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France’s most respected art award, the Prix Marcel Duchamp, has announced the list of artists nominated for the 2026 award. While there are usually four nominees, this year there are technically five.
The nominees include Malagasy artist Joël Andrianomearisoa, whose vibrant textiles have been widely exhibited; and Josèfa Ntjam, a participant in last year’s São Paulo Biennale whose installations and sculptures emphasize fluid identities, often through references to the African diaspora.
Also nominated this year are Laura Henno and the duo of David Brognon and Stéphanie Rollin. They will compete for the chance to win €35,000 (approximately $40,000) and will be exhibited together at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris in October. (Normally, the nominees’ exhibitions are held at the Center Pompidou, although the museum is currently closed for a few years for renovations.)
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The winners, who will be announced after the show opens, will join a distinguished roster that includes Laurent Grasso, Tatiana Trouvé, Kapwani Kiwanga, Tarik Kiswanson and a host of other names who have won awards over the past few years.
The jury for this year’s award is composed of a panel of curators led by Xavier Rey, director of the Center Pompidou. Also on the jury for the award is Claude Bonnin, director of Adiaf, the organization promoting the award. Akemi Shiraha of the Marcel Duchamp Society; Fabrice Hergott, Director of the Museum of Modern Art; collectors Fernando Arriola and Marie-Cécile Zinsou; artists Kader Attia (himself winner of the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2016) and Berlinde de Bruyckere; Karin Hindsbo, director of Tate Modern; and Christophe Leribault, president of the Palace of Versailles.
