Zurich - The 2008 winner of the Roswitha Haftmann Prize is the Scottish video artist Douglas Gordon, reports Dexigner. The award ceremony will take place on May 8 at Kunsthaus Zürich, when the board of the Roswitha Haftmann Foundation will award the prize, valued at 150,000 Swiss francs ($135,975).

Gordon is the latest in an illustrious list of artists who have received the prize since it was founded by the much-admired gallerist Roswitha Haftmann. The first recipient of the prize, which is financed by the returns from a trust fund, was Walter de Maria in 2001. He was followed by Maria Lassnig, Jeff Wall, Mona Hatoum, Robert Ryman, Peter Fischli and David Weiss, and Richard Artschwager. The foundation awards the prize every one to three years to a living artist for a body of work of outstanding importance. The winners are selected by members of the board, which is made up of directors of Kunstmuseum Bern, Kunstmuseum Basel, Museum Ludwig in Cologne, and Kunsthaus Zürich. (Dexigner, January 21, 2008)

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