Hugo Boss Prize.

On November 13, 2008, Emily Jacir (b. 1970, Palestine) was awarded the seventh biennial Hugo Boss Prize, which was established in 1996 by Hugo Boss and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation to recognize and support significant achievement in contemporary art.
Combining the role of archivist, activist, and poet, Jacir creates poignant works of art that are at once intensely personal and deeply political. Her work often addresses the circumstances of the Palestinian territories and its residents, but also highlights universal concepts of exile and the negotiation of tenuous borders as she focuses on the mundane details of everyday life as well as momentous historical events.
February 6–April 15, 2009

Hugo Boss Prize. The biennial HUGO BOSS PRIZE is administered by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and is juried by a distinguished international panel of museum directors, curators, and critics. According to the HUGO BOSS PRIZE criteria, the award is given to an artist whose work represents a significant development in contemporary art. The prize sets no restrictions in terms of age, gender, race, nationality, or media, and the nominations may include young, emerging artists as well as established individuals whose public recognition may be long overdue. The prize carries with it an award of $50,000.
"It has been over a decade since the Guggenheim entered into this collaboration with HUGO BOSS to administer the prize that bears its name," said Lisa Dennison. "Since its inception, the HUGO BOSS PRIZE has become one of the premier juried prizes of the contemporary art world. Perhaps its greatest reward is giving the Guggenheim the opportunity to identify, exhibit, collect, and honor the work of extraordinarily talented artists who are actively redefining cultural and intellectual boundaries around the world."