The Venice Biennale announced the winners of the Golden Lions. This year, the international jury formed by Hassan Khan (Egypt), Carol Yinghua (China), Letizia Ragaglia (Italy), Christine Macel (France), and John Waters (U.S.) presented the following prizes: The Golden Lion for Best National Participation went to Germany and to artist Christoph Schlingensief, who died in August of 2010. Susanne Gaensheimer, curated the German Pavillion. The Golden Lion for Best Artist at the ILLUMInations exhibition went to Christian Marclay for his work entitled The Clock. The jury noted Marclay's success in rendering the boundaries between artistic forms and genre irrelevant during his 30 years of artistic trajectory. The Silver Lion for a Promising Young Artist at the ILLUMInations exhibition was awarded to British Sculptor Haroon Mirza. The jury recognized Mirza's ability to make viewers instantly commit to his work in response to his refreshing use of strength and fragility. Special Mentions were awarded to the Lithuanian Pavilion, for Behind the White Curtain by Darius Miksys (Kaunas, 1969), curated by Kestutis Kuizinas-in recognition of the elegant conceptualization and the efficiently ambiguous way to present the art history of a nation; and to Berlin-based Swedish artist Klara Lidén, for her work Untitled or Trashcan (2011) exhibited at the Arsenal-in recognition of the proven strength of her work and for her ability to insert the logic of a public intervention into the museum's space. For their part, Austrian artist Franz West and U.S. artist Sturtevant received Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement. The former was recognized for his work with sculptures, collages, and installations, while the latter was recognized for an "extremely coherent body of work" created under the shadow of the most important artistic currents and artistic experiments of the Twentieth Century.