The Rosa Schapire Art Prize
is an award given by the
Freunde der Hamburger
Kunsthalle.

The Rosa Schapire Art Prize.

An homage to being different.

By awarding the Rosa Schapire Art Prize, the Freunde der Kunsthalle advocates a luminous and unfettered interpretation of art. The prize shall honour an artist’s personality, whose piece of art qualifies as a valuable and vivid contribution to the collection of the traditional yet aspirational museum Hamburger Kunsthalle.

UNI
QUE.
ROSA

The [obstinate] idea.

No jury. One judge.

Is it possible for a single person to decide who shall be awarded with the €20,000 art prize? Yes it is. And it should be. Instead of being a majority decision, the Rosa Schapire Art Prize is intended to make a bold statement. For this purpose, the respective director of the Hamburger Kunsthalle shall annually invite a colleague or public person to serve as the judge. The presentation shall then take place in the setting of an award ceremony.

Friends of the Hamburger Kunsthalle.

Friends by virtue of passion – Supporters by virtue of belief.

With more than 18.000 members, „Freunde der Kunsthalle“ is one of the most prominent friends’ associations in the German-speaking world. Since 1923, following the idea of the founder, director Gustav Pauli, the organisation works towards the following goals: conveying art to the general public and aiding the Kunsthalle in the acquisition of art as well as the funding of exhibitions.

Friends of the Kunsthalle is an excellently lead organisation, carried by a wide margin of people.
And if I was born again, I would walk down the exact same path. Rosa Schapire
tena
cious.
rosa

A [tenacious] character.

Rosa. Schapire.

Rosa Schapire (1874-1954) was recognized by the people of her time as a grand pioneer in the field of contemporary modern art. Full of enthusiasm and zest for action, this extraordinary art historian fought for the abolishment of traditional perceptions of art. She was a friend, a supporter and an advocate. In her time, her commitment without backing was extremely courageous.

One [brave] judge.

Wholly independent.

The judge of the Rosa Schapire Art Prize shall be solely committed to the dauntless and passionate spirit of the eponymous art historian. Not an easy task, yet fascinating and honourable. Whom would Rosa choose? Whom would she support, award, highlight among the huge amount of superb artists?

Any individual has an extraordinary potential -  provided that he is ready and willing to commit. Rosa Schapire

The

Judge 2023

Daria de Beauvais is Senior Curator at the Palais de Tokyo (Paris). She has curated or co-curated numerous exhibitions, both solo and group shows, including the 15th Lyon Biennale in 2019 or the collective exhibition »Reclaim the Earth« in 2022. She also teaches »Exhibition Practice« at the Université Panthéon-Sorbonne and is co-head with Morgan Labar of the research seminar »Indigeneity, Hybridity, Anthropophagy« at the École normale supérieure. Her experience has included roles in institutions and galleries in France, Italy and the US.  

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DARIA
DE BEAUVAIS

THU VAN TRAN

The Artist 2023

Working across a range of forms and materials, Thu Van Tran uses her own experience as a cultural outsider – a Vietnamese woman living in France – to explore physical and cultural displacement and history of colonialism, subjects that have become poignantly relevant in today’s climate. She was born in 1979 in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and lives in Paris (France). In 2022, Thu Van Tran had a strong presence in the exhibition »Reclaim the Earth« at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris curated by Daria de Beauvais, as well as at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh (USA) for the 58thInternational Carnegie. In 2023, the MAMAC in Nice will devote a solo exhibition to her, while the Bourse de Commerce - Collection Pinault in Paris gives her a prominent place in its exhibition »Before the Storm«.