Valérie Favre Wins 2024 Prix Meret Oppenheim

Valérie Favre, an artist hailing from Switzerland and currently residing in Berlin and Neuchâtel, has received the 2024 Prix Meret Oppenheim, a prestigious Swiss Grand Prix Art accolade. Favre, recognized for her figurative artworks that create mythical and fictional realms, has been a painting professor at the Berlin University of the Arts since 2006 and was a Prix Marcel Duchamp nominee in 2012. Her exhibitions include notable venues such as the Sprengel Museum Hannover, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, and Kunstmuseum Luzern. The award also honors Jacqueline Burckhardt, co-founder of the art magazine Parkett, along with architects Marianne Burkhalter and Christian Sumi. Established in 2001, the Prix Meret Oppenheim awards CHF 40,000 to recipients. The Swiss Art Awards exhibition will take place at Messe Basel, Hall 1.1, opening on 10 June 2024, and will be featured during Art Basel from 11–16 June 2024.