German architecture award rescinded over British artist’s Israel boycott vow
Schelling Architecture Foundation refuses to give James Bridle the €10k prize after signing of open letter
A German architecture foundation has rescinded one of its €10,000 (£8,360) awards from a British artist over the signing of an open letter promising a boycott of Israeli cultural institutions, citing the German parliament’s controversial antisemitism resolution as a factor behind the decision.
The Athens-based artist and author James Bridle, who uses they/them pronouns, was announced in June as the recipient of the Schelling Architecture Foundation’s theory prize, awarded every two years, for their “outstanding contributions to architectural theory”.
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