ESTERHAZY ART AWARD SHORT LIST
The Esterházy Privatstiftung will again announce the Esterházy Art Award in 2023. An international jury of experts will select up to 25 artists from the shortlisted entries and an exhibition will be opened at the Ludwig Museum.
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The cultural significance of the Esterházy Art Award is not only reflected in the awarding of the prize, but also in the accompanying exhibition. Thanks to its size, its central role and the careful selection of the nominated artists, it is a benchmark for the young Hungarian art scene. Founded in 2009, the aim of the award is to promote contemporary art and international dialogue.
The prize, which carries a €5,000 prize each, is awarded every two years to a minimum of two and a maximum of three Hungarian artists under the age of 45 by an independent, international jury of experts. The competition is open to artists working in painting and painting-related techniques, as well as space installations using these techniques.
The winners for 2021 are Sára Luca Rózsa, Kata Tranker and Ádám Ulbert.
The nominees for the 2023 Esterházy Art Award
The independent jury of the Esterházy Art Award has nominated 18 artists for the award. 262 artists applied for the eighth edition of the competition. The competition was open to works and plans for spatial installations using painting and painting.
From the submitted entries, 18 artists were selected by an independent international jury of experts - Dr. Julia Fabényi, Dr. Ulrike Groos, Barbara Horvath, Dr. István Ottrubay, Gábor Rieder, Zsuzsanna Szegedy-Maszák and Vitus Weh - and were shortlisted for the second round of the prize.
The shortlisted artists:
Bede Kincső, Bernáth Dániel, Birkás Mona, Ember Sára, Gallov Péter, Horváth Gideon, Király Gábor, Kis Róka Csaba, Kristóf Gábor, Lőrincz Áron, Mendreczky Karina és Kortmann-Járay Katalin, Oláh Norbert, Pap Gábor, Pintér Gábor, Süveges Rita, Tollas Erik, Trapp Dominika, Vékony Dorottya
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.