The two awards, which include a cash prize of CHF 30,000 each, are presented in the Art Statements sector of the Art Basel by a jury made up of renowned art specialists.
In addition, Baloise buys groups of works by the prizewinners with the object of donating them to two leading European museums, currently the MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt and the MUDAM, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg.
Baloise’s commitment to fostering the arts in the form of prize money, purchases of art works, financial support for Art Statements, and museum exhibitions for the prizewinners amounts to some CHF 250,000 each year.
- Karola Kraus, General Director MUMOK Vienna, Chair of the Jury
- Marie-Noëlle Farcy, Curator / Head of Collection MUDAM, Luxemburg
- Susanne Pfeffer, Director MMK, Frankfurt
- Uli Sigg, Collector
- Ann Demeester, Director Kunsthaus Zurich