What we believe in - Esterházy Art Award 2025
Founded in 2009, the Esterházy Art Award aims to support young, talented Hungarian artists and to promote international dialogue. The competition is open to entries in the field of painting and painting-related techniques, as well as space installations using these techniques. The prize, worth €5,000 each, is awarded every two years to a minimum of two and a maximum of three Hungarian artists under 45 years of age by an independent, international jury of experts. The shortlisted entries will once again be the subject of an exhibition at the Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art.
Artists could apply online at Esterhazy Now until 31 January 2025. Of the entries submitted, 21 were shortlisted for the second round of the prize, as decided by an independent international jury of experts - Dr. Julia Fabényi, Barbara Horvath, Dr. István Ottrubay, Gábor Rieder, Eveline Suter, Zsuzsanna Szegedy-Maszák and Vitus Weh. From 5 June 2025, an exhibition of the entries selected by the jury will open at the Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, entitled What we believe in.
Schedule
The artists nominated for the award:
Márta CZENE, Szilárd GÁSPÁR, Dorottya KANICS, EJTECH (Judit Eszter KÁRPÁTI and Esteban de la TORRE) and Tamás MELKOVICS, HeyWeSeeAskShowandDie (Eszter SIPOS and Csaba Árpád HORVÁTH), Botond KERESZTESI, Emma KLING, KOÓS Gábor, LŐRINCZ Áron, MAROSI Anna, NÉMETH László, PAP Gábor, PETRÁNYI Luca, PINTÉR Dia, PINTÉR Gábor, SÜVEGES Rita, SZOMBAT Éva, VARGA Ádám, VÉKONY Dorottya, VETŐ Lia Orsolya, VINKÓ GÁLDI Andi
This year's winners will be decided in early June and the results will be announced on 5 June at the award ceremony and exhibition opening.
Ludwig Museum
The Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, located in Müpa, is the first museum in Hungary to exclusively collect contemporary art. In addition to a permanent exhibition of the collection donated by the Ludwigs and a number of temporary exhibitions, the museum aims to raise awareness of the works and their creators through special publications and a variety of art education and art education programmes.