Pista 500 Prize

The Pista 500 Prize, born from the collaboration between Artissima and Pinacoteca Agnelli, has been awarded to Paz Errázuriz, presented by the mor charpentier gallery, Parigs and Bogotà. The artist will realise a work for the permanent billboard of the Pista 500, the former car test circuit on the roof of the Lingotto, which will be inaugurated on the occasion of Artissima 2027.

Jury: Pietro Rigolo, Head Curator and Responsible of the Collection, Pinacoteca Agnelli, Torino, Nicola Trezzi, Curator, Pinacoteca Agnelli, Torino, Alison Gingeras, Curator at Large, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw.

“Artissima offered our jury a veritable cornucopia of compelling artists, and choosing the next billboard commission for the Pinacoteca Agnelli was a delightful challenge. The jury reached consensus on Paz Errázuriz, the 82-year-old Chilean photographer presented at the fair by mor charpentier. We are proud to award her this year’s Pista 500 Prize. Self-taught, Errázuriz took up the camera in the 1970s, in the wake of Pinochet’s 1973 coup d’état. Working throughout the dictatorship, her images gave visibility to fellow citizens who were being marginalized, criminalized and even erased by the regime. Working under threat of violence and arrest, she moved through the streets of Santiago, building trust and intimacy with her subjects. As she has said of working under fascism: “I managed to learn how to criticise the government without risking my life. One learns how to move around.” Pinacoteca Agnelli is thrilled to pay homage to this courageous artist, whose work and life offer a model of solidarity in the darkest of times. Errázuriz will create a billboard to be exhibited on the Pista next year. Her humanist-focused images expand the range of practices we have hosted over the years in Turin.”