Baloise Art Prize

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The Baloise Art Prize is a prize awarded to two people each year at "Art Statements" sector of the international Art Basel fair. [1]

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The prize is awarded by the Bâloise group (insurance and banking), a company that works to promote contemporary, emerging art. The Prize has been in existence since 1999. Each winner receives CHF 30,000. [2] The winners' acquired works are then donated to a museum in Germany – either the Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart in Berlin [3] or the Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt – [4] and the Mudam (Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean), Luxembourg.

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References

  1. ""Balois Group"". Art Market Direct. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  2. "Baloise Art Prize". Baloise Group. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. Annie Armstrong (14 June 2019), Art Basel’s Baloise Art Prize Goes to Xinyi Cheng, Giulia Cenci  ARTnews .
  4. Alex Greenberger (13 June 2023), Sky Hopinka, Sin Wai Kin Win Art Basel’s $33,000 Baloise Art Prize  ARTnews .
  5. Robin Scher (14 June 2016), Sara Cwynar and Mary Reid Kelley Named Winners of Baloise Art Prize  ARTnews .
  6. Andrew Russeth (19 June 2017), Sam Pulitzer, Martha Atienza Win Baloise Art Prize at Art Basel  ARTnews .
  7. Annie Armstrong (14 June 2019), Art Basel’s Baloise Art Prize Goes to Xinyi Cheng, Giulia Cenci  ARTnews .
  8. Alex Greenberger (14 June 2022), Tourmaline, Helena Uambembe Win Art Basel’s Biggest Art Prize  ARTnews .
  9. Alex Greenberger (13 June 2023), Sky Hopinka, Sin Wai Kin Win Art Basel’s $33,000 Baloise Art Prize  ARTnews .