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Art in America, Annual, 1999

David Ross, director since 1991 of the Whitney Museum in New York, was named director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Mira Schor, painter, writer and coeditor of M/E/A/N/I/N/G, received the Mather award for art criticism from the College Art Association.

John R. (Jack) Lane, director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from 1987 to 1997, became director of the Dallas Museum of Art.

Carlo Maria Mariani, Italian-born painter, won the $50,000 Antonio Feltrinelli Prize for Painting from the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome.

Nam June Paik, multimedia artist, won the $350,000 Kyoto Prize from Japan's Inamori Foundation, and the College Art Association's award for a distinguished body of work.

Maxwell Anderson, director of the Art Gallery of Ontario since 1995, was selected as the new head of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Lisa Phillips, curator at the Whitney Museum since 1977, was named director of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York.

Douglas Gordon, Scottish artist who uses slowed-down segments from popular films in large installations, received the $50,000 Hugo Boss Prize, presented by the Guggenheim Museum.

John Baldessari, conceptual artist, received the distinguished artist award for lifetime achievement from the College Art Association.

Ann Philbin, executive director of the Drawing Center in New York for nine years, was appointed director of the Armand Hammer Museum of Art at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Robert Rauschenberg, seminal American artist known for his silkscreens and combines, received the $107,000 Praemium Imperiale, given by the Japan Art Association.

Ida Applebroog, painter whose work often deals with old age and dysfunctional families, received a $375,000 MacArthur Foundation fellowship.

Renzo Piano won the $100,000 Pritzker Prize, given by the Hyatt Foundation. He is best known for designing, with Richard Rogers, the Pompidou Center in Paris.

Janine Antoni, whose performances and sculptures often address issues of female identity, received a $225,000 MacArthur Foundation fellowship.

Robin Cembalest, writer and editor, became the executive editor of ARTnews magazine. She had previously worked at the publication from 1988 to '94.

Timothy Potts was named director of the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. He had been director of the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, since 1995.