Pipilotti Rist
Pioneering spatial video artist
Recognizing innovative talent with a campus residency and cash prize
Es Devlin
Artist and Designer
Pamela Z
Transforming elegant physical gestures into complex aural and visual landscapes
Olafur Eliasson
2014 Recipient of the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT
Margaret McDermott
Margaret McDermott (1912-2018) and her husband, Eugene McDermott (1899–1973), were MIT’s greatest arts patrons and generous benefactors of the Institute.
Audra McDonald
2018 Recipient of the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT