The Baloise Art Prize is a prize awarded to two people each year at "Art Statements" sector of the international Art Basel fair.

The prize is awarded by the Bâloise group (insurance and banking), a company that works to promote contemporary, emerging art. The Prize has been in existence since 1999. Each winner receives CHF 30,000. The winners' acquired works are then donated to a museum in Germany – either the Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart in BerlinAnnie Armstrong (14 June 2019), Art Basel’s Baloise Art Prize Goes to Xinyi Cheng, Giulia Cenci ARTnews. or the Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt –Alex Greenberger (13 June 2023), Sky Hopinka, Sin Wai Kin Win Art Basel’s $33,000 Baloise Art Prize ARTnews. and the Mudam (Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean), Luxembourg.

Prizewinners 1999 – Laura Owens, Matthew Ritchie 2000 – Jeroen de Rijke/Willem de Rooij, Navin Rawanchaikul 2001 – Ross Sinclair, Annika Larsson 2002 – Cathy Wilkes, John Pilson 2003 – Monika Sosnowska, Saskia Olde Wolbers 2004 – Aleksandra Mir, Tino Sehgal 2005 – Jim Drain, Ryan Gander 2006 – Keren Cytter, Peter Piller 2007 – Haegue Yang, Andreas Eriksson 2008 – Duncan Campbell, Tris Vonna-Michell 2009 – Nina Canell, Geert Goiris 2010 – Claire Hooper, Simon Fujiwara 2011 – Ben Rivers, Alejandro Cesarco 2012 – Karsten Födinger, Simon Denny 2013 – Jenni Tischer, Kemang Wa Lehulere 2014 – John Skoog 2015 – Beatrice Gibson, Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc 2016 – Sara Cwynar, Mary Reid KelleyRobin Scher (14 June 2016), Sara Cwynar and Mary Reid Kelley Named Winners of Baloise Art Prize ARTnews. 2017 – Martha Atienza, Sam PulitzerAndrew Russeth (19 June 2017), Sam Pulitzer, Martha Atienza Win Baloise Art Prize at Art Basel ARTnews. 2018 – Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Suki Seokyeong Kang 2019 – Giulia Cenci, Xinyi ChengAnnie Armstrong (14 June 2019), Art Basel’s Baloise Art Prize Goes to Xinyi Cheng, Giulia Cenci ARTnews. 2021 – Hana Miletić, Cameron Clayborn 2022 – Tourmaline, Helena UambembeAlex Greenberger (14 June 2022), Tourmaline, Helena Uambembe Win Art Basel’s Biggest Art Prize ARTnews. 2023 – Sky Hopinka, Sin Wai KinAlex Greenberger (13 June 2023), Sky Hopinka, Sin Wai Kin Win Art Basel’s $33,000 Baloise Art Prize ARTnews. 2024 – Tiffany Sia, Ahmed Umar 2025 – Rhea Dillon, Joyce Joumaa

See also

List of European art awards

References

External links Baloise Art website