LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize Call for Applications
These are the final weeks to apply for the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2025. Applications for the eighth edition of the prize will be accepted until October 30, 2024.
Applications for the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2025 are now being accepted until October 30th, 2024. There will be an award ceremony and exhibition of the 30 finalists at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in Madrid in the spring of next year. To learn how to apply, visit their website.
The LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize was founded in 2016 with a mission of showcasing and celebrating excellence, artistic merit and newness in modern craft. Now in its eighth edition, the it has become one of the most anticipated prizes of the year across art, design and craft. With its rigorous approach to selecting finalists, its global reach and diverse vision, along with its generous promotion of the winners, through exhibitions and financial awards, the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize is an important acknowledgement about craft culture today. The winner will receive 50,000 euros and the two special mentions will each receive 5,000 euros. The selection committee is led by LOEWE’S Creative Director Jonathan Anderson and consists of an expert team of artists, essayists and curators including, Michelle Fisher, Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston; Kevin Grey, metal artist and finalist of the 2024 Craft Prize; Ibrahim Mahama, mixed media artist, and Aya Oki glass artist and Andrés Anza, the winner of the 2024 Craft Prize. The panel’s choice will be based on a number of key criteria: originality, clear artistic vision and merit, precise execution, material excellence, innovative value and a distinct authorial mark.
On May 14th, Andrés Anza was announced as the 2024 winner at the opening of the exhibition of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2024, which took place at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. In addition, three special mention awards went to: Miki Asai (Japan), emmanuel boos (France), and Heechan Kim (Korea).
In addition to the Craft Prize, the LOEWE FOUNDATION has created The Room, a digital platform dedicated to showcasing works by the artists nominated for the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize. This thoughtfully conceived platform enables the artists to share their work with a global audience and offer the opportunity to discover, research and collect art by some of the world’s most innovative craftspeople working today.
Visit LOEWE FOUNDATION’S website to learn more about the Craft Prize application and past finalists. The deadline to apply is October 30th, 2024.
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