The winners of the X Kandinsky Prize are Andrey Kuzkin, Taus Makhacheva, Victor Misiano

On December 14, 2016, the winners of the tenth competition year of the Kandinsky Prize were announced in Drummer and an exhibition of works by finalists was presented.

The winners of the 9 finalists of the competition in three categories - “Project of the Year”, “Young Artist. Project of the year ”,“ Scientific work. History and theory of contemporary art ”- became:

“Project of the Year” - Andrey Kuzkin. The right to live

“Young artist. Project of the Year ”- Super Taus (Taus Makhacheva).

"Scientific work. History and Theory of Contemporary Art ”- Victor Misiano. Vinogradov and Dubosarsky

The size of the prize fund in 2016 remained unchanged: 1 800 000 rubles in the nomination “Project of the year”, 450 000 rubles in the nomination “Young artist. Project of the Year ”and publication within the framework of the BREUS Publishing publishing program in Russian or English in the nomination“ Scientific work. History and theory of contemporary art. "

The jury of the X Kandinsky Prize:

International Jury of the X Kandinsky Prize. Nominations “Project of the Year” and “Young Artist. Project of the Year "

Ekaterina Bobrinskaya - Doctor of Art History, Head of the Russian and Contemporary Art Sector of the State Institute of Art Studies (Moscow, Russia).

Yara Bubnova - curator, critic, director of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Sofia, deputy director of the National Gallery in Sofia (Sofia, Bulgaria).

Marina Loshak - Director of the A. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow, Russia).

Olga Sviblova - Doctor of Philosophy, Director of the Multimedia Art Museum / Museum "Moscow House of Photography" (Moscow, Russia).

Zelfira Tregulova - General Director of the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow, Russia).

Maria Tsantsanoglu is the director of the State Museum of Modern Art in Thessaloniki (Thessaloniki, Greece).

Vasily Tsereteli - Executive Director of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (Moscow, Russia).

Jury of the X Kandinsky Prize. Nomination “Scientific work. History and theory of contemporary art "

Ekaterina Andreeva - Ph.D. in Art History, Doctor of Philosophy, leading employee of the Department of the Newest Trends of the State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia).

Ekaterina Bobrinskaya - Doctor of Art History, Head of the Russian and Contemporary Art Sector of the State Institute of Art Studies (Moscow, Russia).

Ekaterina Vyazova - Ph.D., senior researcher at the State Institute of Art Studies (Moscow, Russia).

Elena Petrovskaya - Ph.D. (Philosophy), Head of the Aesthetics Sector, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia).

Alexander Yakimovich - Doctor of Arts, critic, full member (academician) of the Russian Academy of Arts, chief researcher at the Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts (Moscow, Russia).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The BREUS Foundation International Cultural Foundation is an institution whose mission is to support and promote Russian contemporary art in Russia and abroad.

The Kandinsky Prize is an independent Russian award in the field of contemporary art, established by the foundation in 2007. In 2016, the award celebrates its 10th anniversary. One of the distinguishing features of the award is the possibility of self-nomination of applicants. Along with members of the jury and expert councils of the award, museums, galleries and other institutions, an artist / researcher of contemporary art can apply for participation in the competition. Such an opportunity makes the application process as democratic as possible.

The BREUS publishing program, which started in 2013, is one of the foundation’s leading projects and specializes in publishing monographs on contemporary Russian artists and books on the history and theory of Russian contemporary art.