Four Artists Shortlisted for France's Prestigious Prix Marcel-Duchamp

Four artists have been selected as finalists for the Prix Marcel-Duchamp, a major French art award. Julian Charrière, Isabelle Cornaro, Julien Creuzet, and Lili Reynaud-Dewar will compete for the €35,000 prize. The winner will also receive a €30,000 budget to mount an exhibition at the Pompidou. A group show featuring all shortlisted artists will precede the announcement of the winner on October 18. Charrière, a French-Swiss artist based in Berlin, creates work connecting environmental science with cultural history. Cornaro, who studied at the École du Louvre and the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, lives in Paris and Zurich and works across painting, sculpture, film, and installation to examine how history shapes perception. Creuzet, a French-Caribbean artist and poet in Paris, merges sculpture, installation, and text to explore diasporic experiences. Reynaud-Dewar, who resides in Grenoble and Geneva, uses appropriation in installation and performance to investigate identity politics. The prize was first awarded in 2001 to Thomas Hirschhorn, with subsequent winners including Tatiana Trouvé in 2007 and Kader Attia in 2016. Last year's recipient was Kapwani Kiwanga. The award is open to French artists or those living in France.