Personal exhibitions in Swiss artistic institutions
Each year, two artistic institutions are now invited by HEAD – Genève and the BNP Paribas Swiss Foundation to select and organise the personal exhibition of an MA graduate in Fine Arts.
For the 2018 New Heads – Fondation BNP Paribas Art Awards, the Centre d’art contemporain – Yverdon-les-Bains (CACY), represented by its Director Karine Tissot, chose to show the works of Sara da Silva Santos from 29 September 2018 while Nathalie Herschdorfer, Director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Le Locle, will showcase the works of Thomas Liu Le Lann in Le Locle from 2 November 2018.

These exhibitions, organised with the support of HEAD – Genève and the BNP Paribas Swiss Foundation, will require each prize-winner to produce new works for the occasion.

Feedback organised at artgenève
The New Heads – Fondation BNP Paribas Art Awards will maintain their presence at the artgenève art fair, showcasing from 31 January until 3 February 2019 a selection of works by the two prize-winners that will be produced for their exhibitions in Yverdon-les-Bains and Le Locle.
This feedback is supplemented with the publication of a small monographic catalogue for each of the prize-winners, comprising images of their personal exhibition and a text written by an art critic. 

During this presentation in Geneva, a meeting is set up with the collaborators of BNP Paribas in Switzerland, following which they select a work by each artist to be added to the Foundation’s collection.

Encouraging support on all aspects of one’s early career
This new configuration for the New Heads – Fondation BNP Paribas Art Awards thus provides decisive support for the young award-winning artists for the beginning of their career with a first personal exhibition, a first monographic catalogue, a first showcase in an art fair, a first meeting with patrons and a first work in a company collection.

Renewal of the Award by daily newspaper Le Temps
Moreover, daily newspaper Le Temps has renewed its partnership with the New Heads –  Fondation BNP Paribas Art Awards by offering a third prize that once again consists of producing a manifold work which the newspaper will sell in the form of a subscription to its readers. This year, the newspaper selected the work of the MA graduate Thomas Baud.

Events

LAGOA RASA – Sara da Silva Santos
New Heads - Fondation BNP Paribas Art Awards
CACY - Centre d’art contemporain, Yverdon-Les Bains
Place Pestalozzi, 1400 Yverdon-les-Bains
Exposition du 29.09 au 28.10.2018
Vernissage le 29.09 à 17h
www.centre-art-yverdon.ch

ShowDown – Thomas Liu Le Lann
New Heads - Fondation BNP Paribas Art Awards
Musée des Beaux-Arts
Marie-Anne-Calame 6, 2400 Le Locle
Exposition du 3.11.2018 au 27.01.2019
Vernissage le 2.11 à 18h30
www.mbal.ch

New Heads - Fondation BNP Paribas Art Awards
Salon artgenève
Palexpo, route François-Peyrot 30, 1218 Le Grand-Saconnex
Exposition du 31.01 au 03.02 2019
Vernissage le 30.01 (sur invitation)
www.artgeneve.ch