VIENNA.- The Belvedere Art Award was established in 2022 to reflect forward-looking dynamics in society and contemporary art. Funded by Vendome Projects, the art award advances an inclusive, queer-feminist, future- and diversity-oriented approach in response to current discourses and the awareness of the many exclusions in the museum and exhibition fields, not the least of which is manifested in the awarding of prizes.

Local and international experts will determine the prize winner: in a two-stage selection process, each of the five nomination jury members will identify two emerging artists with a connection to Austria. A five-member selection jury will then determine the winner of the award. Age, gender, and nationality do not play a role in the selection process. In addition to the prize money, the award winner will receive a solo exhibition at the Belvedere 21 and an accompanying publication.

Dates:

• Jury meeting on Monday, November 28, 2022
• Award ceremony at Belvedere 21 on Monday, November 28, 2022, 7 pm
• Award exhibition at Belvedere 21 from September 8, 2023 to February 18, 2024

Nominating jury

• Ivana Pilić, Co-director, D/ARTS, Vienna
• Neda Hosseinyar, Co-president of the Austrian Association of Women Artists (VBKÖ)
• Mirela Baciak, Curator, steirischer herbst, Graz
• Katharina Brandl, Artistic Director, Kunstraum Niederoesterreich, Vienna
• Luca Lo Pinto, Artistic Director, MUSEO MACRO, Rome

Selection jury
• Elena Agudio, Artistic Co-director, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin / upcoming Director (from December 2022), Villa Romana, Florence
• Charles Esche, Director, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
• Mahret Ifeoma Kupka, Senior Curator, Museum of Applied Arts, Frankfurt am Main / founding member of the Neue Deutsche Museumsmacher*innen
Stella Rollig, General Director, Belvedere, Vienna
• Felicitas Thun-Hohenstein, Initiator, Belvedere Art Award / Professor, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna