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DACA Stays: Immigrants Are Essential

A victory for immigrants in the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding the DACA program.

Protestors gather, holding signs that read Immigrants Make America Great, to support DACA.

Toshiko Nishikawa: Senbazuru

At Senbazuru, a new interactive installation by Toshiko Nishikawa, viewers are drawn to gaze at a world within a world. Debuting October 29, 2010, at the Vilcek Foundation Gallery in New York City, visitors to the exhibit will be met by 1,000 small mirrored orbs, enticingly and purposefully suspended within reach from the gallery ceiling, where they form a reflective web.

Remembering Christo: His Art Showed Us the World Through Different Eyes

Decades of monumental, often whimsical, projects earned the Bulgarian-born artist Christo and his Moroccan-born partner, Jeanne-Claude, the inaugural Vilcek Prize and a lasting place in the hearts of art lovers the world over.

A photo of Christo in front of a wall of windows.

Michael Cheng

Michael Cheng is an honoree for the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Culinary Arts.

Call for Nominations: The 2023 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare

The Vilcek Foundation and The Arnold P. Gold Foundation have announced an open call for nominations for the 2023 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare—a $10,000 prize.

A digital rendering of the 2023 Vilcek-Gold trophy in various shades of green.

Stronger Together: Supporting Upwardly Global

A Vilcek Foundation grant will help Upwardly Global to spotlight contributions of immigrants in the United States. Personal stories are key to the “Supporting Immigrants, Stronger Together” campaign.

Ahmad, wearing gloves and holding medical equipment, sitting at a table with medical equipment.

Former Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy Receives Award

The Vilcek Foundation and The Arnold P. Gold Foundation are pleased to announce Dr. Vivek Murthy, 19th Surgeon General of the United States, as the recipient of the 2020 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare.

A portrait of Vivek Murthy

Winners announced: $250,000 prizes to immigrants in the culinary arts

We are thrilled to announce the winners of $250,000 in Vilcek Foundation Prizes to immigrants in the culinary arts. Three rising stars—Fabián von Hauske Valtierra, Nite Yun, and Tejal Rao—will each receive a $50,000 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise. Chef Marcus Samuelsson will receive the $100,000 Vilcek Prize.

Vilcek Prizes 2019 graphic in white text against a gold background.

Coloring Book Inspired by Marsden Hartley

Join the coloring book craze! Download a coloring book of masterworks by Marsden Hartley from the Vilcek Collection.

Coloring Book Inspired by Marsden Hartley

Pardis Sabeti

Pardis Sabeti receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for developing cutting-edge genome sequencing and bioinformatics tools to trace the origin and spread of deadly infectious diseases, including Ebola and Lassa fever, among others.

Pardis Sabeti