Kandis Williams Wins Hammer Museum’s $100,000 Mohn Award

Kandis Williams, whose work considers the ways that bodies are ground down by racism, colonialism, and capitalism, is this year’s winner of the Hammer Museum’s Mohn Award, one of the biggest art prizes in the world. The $100,000 purse goes to a participant in the Los Angeles institution’s Made in L.A. biennial, which showcases artists based in the city.
Two other awards, both valued at $25,000, are also given out as part of the prize—one for career achievement, the other