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6 winners of the 5th edition of the 1% art market prize
The City of Paris and Crédit Municipal de Paris are pleased to announce the winners of the 5th edition of the 1% art market prize, from among the 72 projects submitted. For this new edition, the City and the CMP have decided to evolve the scheme, allowing French and international artists, whether represented by a gallery or not, to apply.
Chaired this year by Céline Poulin, Director of the Fonds régional d'art contemporain (FRAC) Île-de-France, the jury was made up of representatives of the City of Paris and Crédit Municipal de Paris, with Paula Aisemberg, Director of Artistic Projects at Groupe Emerige, Jennifer Flay, President of the Paris + Advisory Committee at Art Basel, and Vittoria Matarrese, Director of the Bally Foundation (Lugano), among its qualified members.
After deliberation, the winners of the fifth edition are : Mounir Ayache, Paul Heintz, Prosper Legault, Chloé Quenum, Elsa Sahal and Liv Schulman.
Carine Rolland, deputy mayor of Paris in charge of culture and the quarter-hour city, reminded us that " once again this year, the Prix 1% marché de l'art delivers on its promise of artistic revelations and plunges us into the heart of the vitality of the visual arts. The City of Paris is committed to supporting contemporary creation and accompanying artists in their careers. Through the six winners of this year's awards, Paris remains the capital of the arts and creative freedom, which has made its reputation and contributed to its richness. I look forward to seeing the realization of their works in a year's time!
" Crédit Municipal de Paris is proud to support this artistic adventure, which has produced some major works over the past five years. I'm convinced that, once again this year, the six winners of this 5th edition will enthuse Parisians with their exciting projects ," said Frédéric Mauget, Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Municipal de Paris.
Find out more about the winning artists on paris.fr.
About the 1% art market award
The Prix 1% marché de l'art is a creative support scheme for artists working in the visual arts, sponsored by the City of Paris and Crédit Municipal de Paris. The Prix 1 % marché de l'art is an equal-opportunity prize, and since 2023 has been divided into three categories: artists not represented in galleries, artists represented in France, and artists represented in France and abroad.
While the City of Paris promotes the 1% art market prize, Crédit Municipal de Paris devotes the equivalent of 1% of its annual auction sales to it, in line with its policy of patronage and support for artistic creation over the past ten years.
SEE YOU THIS AUTUMN FOR THE WINNERS' EXHIBITION
OF THE4TH EDITION OF THE 1% ART MARKET PRIZE
Inspired by the Olympic spirit and values, the five winning works from the4th edition will be presented in the legendary Salle Saint-Jean at Paris City Hall this autumn. The exhibition is one of the highlights of the Cultural Olympiad organized by the City of Paris. The five artists' projects (Pauline Bastard, Dominique Blais, Mazaccio et Drowilal, Hoël Duret and Lorraine Féline) will benefit from high visibility in the heart of the capital, amid the effervescence of the contemporary art season in Paris.
Find out more about the4th edition winners on paris.fr.
Press contacts
City of Paris - 01 42 76 49 61 - See the email
Crédit Municipal de Paris - Jeanne Mougel - +33 (0)1 44 61 63 28 - See email / Agnès Colas des Francs - 01 44 61 65 24 - France See the email
Olympiade culturelle de la Ville de Paris - Pierre Laporte Communication - Pierre Laporte - 01 45 23 14 14 - See the email
