Henrike Naumann Prize Established, MMK Frankfurt Acquires Her Estate

The German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale has opened to strong positive reception, featuring works by the late Henrike Naumann and Sung Tieu. Naumann's installation "The Home Front" was conceived before her death in mid-February at age 41. Concurrently, the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa) and the Zeit Stiftung Bucerius announced the inaugural Henrike Naumann Prize for Visual Arts, endowed with €15,000 plus €5,000 in production funds. The prize will be awarded during this year's Biennale and regularly thereafter, targeting early to mid-career artists whose work engages with societal transformation, political fault lines, or transnational contexts. It explicitly supports interdisciplinary practices, reflecting Naumann's own approach. The Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt (MMK) has acquired Naumann's estate, which will be cataloged and made publicly accessible to ensure long-term scholarly and curatorial engagement. Additionally, an online condolence book on Naumann's website has grown into a multi-voiced archive of images, memories, and stories from friends, colleagues, and curators, underscoring her impact on contemporary art.