"Project of the Year": The Leopold Bloom Art Award

winner of the Summa Artium Award in the Project Category

We are proud to announce that the Leopold Bloom Art Award is the winner of the 2011 Summa Artium Award in the Project Category. The Leopold Bloom Art Award was founded in 2011 in co-operation between the Ludwig Museum | ACAX and the Irish Maurice Ward Group with the aim of supporting progressive contemporary visual artists in Hungary and their presence in the international art scene.  

The first Leopold Bloom Art Award Winner announced

The Award Ceremony of the first Leopold Bloom Art Award took place in Museum Kiscell - Municipal Picture Gallery, on Saturday evening, September 3 2011. Prior to the event the jury of 3 international art professionals visited each shortlisted artist’s studio, in order to get a wider picture of the nominees’ work.

According to their decision, the 2011 Leopold Bloom Art Award went to Róbert Batykó.

Video interviews with the finalists

The video interviews recorded in the studios of the finalists are now available under "artists".

Exhibition of the artists shortlisted for the Leopold Bloom Art Award

John Ward, the founder of the Leopold Bloom Art Award and ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange cordially invites you to the exhibition of the artists shortlisted for the Leopold Bloom Art Award

The exhibition will be on view in the Museum Kiscell – Municipal Picture Gallery between August 20 – September 4, 2011.

Address: H-1037 Budapest, Kiscelli utca 108.

Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday: 10.00 - 18.00 (closed on Mondays)

Gyakran Ismételt Kérdések

A Ludwig Múzeum, ACAX | Nemzetközi Kortárs Képzőművészeti Iroda és az ír Maurice Ward Group együttműködésének eredményeképpen 2011-ben első alkalommal hirdetjük meg a Leopold Bloom Képzőművészeti Díjat.

A díjjal, a pályázattal, a pályázás módjával, és a pályázati eljárással kapcsolatos Gyakran Ismételt Kérdéseket az alábbiakban gyűjtöttük össze.

Amennyiben itt sem kapnak választ felmerült kérdéseikre, kérjük írjanak a leopold.bloom@ludwigmuseum.hu címre.

The Leopold Bloom Art Award

supported by the Maurice Ward Group

The Leopold Bloom Art Award is aimed at supporting progressive contemporary visual artists in Hungary and their presence in the international art scene. In autumn 2011, the award will be granted for the first time as a result of the co-operation between the Ludwig Museum, ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange and the Irish Maurice Ward Group.

The Leopold Bloom Art Award

Shortlisted artists

The Jury of The Leopold Bloom Art Award – Caroline Hancock (independent curator and art critic, Great Britain), Alice Maher (visual artist, Ireland), Andrzej Szczerski (art historian and curator, Poland) – have selected 6 artists for the finalists’ exhibition.

The shortlisted artists are:
Zsombor Barakonyi
Róbert Batykó
Csaba Kis Róka
Attila Szűcs
Agnes von Uray
Júlia Vécsei

The Leopold Bloom Art Award is aimed at supporting progressive contemporary visual artists in Hungary and their presence in the international art scene. The Award will be granted for the first time in 2011. It does not only go to support the work of the awarded artist, but also helps in the successful realization of the winner’s international exhibition.

The Leopold Bloom Art Award is realised in co-operation between the Maurice Ward Group (Ireland) and ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange.