Art Basel Cancels Baloise Art Prize for Emerging Artists

The organizers of Art Basel have canceled the Baloise Art Prize, the Art Newspaper reports. Established in 1999, the SFr30,000 (roughly $37,000) honor had been presented annually to two artists whose work appeared in the fair’s Statements section, devoted to emerging artists. The prize was historically administered by Swiss insurer Baloise Group, which purchased works […]

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Chryssa Kotoula Chryssa Kotoula (b.1995, Larissa, Greece) is an artist, designer based in Athens. She is a graduate of the Sculpture, Glass and Ceramics Department of LUCA School of Arts, Ghent and the School of Visual and Applied Arts of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She has also studied and worked in the fields of […]

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David Hockney’s success is a testament to a Britain that supported working-class artists – the same cannot be said today

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Gregory Salter, Associate Professor in History of Art, Head of Department, University of Birmingham·Jun 16, 2026

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Chidi Ukwuoma: Containing Matter at Matter Studio Gallery, Los Angeles

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Ceramics Now·Jun 18, 2026