From 2013 on, the honour will no longer consist of a money award; but instead the winner shall receive a carefully designed solo show in one of the houses of the Nationalgalerie including a special catalogue. This solo show shall always take place in the year following the awarding of the prize.
The members of the Verein der Freunde der Nationalgalerie as well as around 100 European directors and curators of museums and art associations delivered proposals for the selection of the candidates of the Preis 2013 until July 31, 2012.
The nominees
Kerstin Brätsch, Mariana Castillo Deball, Simon Denny and Haris Epaminonda
The award recipient
Mariana Castillo Deball
Duration of the exhibition
August 30, 2013 – January 12, 2014
The first jury
Tobias Berger, curator at M+, Museum for Visual Arts, Hongkong
Ariane Beyn, director of the Visual Arts department of Berliner Künstlerprogramm/DAAD and director of the daadgalerie in Berlin-Mitte
Massimiliano Gioni, artistic director of the 55th Biennale di Venezia, artistic director of the Nicola Trussardi Foundation, Milan, and director of special exhibitions at the New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York
Anno Saul, film director for cinema and TV, Berlin, member of the board of Deutsche Filmakademie
Ina Weisse, actress, writer and film director, member of Deutsche Filmakademie