Applications for the Swiss Art Awards 2025 are now open until 5 December 2024. We look forward to seeing your projects and welcoming you to Basel from 16 to 22 June 2025 for this major event on the Swiss art scene. This year, the Swiss Art Awards competition celebrates its 125th anniversary! It is a special occasion that we would like to share with you, thanks to whom the competition has existed and been renewed for more than a century. From the 2025 edition onwards, a number of important changes will be introduced: unlimited participation at a renewed pace, and greater visibility for the critique, publishing and exhibition category.
New features from edition 2025
All categories
1. Removal of restrictions on the number of entries
The previous limit of six entries to the competition, as well as the special clause for pre-2012 entries, have now been removed. This means that anyone who meets the general eligibility criteria (and is not affected by the exclusions in article 1.2 of the conditions of participation) will be able to enter the competition again, with no limit on the number of previous entries.
2. Participation limited to once every two years
Another significant change: from the 2025 edition onwards, participation in the competition will entail a mandatory break of at least 1 year. This means that after competing in one edition (Swiss Art Awards – art, architecture or critique, publishing, exhibition), candidates will have to wait a year before they can enter again. For example, people who submitted an application for the 2024 edition will not be able to enter again until 2026.
Category: critique, publishing, exhibition
The finalists in the critique, publishing and exhibition category will now be presenting a project at the Swiss Art Awards exhibition, in the same way as the finalists in the art category. In addition, the Federal Office of Culture (FOC) will provide financial support for their participation with a one-off grant of CHF 5,000.
Terms and conditions of eligibility: Deutsch – Français – Italiano
Application Deadline
25 October – 5 December 2024
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Contact: swissart@bak.admin.ch
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Exhibition Swiss Art Awards 2025
16 – 22 June
Free admission
Hall 1.1, Messe Basel