Aruna D’Souza

The artist’s five-decade-long career has put ordinary materials to use in works exploring ritual and the fragility of the body. The award comes with a $100,000 cash prize.

At the New Museum, Kapwani Kiwanga explores light as a form of surveillance, from 18th-century “lantern laws” to the N.Y.P.D.’s 21st-century strategies.