Doris Salcedo, the Colombian artist whose haunting, elegiac work bears witness to the history of violence, has been named the inaugural recipient of the $1 million Nomura Art Award, the largest cash ...

Doris Salcedo, “Sumando Ausencias” (2016) at Plaza de Bolivar, Bogotá, Colombia (photo by Andres Gaitan and used with permission) Last week, Salcedo returned to Bolívar Square to unveil a public ...

Doris Salcedo is interested in replicating the indefinite, affective qualities of mourning — its weight, intangibility, absurdity, and reliance on personal associations. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — One ...

Doris Salcedo, Noviembre 6 y 7, 2002. Ephemeral public project, Palace of Justice, Bogotá, 2002. Courtesy of the artist; Alexander and Bonin, New York; and White Cube. Photo: Sergio Clavijo. “In some ...

When Doris Salcedo discovered her talents as a sculptor, she knew that social awareness would be at the center of her work. The Colombian artist has left her mark with her art, becoming an important ...

The French-born artist Sophie Calle has been awarded the 2024 Praemium Imperiale Award for painting, and the Colombian-born Doris Salcedo the award for sculpture. Both receive a 15 million yen ...

When in the presence of Doris Salcedo’s artwork, it should be understood that though the pieces were created and overseen by Salcedo, the work isn’t exclusively hers. The stainless-steel fused chairs ...

Artist Doris Salcedo thought-provoking art transforms reclaimed items of furniture into politically charged sculptural work. In 2003 she took over a derelict spot between two buildings in Istanbul, ...

The inaugural winner of Dallas’s Nasher Sculpture Center‘s Nasher Prize is Colombian artist Doris Salcedo. Based on her selection by an international jury, Salcedo will be presented with a $100,000 ...

When Colombian artist Doris Salcedo read Hannah Arendt’s 1963 book “On Revolution,” a passage about “civil war raging all over the earth” jumped out at her. It seemed like a strong assertion, ...