The Guggenheim Foundation today named the 198 recipients of its 2025 fellowships. Those recognized with the honor, considered one of the most prestigious in the world, this year comprise the hundredth class of Guggenheim Fellows. Among their ranks are painters, filmmakers, photographers, choreographers, writers, poets, architects, scientists, anthropologists, engineers, historians, translators, and mathematicians. Fifty-three disciplines and fields of interest are represented this year, with recipients scattered across thirty-two US states, the District of Columbia, and two Canadian provinces. Many of the recipients are working on projects responding to issues including climate change, Indigenous studies, identity, democracy and politics, incarceration, and the evolving purpose of community. Each fellowship comes with a monetary award: Because the amount varies from recipient to recipient, the foundation does not reveal individual funding, but it typically ranges from about $30,000 to $45,000.
“At a time when intellectual life is under attack, the Guggenheim Fellowship celebrates a century of support for the lives and work of visionary scientists, scholars, writers, and artists,” said poet Edward Hirsch, president of the Guggenheim Foundation, in a statement. “We believe that these creative thinkers can take on the challenges we all face today and guide our society towards a better and more hopeful future.”
The Guggenheim Foundation today named the 198 recipients of its 2025 fellowships. Those recognized with the honor, considered one of the most prestigious in the world, this year comprise the hundredth class of Guggenheim Fellows. Among their ranks are painters, filmmakers, photographers, choreographers, writers, poets, architects, scientists, anthropologists, engineers, historians, translators, and mathematicians. Fifty-three disciplines and fields of interest are represented this year, with recipients scattered across thirty-two US states, the District of Columbia, and two Canadian provinces. Many of the recipients are working on projects responding to issues including climate change, Indigenous studies, identity, democracy and politics, incarceration, and the evolving purpose of community. Each fellowship comes with a monetary award: Because the amount varies from recipient to recipient, the foundation does not reveal individual funding, but it typically ranges from about $30,000 to $45,000.
“At a time when intellectual life is under attack, the Guggenheim Fellowship celebrates a century of support for the lives and work of visionary scientists, scholars, writers, and artists,” said poet Edward Hirsch, president of the Guggenheim Foundation, in a statement. “We believe that these creative thinkers can take on the challenges we all face today and guide our society towards a better and more hopeful future.”
The recipients, who range in age from thirty-two to seventy-nine, were chosen from among nearly 3,500 applicants. Among those honored in the fine arts category are Kamrooz Aram, Teresa Baker, Lucas Blalock, Sara Cwynar, Theaster Gates, Raul Guerrero, Ulrike Mueller, and Julie Tolentino, while Martine Gutierrez, Dionne Lee, and Farah Al Qasimi were recognized in the photography division, and Sheila Heti and Miranda July were celebrated in the fiction category.
The Guggenheim Foundation additionally announced that it will mount a special exhibition in collaboration with the New York Historical, presenting rarely and never-before-seen treasures from its vast archive, which encompasses work by a century of Fellows. The exhibition will be on view August 29–November 30.
A full list of 2025 fellowship recipients is available on the foundation’s website.
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