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An insider-watched barometer of “artists who go on to become some of the most important names in the cultural conversation” (said the Whitney Museum of American Art’s director of the collection, Jane Panetta), the Rema Hort Mann Foundation is pleased to announce the landmark 25th-annual class of its acclaimed Emerging Artist Grant program. The RHMF was established in the 1990s to honor the legacy of Susan and Michael Hort’s arts-engaged daughter Rema, who died from stomach cancer at age 30.

This year’s eight Emerging Artist Grant recipients enter the RHMF’s lifelong support network, starting with an unrestricted $10,000 cash grant. They join a community of over 100 alumni – many now far from the “Emerging Artist” qualifier – including Sarah Sze (1997), Sanford Biggers (2001), Dana Schutz (2002), Kehinde Wiley (2002), Mickalene Thomas (2007), and Christina Quarles (2017). Said Kehinde Wiley: “Receiving the grant has had a massive impact on my career. I would not be here if it weren’t for the fact that I was able to buy paint—cover my expenses during a time at which I had no other options.” Added Sarah Sze: “It has helped empower generations of powerful artists."

With expanded artist bios in the appendix of the press release linked here, the 2022 Emerging Artist Grant recipients are Blake Daniels, Jeremy Lawson, Shanzhai Lyric (of Canal Street Research Association), Annabeth Marks, Asif Mian, Day Sinclair, Rachelle Mozman Solano, and Anne Wu.

On November 1 the RHMF will fête its landmark achievements—and ensure the longevity of its continued impact in the emerging art and cancer quality-of-life spaces—with a 500-seat 25th Anniversary gala in Manhattan, which aims to raise over $2,000,000. Already sold-out, the evening’s sponsors include James Cohan, Anton Kern, David Zwirner, Marianne Boesky, Hauser & Wirth, and more. A direct-from-artist auction of around 120 artworks, launching for online bidding on October 18 at this link and culminating on November 1, will feature works by Marlene Dumas, Nicole Eisenman, Marilyn Minter, Dana Schutz, Sarah Sze, Kehinde Wiley, and many more looking to return the support offered to them by the Horts and the RHMF over the years.

Additional information on the grant recipients, gala, and more is in the press release linked here, with images (including several now-famous grant alums' original portfolio submissions) in the above-linked Dropbox. The press release’s appendix contains numerous quotes about the program as well as an In Memoriam for Peter Hort, the late Rema’s brother, who tragically died on October 3, 2022 at age 51. Peter steadfastly honored his sister’s memory for over two decades through his crucial role in the RHMF’s successes, advances, and even day-to-day operations up until the final weeks of his life.

See the Dropbox folder linked above to download high-resolution image files. Artwork images are copyright of the artist and courtesy of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation; for archival images and photographic portraits, image year and photographer (if known) are in each image’s file title and image reuse must be with credit to the Rema Hort Mann Foundation.