Griselda Pollock is the first art historian to win the Holberg Prize, which recognises major contributions to the arts, humanities, law and social sciences. Founded by the Norwegian government in 2004, the award comes with a prize of 6m kroner (nearly £500,000). Pollock’s scholarship has largely focused on uncovering the history of women artists. She is a professor of art history at the University of Leeds.
Once a place where sea, desert, and palm groves coexisted in rare harmony, Tunisia’s Gabès Oasis stands today as one of the world’s most fragile cultural-environmental sites. At its heart is artist Mohamed Amine Hamouda, whose ecological practice offers a form of resistance—one built on memory, materials, and a return to ancestral knowledge.