ADIAF - Marcel Duchamp Prize

ADIAF - Association for the International Diffusion of French Art

Created in 1994 on the initiative of Gilles Fuchs, ADIAF - the Association for the International Diffusion of French Art - currently brings together some 300 collectors and amateurs of contemporary art who are intensely engaged in the adventure of creation.

Driven by private collectors and supported by patronage, ADIAF's mission is to contribute to international awareness of the French art scene and to sensitize the general public to the vitality of contemporary creations.

MARCEL DUCHAMP PRIZE

Created in 2000 by ADIAF, the Marcel Duchamp Prize is awarded each year to a French artist or an artist resident in France working in the plastic and visual arts. Over the past 12 years, more than 50 French artists have been awarded this prize, considered to be the most innovative of their generation: Thomas Hirschhorn (2000); Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (2002); Mathieu Mercier (2003); Carole Benzaken (2004); Claude Closky (2005); Philippe Mayaux (2006); Tatiana Trouvé (2007); Laurent Grasso (2008); Sâadane Afif (2009), Cyprien Gaillard (2010); Mircea Cantor (2011). Since its creation, the prize has benefited from a reference partnership with the Centre Pompidou, the National Museum of Modern Art and, since 2005, FIAC, the International Contemporary Art Fair, and has succeeded in mobilizing an artistic network of exceptional quality. It is now one of the most prestigious prizes in the world of contemporary art.

11TH EDITION OF THE MARCEL DUCHAMP PRIZE

LAUREATE: MIRCEA CANTOR

NOMINATED ARTISTS: Damien Cabanes; Mircea Cantor; Guillaume Leblon; Samuel Rousseau

INTERNATIONAL JURY 2011

Carolyn Christov Barkagiev (United States, Italy), curator and critic, artistic director of Documenta 13 in Kassel (2012)

Rosa de la Cruz (United States), collector

Gilles Fuchs (France), President of ADIAF, collector

Zoe Gray (Netherlands), curator of the Witte de With Center in Rotterdam

Jacqueline Matisse-Monnier (France, United States), artist

Alfred Paquement (France), Director of the Musée National d'Art Moderne / Center of Industrial Creation, Pompidou Center, President of the jury

Olympio Da Veiga Pereira (Brazil), collector