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Brooklyn’s Finest

A conversation with Brooklyn Museum director Anne Pasternak and Uovo prize founder Steven Guttman about bestowing this year’s award on Melissa Joseph, the fast-rising textile designer and painter.

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“She is working with felt that’s pulled and stretched and woven and doing something with the material I haven’t quite seen an artist do before,” Anne Pasternak told Marion. Photo: Miguel McSongwe
Marion Maneker
December 17, 2024

Tomorrow, the Brooklyn Museum will announce Melissa Joseph as the winner of this year’s Uovo prize, which recognizes the work of an emerging Brooklyn-based artist. The prize includes a solo presentation at the Brooklyn Museum, a commission for a 50-by-50-foot public art installation on Uovo’s Bushwick facility, and a $25,000 unrestricted cash grant. (Uovo, by the way, specializes in storing and transporting art, wine, and other collectibles.)