Arts

The Evens Arts Prize, awarded every two years to a European artist, supports artistic initiatives that help us rethink contemporary European realities and envison new perspectives for shaping our commun world.

In 2011, the Evens Foundation awarded its fifth Arts Prize to Sven Augustijnen (Belgium). The artist was selected as the recipient of the award by an independent jury which chose from a list of 20 internationally acclaimed artists, nominated by representatives of major European art institutions.

In 2009, the Foundation awarded the Evens Arts Prize to the artist Agnieszka Podgórska for her work on the body as a 'first language' in our relationship with others, as a prerequisite for living together.

In 2007, the Evens Foundation initiated Floating Territories, a project linking the contemporary art biennials of Istanbul, Athens and Venice. Artists, curators, writers and philosophers were invited to explore the responsibilities and limits of art in the context of a 'Europe in motion.'

In 2004, the Foundation launched a contest for short film screenplays on the theme Encounter, aimed at young directors from Europe and the Middle East, so as to create spaces for dialogue between these two cultural territories. The prize, which was awarded to Nassim Amaouche, Ula Tabari and Timon Koulmasis, made possible the creation of three short films, which were critically acclaimed and won awards at international festivals.

In 2002, the Evens Foundation organized its first Arts Prize, won by the artist Sylvie Blocher with the collective Campement Urbain. The prize recognized their reflection on the significance and the possibilities of artistic interventions in the public space, particularly in the context of the new socio-political realities of urban living.

In parallel, the Foundation supported innovative artistic projects such as Musée Précaire Albinet by Thomas Hirschhorn, Wyspa Institute of Art in Gdansk, or Jan Fabre exhibition at the Louvre.