Baloise Art Prize
- Baloise and Art Basel International Art Fair.
- Annual – winners are announced at Art Basel fair.
- Two top prizes of CHF 30000 (£21,770). Prize includes the acquisition by Baloise of a selection of works by the award winner. 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, Luxembourg.
- Eligibility limited to ‘emerging artists’, but candidates can be of any nationality.
- Outlook of the award tied up with that of the corporate founder: ‘Baloise believes that the privilege of owning art brings with it the obligation to present it to a wider public.’
- Winners chosen by a jury of five curators and art directors.
- https://www.baloise.com/en/home/about-us/responsibility/art-baloise.html