Leyla Yenirce will be awarded with the Berlin Art Prize on March 18.
The Berlin Art Prize - Jubilee Foundation 1848/1948 was established by the Berlin Senate in 1948 in memory of the March Revolution of 1848. Since 1971, it has been awarded by the Akademie der Künste on behalf of the state. In recent years, the Grand Art Prize has been awarded to Joachim Trier (2023), Richard Peduzzi (2022), Annett Gröschner (2021), Younghi Pagh-Paan (2020) and Renée Gailhoustet (2019).
The Grand Berlin Art Prize 2024 will be awarded to the Damascus-born artist Simone Fattal. The Akademie der Künste awards the prize, which is endowed with 15,000 euros, on behalf of the State of Berlin on a rotating basis within its six sections. The prize will be awarded on Monday, 18 March 2024 at the Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz. The jury for the Grand Art Prize was formed by Monica Bonvicini, Karin Sander, and Wolfgang Tillmans,
In addition to the Grand Berlin Art Prize, six Berlin Art Prizes, each worth 5,000 euros will be awarded. The prizes will go to Leyla Yenirce (visual arts), the architectural duo SUMMACUMFEMMER (architecture), the composer and musician Syrphe/Cedrik Fermont (music), the author Carolin Callies (literature), the theatre and film actress Lilith Stangenberg (performing arts) and the Georgian documentary filmmaker Salomé Jashi (film and media art).
The Berlin Art Prize - Jubilee Foundation 1848/1948 was established by the Berlin Senate in 1948 in memory of the March Revolution of 1848. Since 1971, it has been awarded by the Akademie der Künste on behalf of the state. In recent years, the Grand Art Prize has been awarded to Joachim Trier (2023), Richard Peduzzi (2022), Annett Gröschner (2021), Younghi Pagh-Paan (2020) and Renée Gailhoustet (2019).
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