The Swiss Grand Award for Art / Prix Meret Oppenheim was created in 2001 by the Federal Office of Culture and the Federal Art Commission. It honours achievements in the fields of art, architecture and critique, publishing, exhibition. It is presented to artists and architects, curators and researchers whose work played a key role in enhancing engagement with art and architecture and have fostered cultural dialogue in Switzerland and beyond. Each award carries prize money of CHF 40,000.

Publication

The Federal Office of Culture is producing the publication Swiss Grand Award for Art / Prix Meret Oppenheim 2025 with portraits and interviews of the prizewinners. The interviews were conducted by Ursula Badrutt with Felix Lehner, Bice Curiger with Pamela Rosenkranz, and Lukas Imhof and Miroslav Šik.

ISBN 978-3-907394-17-5
In German, French, Italian, English
Edited by Gina Bucher
Graphic design: Roman Aurelio Karrer
Photography: Théa Giglio

The publication can be ordered free of charge by email swissart@bak.admin.ch.