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assumed responsibility for the award in 2016. In 2020, Sobey Art
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to longlisted artists was increased from $ 500 to $ 1,000. In 2018, the prize money increased once again, to a total of $ 240,000; $ 100,000 to the winner, $ 25,000 for each of the other four finalists, and $ 2,000 for each short-listed artist.
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