Sir Salman Rushdie could become the first author to win both the Baillie Gifford and Booker Prizes. The author, 77, has been revealed as one of 12 nominees longlisted for the Baillie Gifford prize for non-fiction writing for his memoir Knife.
The longlist for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, which celebrates the best in non-fiction writing, is announced today, Thursday 5 September. The winner will be announced on Tuesday 19 November at an award ceremony generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. The announcement will also be live-streamed across the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction social channels.
In September 2024, the Royal Academy of Arts will present the largest retrospective of Michael Craig-Martin RA’s work ever to be held in the UK. A key figure in British art, Craig-Martin (b.1941) is one of the most influential artists and teachers of his generation. Curated in close collaboration with the artist, this ambitious exhibition will encompass the broad repertoire of Craig-Martin’s sixty-year career.
The UK’s premier non-fiction book prize, the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, today, Thursday 18 July, announces the 2024 prize cycle dates. The winner will be announced at an award ceremony generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation.
"Illinoise" began performances and opened on Broadway April 24, 2024 at the St. James. The musical is inspired by Sufjan Stevens' album "Illinois" and features direction and choreography by Peck. The Foundation supported "Illinoise" during its premiere at the Fisher Center at Bard in 2023.
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival proudly presents The Royal Ballet of the United Kingdom for a historic week-long takeover during Week 2 of its 92nd season, made possible with lead underwriting support from Emily Blavatnik and the Blavatnik Family Foundation.
Today the V&A announces details of a major new exhibition The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence, which will present the monumental artistic achievements of the ‘Golden Age’ of the Mughal court (c. 1560-1660). Opening November 2024, the exhibition has been supported by the Huo Family Foundation, The Al Thani Collection Foundation, the Blavatnik Family Foundation, with further support from Maithili Parekh and Shashank Singh, Santi Jewels and the V&A Americas Foundation.
Ken Burns, Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston turned out for the Civil War town’s history film festival. The festival featured screenings of Burns’s films at Gettysburg’s venerable Majestic Theater, and conversations with Burns, actors Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston, and author Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has officially announced its first permanent exhibit, one dedicated to the Jewish history of the film industry. The exhibit is sponsored by the Blavatnik Family Foundation, Margo and Irwin Winkler, A. Scott Berg and Kevin McCormick,...
The announcement coincides with the opening of submissions for this year’s prize. The prize aims to recognise and reward the best of non-fiction and is open to authors of any nationality. It covers all non-fiction in the areas of current affairs, history, politics, science, sport, travel, biography, autobiography and the arts. The 2024 awards event, taking place at BMA House in London is generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation.
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The Blavatnik Archive is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to preserving and disseminating materials that contribute to the study of 20th-century Jewish and world history, with a special emphasis on World War I, World War II, and Soviet Russia.
