Manor Art Prize

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The Manor Art Prize is a prize in the field of fine arts without the possibility of self-application, which is awarded every two years by the Swiss department store chain Manor in cooperation with art museums in 12 cities. Young, little-known artists from Switzerland are to be promoted and their work presented to a wider public.

History and meaning

On the occasion of the reopening of the renovated Nordmann department store in Lucerne, Philippe Nordmann founded the art prize. Over time, more and more cities have been added, most recently Lugano in 2005, Sion in 2007 and Biel in 2009. While the prize was awarded annually until 1990, it has only been awarded every two years since 1991 until today. Some cities award the prize in even years, some in odd years. Since individual places occasionally skip a year, however, there are shifts.

In Switzerland, the prize has a good reputation, which is due, among other things, to the fact that the prize is not used commercially. For some artists, the award also contributed to the international breakthrough.

price

  • 15,000 Swiss Francs
  • Acquisition of a work by Manor
  • Exhibition in the relevant art museum, including a vernissage and aperitif
  • Exhibition catalog

Conditions of participation

The participants, who can come from all areas of the visual arts, are selected by the museum directors of the respective region. The candidates must already be active in a field of the visual arts, must not be older than 40 years and must come from the relevant canton or have been resident there for at least 5 years.

The decision-making body consists of an artist who is more than 40 years old, a local art expert (from the city or canton), an art historian and two representatives from the Manor company.

Participating cities

city Canton since museum
Aarau Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau 1989 Aargauer Kunsthaus
Basel Canton of Basel-StadtCanton of Basel-Stadt Basel city 1987 Art Museum Basel
Biel Canton BernCanton Bern Bern 2009 CentrePasquArt
Chur canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Grisons 1990 Bündner Art Museum
Geneva Canton of GenevaCanton of Geneva Geneva 1987 Musée d'Art Moderne & Contemporain
Lausanne Canton of VaudCanton of Vaud Vaud 1989 Musée de l'Elysée 1
Lugano Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino 2005 Museo Cantonale d'Arte
Lucerne Canton lucerneCanton lucerne Lucerne 1982 Lucerne Art Museum
Schaffhausen Canton of SchaffhausenCanton of Schaffhausen Schaffhausen 1987 All Saints' Day Museum
Manners Canton of ValaisCanton of Valais Valais 2007 Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts
St. Gallen Canton of St. GallenCanton of St. Gallen St. Gallen 1990 Art Museum St. Gallen
Winterthur Canton ZurichCanton Zurich Zurich 1999 Winterthur Art Museum

1 In Lausanne there is a rotation between the three museums Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne , Musée cantonal des beaux-arts de Lausanne and the Musée de l'Elysée

Well-known award winners

Web links

Official website of the Manor Art Prize