Prix pour la photographie du musée du
quai Branly – Jacques Chirac 2024
Image: Familia 1 © Felipe Romero Beltrán; CUSP 1 © Priyadarshini Ravichandran; Manifestation (Bruny Island), 2010. Giclee print on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper, ed: 10. Image 400 x 600 mm (paper 600 x 800 mm) © Julie Cough
PHOTOGRAPHY
Felipe Romero Beltrán
Priyadarshini Ravichandran
Julie Gough
Prix pour la photographie du musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
Felipe Romero Beltrán (Colombia), Priyadarshini Ravichandran (India) and Julie Gough (Australia) are the winners of the Prix pour la photographie du musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac 2024. Felipe Romero Beltrán was awarded for his projectPáramo : Familia, which documents family memories in 1970s Colombia, marked by the displacement of more than 70% of the rural population to the cities, heightening tensions between the army and the guerrillas. Priyadarshini Ravichandran's project entitled CUSP is an investigation into the inner workings of the cosmic cyclical rhythm in women's bodies and the changes induced during menstruation. Julie Gough's project entitled The Search presents a series of photographs and videos exploring her process of research and discovery of Tasmanian cultural objects held in various collections - notably in France, Europe and the UK.
About the Prix pour la photographie du musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
2024 Black Mountain College International Artist Prize
Image: Alison Croney Moses, Sisters, 2024. Walnut Wood, Plywood, Milk Paint. 18 ¼ H x 18 ¼ W x 11 ½ D in. (46.5 x 46.5 x 29.5 cm.) Copyright The Artist
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Alison Croney Moses
Black Mountain College International Artist Prize
Alison Croney Moses is the winner of the 2024 Black Mountain College International Artist Prize. The Boston-based artist creates wooden objects that reach out to your senses. "My inspiration sometimes comes from the materials and processes themselves, capturing universal forms and impressions from nature and the human body. Other times, it come from photos, gatherings, and memories that serve as an impetus for my explorations of Black motherhood, where I examine my experiences of childhood and motherhood, reframing my memories for my children and my own healing." explains Alison Croney Moses.
About the Black Mountain College International Artist Prize
DESIGN MIAMI.BASEL 2024
Image: At DESIGN MIAMI.BASEL 2024 Galerie Meubles et Lumières; Craft x Tech; Pratt Chair n°7 (1984) by Gaetano Pesce, presented by Pulp Galerie; FIRE OPENS STONE (2022) by Samuel Ross, presented by Friedman Benda. Photos © Ivan Erofeev for Design Miami
DESIGN
Galerie Meubles et Lumières
Craft x Tech
Pratt Chair n°7 by Gaetano Pesce
FIRE OPENS STONE by Samuel Ross
Best of Show
At DESIGN MIAMI.BASEL 2024, Paris-based Galerie Meubles et Lumières earned the Best Gallery Presentation Award with an installation of 1960s avant-garde French designs. Best Curio Presentation was awarded to debut exhibitor Craft x Tech. The Tokyo-based initiative was launched last year to preserve Japanese craft traditions by pairing expert regional artisans with international design talents. Best Historical Design Object went to Pulp Galerie’s Pratt Chair n°7 (1984), one of the earliest examples of Gaetano Pesce’s iconic work with his signature material, resin. Best Contemporary Design Object was awarded to FIRE OPENS STONE (2022) by British designer Samuel Ross for New York gallery Friedman Benda.
Bourse Dynamo ! 2024
Image: Rose Ekwé, Gélotextile®, ©Rose Ekwé, Photo : Eva Pierrot
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Rose Ekwé
Bourse Dynamo !
The Bourse Dynamo ! which rewards a duo made up of a designer and a professional organisation for an innovative social or environmental project, was awarded to Rose Ekwé for her Gélotextiles® project, supported by the CANOE platform. Designed as a sustainable, local alternative that takes account of environmental and social issues, Gélotextiles® are produced using a specific weaving method based on seaweed. Abundant in France, seaweed represents a sustainable, renewable and localised resource for fabric production. By weaving them with linen, Rose Ekwé is reinventing the fibres traditionally used, while offering a range of fabrics with varied aesthetic and technical properties.
Art Basel 2024
Image: Installation view of Francisco Sierra’s artwork Guppy (2024) in the Unlimited sector of Art Basel in Basel 2024.
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Francisco Sierra
Unlimited People’s Pick
The Unlimited sector of Art Basel in Basel, curated by Giovanni Carmine, features artworks of monumental scales. This year, visitors had the opportunity to vote for their favorite Unlimited artwork. The winner of the inaugural Unlimited People’s Pick is Francisco Sierra’s Guppy (2024) presented by von Bartha, a local Basel gallery. Though sprawling in its installation, the piece comprises tiny canvases – the artist’s smallest paintings to date, measuring only 6.5 x 6.5 cm. Each of the 48 canvases depicts a beautifully detailed rainbowfish, otherwise known as a guppy, to scale; they are installed across three walls, in a single line, atop concave reliefs. An extension of the Swiss-Chilean artist’s ongoing interest in human-pet relationships, the installation acts as an aquarium filled with colorful life-sized guppies bred by his own imagination.
About the Unlimited People’s Pick
FRAME Awards
Image: Bloom by Slalom, innovative combination of linen, GRS recycled plastic and a blend of natural flowers and grasses, 2024. Photo: Gianluca Bellomo
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Bloom by Slalom
Winner of the Month for May
Bloom earned the title of the winner of the May FRAME Awards. Slalom crafted the sound-absorbing material finish through a combination of linen, GRS recycled plastic and a blend of natural flowers and grass. The material draws on the traditional concept of pressing dried plants onto paper, bringing the craft onto a larger scale. ‘At first glance, I thought it was terrazzo – what an amazing surprise to learn it is actually pressed flowers and plants,’ Matthew Senkowycz, cofounder at Loom Atelier. ‘The colour accents within these add great interest to a space.’
2024-2025 Latinx Artist Fellowship
Image: John M. Valadez, Drive-In, Acrylic on Canvas, 2014.
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Latinx Artist Fellowship
The U.S. Latinx Art Forum (USLAF) has named the fourth cohort for its annual Latinx Artist Fellowship, supporting the most compelling Latinx artists working in the US today. Aimed to recognize artists at all stages of their careers, the prize is awarded to five early career artists, five mid-career artists, and five established artists. Among this year’s winners, whose practices span painting and printmaking to installation and performance to photography and social practice, are pillars of the Latinx art community like Pepón Osorio, Yreina D. Cervántez, John Valadez, and Guillermo Gómez-Peña, as well as closely watched ones like Elle Pérez, Sandy Rodriguez, Joel Gaitan, and Chris E. Vargas.
