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31 OCT – 2 NOV 2025
INTERNATIONAL FAIR OF CONTEMPORARY ART TORINO
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Artissima chooses to celebrate its approach of discovery and rediscovery of talents, and the constant pursuit of beauty that has always been its trademark, through the awarding of prizes, honours and supports, organized in collaboration with partners, foundations and institutions.
The prizes of Artissima are aimed at participating artists and galleries, and are assigned during the days of the fair by international juries composed of curators and directors of the world’s leading contemporary museums.
In 2024 Artissima, in collaboration with art institutions, partner companies and foundations, features 13 among prizes, honours and funds for artists and galleries.
Sponsored by Orlane, one of the world’s most famous brands in the sector of luxury cosmetics, the prize of 10,000 euros supports the research and entrepreneurial activity of one of the galleries taking part in Artissima. An international jury of curators select at the fair the gallery offering the finest example of care and balance in the presentation of artists and their work. Founded in 1947 in France, Orlane intertwines history, innovation and luxury in its DNA, and celebrates art by rewarding the commitment and dedication of galleries in the promotion of the creative talent of artists.
In 2024, the prize was awarded to laveronica gallery, Modica, by an international jury composed of: Krist Gruijthuijsen, Independent Curator; Céline Kopp, Director, Le Magasin, Grenoble; Alberto Salvadori, Director and Founder, Fondazione ICA, Milano
The illy Present Future Prize – organized by illycaffé since 2001 – is assigned to the project deemed most interesting in the curated section Present Future, dedicated to the discovery of new talents, offering an important contribution to the progress of rising artists and confirming the fair’s active role in the support of international creativity.
In 2024, the prize was awarded to Angharad Williams (presented by the gallery Fanta — MLN, Milano) by an international jury composed of: Maurin Dietrich, Artistic Director, Kunstverein, Munich; João Laia, Artistic Director, Department of Contemporary Art, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Oporto; Manuela Moscoso, Executive Director, Center for Art, Research and Alliances (CARA), New York; Vittoria Matarrese, Director, Bally Foundation, Lugano; Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, President, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino
Organized by VANNI occhiali since 2021, the prize selects an artist in the fair who will have the opportunity to design a capsule collection of artist’s eyewear in a limited edition.
In 2024, the prize was awarded to Nicola Bizzarri (presented by the gallery Fuocherello, Volvera, Torino) by a jury composed of: Dimitri Borri, Store Planning Advisor, Loredana Longo, Artist; Dino Vannini, Head of Entertainment Content Management, SKY Italia
Sponsored by Tosetti Value – Il Family office since 2020, the prize selects an artist to receive a financial award, and to develop a project in dialogue with “Perspectives: the economy of images”, the program of exhibitions and talks on contemporary photography in synergy with the economic research of Family Office.
In 2024, the prize was awarded to Rossella Biscotti (presented by the gallery Mor Charpentier, Paris, Bogotà) by a jury composed of: Lucrezia Cippitelli, Co-Director contemporary art programme, Kunst Meran, Merano; Walter Guadagnini, Director, Camera – Centro Italiano per la Fotografia, Torino; Lorenzo Vitturi, Artist
Lorenzo Vitturi, artist
The acknowledgement is promoted by Collezione La Gaia since 2022 to commemorate the great, passionate collector Matteo Viglietta and his legacy of support for the fair.
In 2024, the prize was awarded to Francesca Cataldi (presented by the gallery Gramma_Epsilon, Athens) by an international jury composed of: Eva Brioschi, Curator, Collezione La Gaia, Busca; Lilou Vidal, Founder, Bureau des réalités, Brussels; Luca Lo Pinto, Director, MACRO, Roma
Promoted by the Fondazione Sardi per l’Arte since 2020, it is given to the artist who best embodies the ideal of unconventional female creativity and artistic freedom that Carol Rama represented and conveyed.
In 2024, the price was awarded to Belen Uriel (presented by the gallery Madragoa, Lisbon) by an international jury composed of: Elisabetta Barisoni, Head of Ca’ Pesaro – Galleria Internazionale d’Arte Moderna, Venezia; Hélène Guenin, Director, MAMAC Musée D’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Nice; Martina Vovk, Director, MSUM Museum of Contemporary Art, Ljubljana.
Created in 2023 and organized by Fondazione Bracco in collaboration with Fondazione Roberto De Silva & Diana Bracco of Milano – it recognizes the value of the professional figure of the woman gallerist and entrepreneur.
In 2024, the prize was awarded to Agnieszka Fąferek (presented by the gallery Eastcontemporary, Milano) by a jury composed of: Isabella Bortolozzi, Founder, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin; Giovanna Forlanelli, President, Fondazione Luigi Rovati;Chiara Parisi, Director, Centre Pompidou, Metz.
Created in 2023 in collaboration with Pinacoteca Agnelli, it provides an artist with the possibility of making a work on a permanent billboard at the Pista 500, the forming testing track on the roof of the Lingotto, in close proximity to Artissima.
In 2024, the prize was awarded to Paul Pfeiffer (presented by the gallery Thomas Dane, London, Napoli) by an international jury composed of: Meriem Berrada, Director, MACAAL, Marrakech; Fatima Hellberg, General Director, MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna; Sara Cosulich, Director, Pinacoteca Agnelli, Torino, Pietro Rigolo, recently appointed as Chief Curator and Head of Pinacoteca Agnelli’s collection (in office since 2025).
Promoted since 2022 by the namesake Foundation of Catania and now in its third edition, it awards an artist who will participate in a residency in Catania aimed at producing works that enhance the contemporary Sicilian and Mediterranean context.
In 2024, the prize was awarded to Daniela Ortiz (presented by the gallery Laveronica, Modica) by an international jury composed of: Katerina Gregos, Director, EMST, Athens; Grazia Quaroni, Director, Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris; Caterina Riva, Director, MACTE, Termoli.
Born in 2021 from the collaboration with the Fondazione Merz, the prize selects an international artist who will participate in a residency in Sicily, the results of which will be presented as part of the Fondazione Merz’s program.
In 2024, the prize was awarded to Monia Ben Hamouda (presented by the gallery ChertLüdde, Berlin) by an international jury composed of: Beatrice Merz, President, Fondazione Merz, Torino; Sandra Patron, Director, CAPC, Bordeaux; Agata Polizzi, Independent Curator; Mirjam Varadinis, Curator, Kunsthaus, Zurich.
The prize is organized by MEF Museo Ettore Fico in Torino since 2010 and calls for the acquisition of work by young artists who stand out for their creative poetics and research on an international level.
In 2024, the prize was awarded to Daniele Di Girolamo (presented by the gallery Traffic, Bergamo) by a jury composed by Andrea Busto, Director, MEF – Museo Ettore Fico, Torino.
For the 31st edition of Artissima, la Fondazione per l’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT increases for the second consecutive year to 280,000 euros the historic Acquisitions Fund for the benefit of the collections of GAM – Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna di Torino and Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, the highest budget in the last twelve years.
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The fund is sustained directly by the fair to provide economic support for three galleries of New Entries, the Artissima section reserved to the most important emerging international galleries that have been open for less than 5 years, participating in the fair for the first time.
In 2024, the prize was awarded to galleries Hatch, Paris, Manuš, Split, Zagreb and Matta, Milano by an international jury composed of: Emma Enderby, Director, Kunstwerke, Berlin; Lauriane Gricourt, Director, Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie, Toulouse; Andrea Lissoni, Director, Haus der Kunst, Munich; Marcus Reymann, Director, Ocean Space TBA21, Venice.
