ART EVENT Arte Laguna Prize Celebrates Its 15 Years of History

The Prize obtained two medals from the President of the Italian Republic. Arte Laguna Prize is organized under the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, the Ministry of the Environment and Protection of the Territory and the Sea, the Veneto Region, the Municipality of Venice, the Ca'Foscari University of Venice, the European Institute of Design. Despite the Coronavirus, in recent months, the organization continued its work. In 2021 it will celebrate this important milestone with a double exhibition in the iconic spaces of the Arsenale Nord in Venice, from 13 March to 5 April 2021. 240 works from all over the world, will be displayed in 4,000 square meters of exhibition space.

Credit photo: Giacomo-Lillo / Courtesy of Arte Laguna Prize

THE JURY

The international jury changes, with each edition, which allows new perspectives, and offers a 360° overview of contemporary art. The jury is composed of curators and directors of museums operating in different countries.

• Bénédicte Alliot (France) - General Director of the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris

• Nathalie Angles (United States) - Founder and executive director of Residency Unlimited

• Lorenzo Balbi (Italy) - Artistic director at MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna

• Marcus Fairs (United Kingdom) - Founder and editor-in-chief of Dezeen

• Matteo Galbiati (Italy) - Art critic and curator

• Sophie Goltz (Singapore and Austria) - Curator and educator

• Toshiyuki Kita (Japan) – a Japanese Designer, honoured with the ADI Lifetime Achievement Award “Compasso d’Oro alla carriera internazionale”

• Beate Reifenscheid (Germany) – Director of Ludwig Museum Koblenz and President of ICOM Germany

The jurors will select the finalists who will exhibit at the Arsenale of Venice and the three absolute winners of the cash prizes of € 10,000 each. A new addition to Arte Laguna Prize 15 is also the Advisory Council (the honorary committee) supporting the jury, composed of high-profile personalities from different fields sharing deep expertise in the art world globally.

Credit photo: Maila-Bertoli / Courtesy of Arte Laguna Prize

ADVISORY COUNCIL

• Igor Zanti (Italy) - Curator and art critic, director of IED Florence

• Abhishek Basu (India) - Executive Trustee of Basu Foundation, Kolkata

• Principessa Alia Al-Senussi (Libya) - Cultural Strategist, Patron and Academic, Saudi Arabia

• Krist Gruijthuijsen (Germany) - Director at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin

• Mary Elizabeth Klein (United States) - Family Office Chief Financial/Operations Officer, New York

• Shaan Kundomal (Mauritius) - CEO of Capital Horizons, Mauritius

• Igor Rusek (Switzerland) – Member of the Board of Directors of ATAG Family Office, Basel

• Richard Frerejean Taittinger (the United States and France) – Founder and Director of Richard Taittinger Gallery New York and co-founder of Champagne Frerejean Freres in Avize, France

• Joachim Pflieger (France) – General Manager of Fondation Fiminco, Romainville

Credit photo: Maila-Bertoli / Courtesy of Arte Laguna Prize

NETWORK

Each year Arte Laguna Prize collaborates with high-level international partners to offer artists opportunities around the world, creating partnerships that act as a catalyst for their professional careers.

5 Art residencies

• Fabrica in Treviso (Italy)

• Espronceda in Barcelona (Spain)

• Basu Foundation for the Arts in Kolkata (India)

• Farm Cultural Park in Favara (Italy)

• and, great news of the 15th edition, Labverde in the Amazon Forest (Brazil)

1 Business for Art

• Agnese Design in Valdobbiadene (Italy) will award with 4,000 euros the best artistic proposal for 2 padded armchairs for the enhancement of modern and refined environments and the armchairs will have the artist' name.

5 Art galleries

• Ki Smith Gallery in New York (United States)

• Capsule Gallery in Shanghai (China)

• Arles Gallery in Arles (France)

• Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister in Regensburg (Germany)

• Jonathan Ferrara Gallery in New Orleans (United States)

3 Festivals and exhibitions

• Art Stays Festival in Ptuj (Slovenia)

• Art Nova 100 in Beijing (China)

• AlTiba-9 in Algiers (Algeria)

3 Art platforms

• Google Arts & Culture

• Biafarin (Canada)

• Singulart (France)

1 Sustainability and Art Prize

• Contarina spa from Treviso (Italy) will award with 3.000 euros the project that will best enhance the strategies of Reuse, Reduce, Recycle (RRR) and their positive impact on nature and the lives of citizens.

Furthermore, from this year, the Arte Laguna Prize dissemination circuit has been enriched by Art Managers from different countries who collaborate with the Cultural Association MoCA to spread its mission and promote the competition.

Credit photo: Maila-Bertoli / Courtesy of Arte Laguna Prize

THE AMBASSADORS

• Anna Shvets | Russia and Ecuador

• Mohamed Benhadj | North Africa and Spain

• Elena Oranskaia | The Netherlands and Ukraine

• Sarp Kerem Yavuz | USA and Turkey

• Raffaella Gallo | China (Shanghai)

• Alessio Trevisani | Germany

• Victor Alaluf | Argentina and Israel

• Sanjana Shah | India

• Nevena Ivanovic Guagliumi | Balkans

• Gabriela Davies | Brazil

Credit photo: Nicola D'Orta / Courtesy of Arte Laguna Prize

All artists who apply to Arte Laguna Prize have free visibility on the online platform Arte Laguna World coming into direct contact with collectors and art lovers. Applications have no restrictions; they are open to all artists. The deadline is 27 November 2020. More information and the terms and conditions are available on http://www.artelagunaprize.com