Overview
- Dallas’s Nasher Sculpture Center announced the biannual honor for Halilaj, who at 39 becomes the prize’s youngest recipient since its 2015 launch.
- The award includes $100,000 and an exhibition with related programming at the Nasher, with specifics for 2027 to be announced.
- Halilaj said he will dedicate the full cash award to the Hajde! Foundation, the nonprofit he co-founded with his sister Hana to support Kosovar artists.
- An eight-person jury selected him, including Nairy Baghramian, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Lynne Cooke, Briony Fer, Hou Hanru, Yuko Hasegawa, Pablo León de la Barra, and Nicholas Serota.
- Recent highlights of his career include the Met’s 2024 Roof Garden commission and a solo exhibition at Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof on view through May 2026.