On September 16, artists, gallerists and journalists from more than 20 countries were gathered in Stockholm to celebrate the albanian video artist Anri Sala, recipient of the ABSOLUT ART AWARD 2011. The guests participated in seminars, a prize ceremony, art exhibitions and an exclusive screening of Anri Sala’s latest work to date, 1395 Days Without Red.

”Receiving the ABSOLUT ART AWARD feels like being rewarded more than once. It’s a great honour to me to be its recipient following, Rirkrit Tiravanija. And I also feel awarded by the presence of those who could come; family, friends, old and new – an exceptional archipelago of people that ABSOLUT kindly brought together from significant places and moments of my life, making this moment so meaningful to me. I believe there is a special and candid streak in the way ABSOLUT approaches art and people”, said Anri Sala.