Pauli-Prize 2024

After almost 50 editions, the Prize of the Böttcherstraße—one of the most important prizes for contemporary art in Germany—has been given a new name and is now called the Pauli-Prize, in honour of Gustav Pauli, the first director of the Kunsthalle Bremen. The prize endowed with 30,000 euros will be awarded for the 49th time this year. Made possible by the Donors’ Circle for the Pauli-Prize—a group of committed members of the Kunstverein in Bremen as well as the Senator for Culture and the Sparkasse Bremen—it honours artists living in the German-speaking world for their contribution to contemporary art. Six curators, the director of the Kunsthalle Bremen and the Donors’ Circle have independently nominated the eight artists whose works will be shown together in the exhibition. In the course of the exhibition, a renowned five-member jury will select the winner.

In the past years, winners have included Karimah Ashadu (2022), Ulrike Müller (2020), Arne Schmitt (2018), Emeka Ogboh (2016), Nina Beier (2014), Daniel Knorr (2012), Thea Djordjadze (2009), Ulla von Brandenburg (2007), Clemens von Wedemeyer (2005), Tino Sehgal (2003), Olafur Eliasson (1997) and Wolfgang Tillmans (1995).

Artists nominated for the Pauli-Prize 2024
Katrin Brause (b. 1972 in Leipzig, lives and works in Leipzig), nominated by Anna Wesle, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf/ Switzerland

Benjamin Hirte (b. 1980 in Aschaffenburg, lives and works in Vienna), nominated by Severin Dünser, freier Kurator, Vienna

Christof John (b. 1984 in Hannover, lives and works in Cologne), nominated by Dr. Roland Mönig, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal

Annika Kahrs (b. 1984 in Achim, lives and works in Hamburg und Berlin), nominated by the Donors’ Circle for the Pauli-Prize, Kunstverein in Bremen

Marcus Neufanger (b. 1964 in Nuremberg, lives and works in Schwäbisch Hall), nominated by Prof. Dr. Christoph Grunenberg, Kunsthalle Bremen

Cemile Sahin (b. 1990 in Wiesbaden, lives and works in Berlin), nominated by Mirjam Varadinis, Kunsthaus Zürich

Gabriele Stötzer (b. 1953 in Emleben, lives and works in Erfurt), nominated by Hilke Wagner, Albertinum, Dresden

Jenna Sutela (b. 1983 in Turku, Finnland, lives and works in Berlin), nominated by Stefanie Böttcher, Kunsthalle Mainz

This year’s jury consists of Dr. Yilmaz Dziewior (Museum Ludwig, Cologne), Johan Holten (Kunsthalle Mannheim), Prof. Susanne Pfeffer (Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt on the Main), Christoph Ruckhäberle (artist, Leipzig) and Dr. Andrea Schlieker (Tate Britain, London).

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