquisition of the Year. Photo © Anne Schwarz](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/AS2_8807.jpg?resize=730%2C486)
Kelly Hays, director of gifts of art, and Ben Weiss, director of collections at the MFA Boston, collect the award for Acquisition of the Year. Photo © Anne Schwarz
![Apollo Awards 2017: Aileen Ribeiro, author of 'Clothing Art', collects the award for Book of the Year. Photo © Anne Schwarz](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/AS2_8763.jpg?resize=730%2C486)
Aileen Ribeiro, author of ‘Clothing Art’, collects the award for Book of the Year. Photo © Anne Schwarz
![Apollo Awards 2017: Alexander Sturgis, director of the Ashmolean Museum, collects the awards for Exhibition of the Year. Photo © Anne Schwarz](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/AS2_8742.jpg?resize=730%2C486)
Alexander Sturgis, director of the Ashmolean, collects the awards for Exhibition of the Year. Photo © Anne Schwarz
![Apollo Awards 2017: Iwona Blazwick and Lubaina Himid. © Anne Schwarz](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/AS2_8600.jpg?resize=730%2C486)
Iwona Blazwick and Lubaina Himid. © Anne Schwarz
![Apollo Awards 2017: Anna Lowe and Xavier Bray. © Anne Schwarz](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/AS2_8620.jpg?resize=730%2C486)
Anna Lowe and Xavier Bray. © Anne Schwarz
![Apollo Awards 2017: Olga Donskova and Richard Wilson. © Anne Schwarz](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/AS2_8580.jpg?resize=730%2C486)
Olga Donskova and Richard Wilson. © Anne Schwarz
![Apollo Awards 2017: Charles Saumarez Smith and Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. © Anne Schwarz](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/AS2_8578.jpg?resize=730%2C486)
Charles Saumarez Smith and Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. © Anne Schwarz
![Apollo Awards 2017. © Anne Schwarz](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/AS2_8567.jpg?resize=730%2C486)
© Anne Schwarz
![Apollo Awards 2017. © Anne Schwarz](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/AS2_8348.jpg?resize=730%2C486)
© Anne Schwarz
The Winners | Personality of the Year | Artist of the Year | Museum Opening of the Year | Exhibition of the Year | Book of the Year | Digital Innovation of the Year | Acquisition of the Year | View the shortlists
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