Award Grand Prix Art for art caster, artist and architect

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30.1.2025 - 10:45

Swiss artist Pamela Rosenkranz is one of three personalities honored by the Federal Office of Culture with this year's Swiss Grand Prix Art / Prix Meret Oppenheim. (archive picture)
Swiss artist Pamela Rosenkranz is one of three personalities honored by the Federal Office of Culture with this year's Swiss Grand Prix Art / Prix Meret Oppenheim. (archive picture)
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Felix Lehner, Pamela Rosenkranz and Miroslav Šik have been awarded the Swiss Grand Prix Art / Prix Meret Oppenheim. This was announced by the Federal Office of Culture (BAK) on Thursday.

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Lehner is an art founder, the artist Rosenkranz represented Switzerland at the Venice Biennale, and Šik is an architect and architectural theorist.

Lehner is behind the Kunstgiesserei St. Gallen. This works internationally with artists, galleries and museums. Lehner and his teams are also companions to artists.

Rosenkranz has made a name for himself with installations, sculptures and paintings.

The architect Miroslav Šik designed the Bürgerhuus in Haldenstein, Graubünden, among other things. His work combines the old with the new. Šik was also a professor at ETH Zurich.

The Grand Prix Kunst / Prix Meret Oppenheim is awarded by the BAK. The award is endowed with CHF 40,000 each and will be presented on June 16.