The LOEWE FOUNDATION launches the eighth edition of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize, an international award celebrating excellence in craftsmanship.

Submissions for the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2025 are now open and will be accepted until 30 October 2024. Potential candidates are invited to submit their work and a prestigious award will be presented at the Thyssen Bornemisza National Museum in Madrid in March 2025. The Prize for the winning entry is 50 000 euros. The shortlisted and winning works will feature in the exhibition and accompanying catalogue in Madrid.

The LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize was launched in 2016 to showcase and celebrate excellence, artistic merit and newness in modern craft. It seeks to acknowledge and support international artists who demonstrate an exceptional ability to create objects of superior aesthetic value.

Anyone over 18 years of age, working in a craft-based profession is encouraged to apply. The winner will receive 50 000 euros and the two special mentions will each receive 5 000 euros. The award, which was envisioned by LOEWE creative director Jonathan Anderson, aims to acknowledge the importance of craft in today’s culture and to recognise working artists whose talent, vision and will to innovate set a standard for the future. The Prize was created as a tribute to LOEWE’s beginnings as a collective craft workshop in 1846.

Jonathan Anderson states: ‘Craft is always going to be modern. It is about creating objects that have a formula of their own and speak their own language, creating a  dialogue that didn’t exist before. It is about newness as much as it is about tradition.’

The 2024 edition of the Prize received over 3 900 submissions from 124 countries and regions across the globe. An expert panel composed of artists, essayists and curators will consider all submitted works in order to select a shortlist of up to 30 submissions for the 2025 prize. New additions to the expert panel include Michelle Fisher, Curator of  Contemporary Decorative Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston; Kevin Grey, metal artist and finalist of the 2024 Craft Prize; Ibrahim Mahama, mixed media  artist, and Aya Oki glass artist and finalist of the 2024 Craft Prize. The panel’s choice will be based on a number of key criteria: originality, clear artistic vision and merit, precise execution, material excellence, innovative value and a distinct authorial mark.

The shortlisted works will be exhibited at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in Madrid. The prize’s Jury will select the winning piece from the exhibition and the winner of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2025 will be announced in a ceremony at the museum in March 2025. 

Learn more and submit your work for LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize here

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