Award Recipients 1997–2023
1997
Harold M. Williams*
Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigue*
1998
Jayne Wrightsman*
Graham Hood
Pamela Robertson
1999
Lord Rothschild
Peter Thornton*
Ellen Lupton
2000
James Biddle*
Anne L. Poulet
Edward S. Cooke, Jr.
2001
The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire*
Jules David Prown
Craig Clunas
2002
James R. Houghton*
Geoffrey Beard*
Valerie Steele
2003
Hélène David-Weill
Simon Jervis
Thomas P. Campbell
2004
Lily Safra*
Hugh Honour*
Paola Antonelli
2005
Mitchell Wolfson, Jr.
Jane C. Nylander
Evelyn Welch
2006
John H. Bryan*
Jonathan Fairbanks
Dianne Harris
The Fine Art Society
2007
Liliane M. Stewart*
Henry Hawley*
Barry Bergdoll
Eric N. Shrubsole*
2008
Phyllis Lambert
Robert Hillenbrand
David Crowley
Philippe de Montebello
2009
Dr. Mortimer Sackler* and Dame Theresa Sackler
Sir Hugh Roberts
Daniel Miller
Alexis Kugel and Nicolas Kugel
2010
Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
Neil Harris
John Styles
2011
Shelley and Donald Rubin
John Harris
Juliet Kinchin
Bernard Dragesco
2012
The Koç Family
Hans Ottomeyer
Alisa LaGamma
Mark McDonald
2013
Richard Jenrette*
Morrison H. Heckscher
Glenn Adamson
Adrian Sassoon
2014
Iris Cantor
Dame Rosalind J. Savill
Finbarr Barry Flood
Martin Levy
2015
Barbro S. Osher
Sir Mark Jones
Nicholas Thomas
Deedee Wigmore
2016
Sir Paul Ruddock
Harold Koda
Giorgio Riello
Michele Beiny-Harkins
2017
Sir Nicholas Goodison
Alvar González-Palacios
Marie-Louise Bech Nosch
Titi Halle
2018
John C. Waddell
Dr. Aileen Ribeiro
Dr. Jason Sun
Benoist F. Drut
2019
Marina Kellen French
Jeffrey Munger
Dr. Laurie Wilkie
Alessandra Di Castro
2020-2021
Dr. Steven K. Scher
David Revere McFadden
Sanchita Balachandran
Cristina Grajales
2022
Deborah and Philip English
Dr. Helen C. Evans
Dr. Anne Lafont
Barbara Israel
2023
Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu
Meredith Chilton, C. M.
Dr. Elizabeth Guffey
Zesty Meyers and Evan Snyderman
2024
Marilyn Friedland
Diana Scarisbrick
Dr. Wayne Modest
Eli Wilner
*Deceased
