Baloise Art Prize

Annual art prize

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

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.

Prizewinners

1999 – Laura Owens, Matthew Ritchie
2000 – Jeroen de Rijke/Willem de Rooij, Navin Rawanchaikul
2001 – Ross Sinclair, Annika Larsson
2002 – Cathy Wilkes, John Pilson
2003 – Monika Sosnowska, Saskia Olde Wolbers
2004 – Aleksandra Mir, Tino Sehgal
2005 – Jim Drain, Ryan Gander
2006 – Keren Cytter, Peter Piller
2007 – Haegue Yang, Andreas Eriksson
2008 – Duncan Campbell, Tris Vonna-Michell
2009 – Nina Canell, Geert Goiris
2010 – Claire Hooper, Simon Fujiwara
2011 – Ben Rivers, Alejandro Cesarco
2012 – Karsten Födinger, Simon Denny
2013 – Jenni Tischer, Kemang Wa Lehulere
2014 – John Skoog
2015 – Beatrice Gibson, Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc
2016 – Sara Cwynar, Mary Reid Kelley^[5]
2017 – Martha Atienza, Sam Pulitzer^[6]
2018 – Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Suki Seokyeong Kang
2019 – Giulia Cenci, Xinyi Cheng^[7]
2021 – Hana Miletić, Cameron Clayborn
2022 – Tourmaline, Helena Uambembe^[8]
2023 – Sky Hopinka, Sin Wai Kin^[9]

References

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