Artissima announces the winners of the numerous prizes awarded today at the fair: three prizes in collaboration with partner companies; six institutional awards for artists and galleries, promoted by foundations and institutions; the special mentions of The Curators’ Choice.
ILLY PRESENT FUTURE PRIZE
Juliana Frontin is the winner of the 26th edition of the illy Present Future Prize, supported by illycaffè since 2001 and assigned to the most innovative project in the curated section Present Future, the area of Artissima set aside for the discovery of new talents.
The artist is represented by the gallery Yehudi Hollander-Pappi, Sâo Paulo.
The prize has been awarded by an internationa jury composed of: Yilmaz Dziewior, Director, Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Mariam Elnozahy, Artistic Director of Konsthall C, Stockholm, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, President, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino, Toleen Touq, Director of the cultural program at AM Qattan Foundation, Ramallah, Nicole Yip, Director of Spike Island, Bristol.
SELETTI WONDER AWARD
Vadim Fishkin is the winner of the first edition of the Seletti Wonder Award, created to select at the fair an artist – from the absolute emerging to the established mid-career – whose practice offers an original perspective on reality. The artist is presented by the gallery Gregor Podnar, Vienna.
The prize has been awarded by an internationa jury composed of: Eva and Franco Mattes, Artists, Brescia and New York, Ilenia Paneghini, Chairman RETI Spa – Collector, Busto Arsizio, Marisa Passera, Radio Host, Milano, Maria Chiara Valacchi, Art Journalist and Curator, Milano.
ORLANE PER L’ARTE PRIZE
Lehmann, Porto wins the third edition of the Orlane per l’Arte Prize. Promoted by Orlane, one of the world’s most exclusive brands in the luxury cosmetics sector, the prize aims to support the research and development of one of the galleries at the fair.
The prize has been awarded by an internationa jury composed of: Stefano Collicelli Cagol, General Director, Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Chris Dercon, Managing Director, Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris, Andreja Hribernik, Director, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz.
ARCHIVORUM UNWRITTEN AWARD
The first Archivorum Unwritten Award was awarded to Ben Stanwix and Xhanti Zwelendaba, represented by the gallery Reservoir, Cape Town, within the Monologue/Dialogue section of Artissima 2026. The award was created to celebrate the editorial dimension, understood as an artistic medium in its own right, and to support the development of an editorial project conceived by the artist, in collaboration with Archivorum.
DIANA BRACCO – IMPRENDITRICI AD ARTE PRIZE
Martina Simeti is the winner of the fourth edition of the Diana Bracco Imprenditrici ad Arte Prize, promoted by Fondazione Bracco in collaboration with Fondazione Roberto de Silva e Diana Bracco of Milan and awarded to the emerging woman gallerist, Italian or international, whose entrepreneurial story shows significant attention to research and artistic quality. Martina Simeti runs the gallery of the same name, in Milan.
The prize has been awarded by an internationa jury composed of: Nicoletta Fiorucci, Philanthropist, Arts Patron, Collector, and Founder of the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation, London, Lorenzo Giusti, Director, GAMeC Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Marta Papini, Independent Curator and Artistic Director, Radis, Italy.
OELLE – MEDITERRANEO ANTICO PRIZE
Sofía Salazar Rosales wins the fifth edition of the Oelle – Mediterraneo Antico Prize, promoted by Fondazione Oelle. The artist will have the opportunity to take part in a residency in Sicily, aimed at creating a project that explores the contamination between contemporary languages and cultures of the Mediterranean. The artist is presented by the gallery ChertLüdde, Berlin.
The prize has been awarded by an internationa jury composed of: Caterina Riva, Director, MACTE Museo di Arte Contemporanea, Termoli, Alberto Salvadori, Director and Founder, Fondazione ICA, Milano.
PISTA 500 PRIZE
Paz Errázuriz is the winner of the fourth edition of the Pista 500 Prize, created in collaboration with Pinacoteca Agnelli to give an artist the opportunity to create a work for the permanent billboard on Pista 500, a project of site-specific art installations on the roof of Lingotto, close to Artissima. The artist is presented by the gallery mor charpentier, Paris, Bogotà.
The prize has been awarded by an internationa jury composed of: 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.
“AD OCCHI CHIUSI…” PRIZE
Hu Yun wins the sixth edition of the “ad occhi chiusi…” Prize, born from the collaboration between Artissima and Fondazione Merz and which, from this edition, offers the selected artist the possibility to realise an exhibition or performative project on the occasion of Artissima 2027. The artist is presented by the gallery A+ Works Of Art, Kuala Lumpur.
The prize has been awarded by an internationa jury composed of: Beatrice Merz, President, Fondazione Merz, Torino, Övül Ö. Durmuşoğlu, Director, Index- The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm, Alya Sebti, Senior Curator, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Giulia Turconi, Assistant Curator, Fondazione Merz, Torino.
ARTISSIMA NEW ENTRIES FUND
The galleries Whoispola, Varsaw, Lutnita, Chișinău and Clauda, Prague win the fourth edition of the Artissima New Entries Fund, supported directly by the fair to financially support three galleries in the New Entries section, deemed most deserving based on the artistic quality of their fair participation proposals.
The prize has been awarded by an internationa jury composed of: Sandro Droschl, Director, Halle Für Kunst Steiermark, Graz, Lauriane Gricourt, Director, Les Abattoirs Musée – Frac Occitane Toulouse, Damien Zhang, Director, Aranya Art Center, Aranya.
THE CURATORS’ CHOICE
This year Artissima, with the support of Fondazione Arte CRT, presented The Curators’ Choice, the new hospitality programme for international curators, which saw a special mention awarded at the fair to a series of galleries.
The curators involved honoured the following galleries with their critical recognition:
IMPORT EXPORT & eastcontemporary
selected by Annette Amberg, Director, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus
Kodlcontemporary
selected by Maria Arusoo, Director, Estonian Center for Contemporary Art, Tallinn
Lehmann Gallery
selected by Branka Benčić, Director, MMSU Museum of modern and contemporary Art, Rijeka and by Tominga O’Donnell, Senior Curator/Head of Contemporary Art, Munchmuseet, Oslo
Marli Matsumoto
selected by Carina Bukuts, Chief Curator, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
Yehudi Hollander-Pappi
selected by Irene Calderoni, Artistic Director, Scuola Piccola Zattere, Venezia and by Luca Lo Pinto, Independent Curator, Roma
Alma Pearl
selected by Marianne Dobner, Curator, MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Galleria Fonti
selected by Tom Engels, Director, Kunstverein München, Munich
Aspekty Gallery
selected by Yana Foqué, Artistic – Executive Director, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
Richard Saltoun
selected by Inês Grosso, Chief Curator, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto
Banda municipal
selected by Fanny Gonella, Director, 49 Nord 6 Est – Frac Lorraine, Metz
A+Works of Art
selected by Hélène Guenin, Director, Yves Klein Foundation, Paris and by Robert Leckie, Director, Gasworks, London
Vanguard Gallery
selected by Lekha Hileman Waitoller, Curator, Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao
Layr with a special mention to AkNC
selected by Beatrice Hilke, Curator, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
AV17 Gallery
selected by Tevž Logar, Independent Curator, Ljubljana and Rijeka
WHOISPOLA
selected by Anni Venäläinen, Director, Pori Art Museum, Pori
