On the 10th anniversary of the Prix Pierre Daix, an award desired by François Pinault to annually reward publications in the field of modern and contemporary art, the Pinault Collection in Paris is expanding its support for research with the establishment of a new fellowship for young art historians. Also named after Pierre Daix, a journalist, writer, art historian and personal friend of Pinault, the fellowship will be awarded to a researcher under 35 engaged in a course of study related to contemporary creation. The annual endowment will amount to 5,000 euros and will be awarded during the Prix Pierre Daix ceremony, scheduled for November at the Bourse de Commerce in Paris, the exhibition venue of the Pinault Collection.
The goal is to “enhance an innovative approach, whether historical, theoretical or critical, and encourage the emergence of new perspectives brought by young male and female researchers under the age of 35.”
Applicants will not be able to apply independently: it will be the members of the Prix Daix jury who will propose and select, upon invitation, the profiles considered most deserving on the basis of the quality and originality of the research work. The decision to address young historians responds to a precise will: to recognize and encourage a deep scientific commitment, at a crucial stage of the academic career, and to provide tools to deepen the relationship between artistic practices and the contemporary context. In parallel, the path of the Prix Pierre Daix, created in 2015 and now in its tenth edition, continues. Also for 2025, the prize will maintain its established structure: a jury of experts selects each year a shortlist of volumes relevant to critical, historical or theoretical analysis of art since the 20th century. The prize has a value of 15 thousand euros and represents, in the French and international panorama, a particularly prestigious recognition for art non-fiction. The prize will be presented by François Pinault himself, founder and promoter of the initiative.
At the end of May, the jury completed the selection of the seven finalist volumes for the 2025 edition. The selected works represent a wide variety of approaches, themes and critical perspectives. They include De quelques vies ou ce qu’il en reste. Art populaire; Art Brut. Jardins pittoresques, rocailles, curiosités de créateurs en tout genre by Marc Décimo, published by Les Presses du réel. Also published with Les Presses du réel is La gloire de la bêtise. Régression et superficialités dans les arts depuis la fin des années 1980, by Morgan Labar. La ruse de Jacob. L’élevage des humains et le modèle de l’art, published by Gallimard by Éric Michaud, while Camille Morineau proposes Oser le nu. Du XVIe au XXe siècle, published by Flammarion. To the figure of Linda Nochlin is dedicated the volume L’Histoire de l’art engagée: Linda Nochlin, by Émilie Oléron Evans, published by Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg. Completing the list of selected Les abstractions concrètes d’Anni Albers (1899-1994). Une histoire textile de la modernité, by Ida Soulard (Les Presses du réel), and Réunir les bouts du monde. Art, histoire, esclavage en mémoire (Éditions B42) by Elvan Zabunyan.
The composition of the jury, which is highly qualified and multidisciplinary, confirms the desire to keep the focus on scientific rigor and variety of approaches. It includes Laure Adler, journalist and writer; Jean-Louis Andral, director of the Musée Picasso in Antibes; Martin Bethenod, president of Crédac and the Archives of Art Criticism; Nathalie Bondil, art historianart and director of the exhibitions department of the Institut du Monde arabe; Jean-Pierre Criqui, curator at the Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Pompidou and editorial director of the Cahiers du Musée national d’art moderne. They are joined by Cécile Debray, president of the Musée Picasso in Paris; Donatien Grau, historian of art and literature; Christophe Ono-dit-Biot, deputy editor of the weekly Le Point and writer; Bruno Racine, director of Palazzo Grassi, Punta della Dogana and author of several essays; and finally Pascal Rousseau, historian of modern and contemporary art, winner of the Prix Pierre Daix in 2020.
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