The Baloise gift intention has always been to museums in Europe - in particular in countries of the business units. Due to the Baloise entrenchement in Luxembourg, it was obvious to consider MUDAM Luxembourg for the donation again this year. Baloise values its longterm collaboration with the museum, which has already received works from previous art prize winners. 

Baloise donates the work 'Pollinator', 2022 - a black and white video by Tourmaline - to MUDAM Luxembourg. Tourmaline is one of the two recipients of the 2022 Baloise Art Prize.

The work will be on display in the exhibition Tourmaline. Pleasure and Pollinator from 03.03 - 15.10.2023.

In her recent work Pollinator, the artist, film maker, writer and activist proposes an unconventional, poetic and personal portrait of Black, queer and trans communities. The heart of the film consists of a black-and-white aerial travelling shot that follows the artist from an Edwardian period room at the Brooklyn Museum to the nearby botanical garden. Wearing a sophisticated, simultaneously concealing and revealing outfit, she interacts intensely with a luxurious natural environment, expanding the idea of a garden into a site of pleasure. Incorporating original personal footage, clips from her recent simulated flight as well as found footage, she also pays vibrant tribute to Marsha P. Johnson, an inspirational figure of the New York queer scene from the late 1960s.