Yuyan Wang and Joyce Joumaa Win DucatoPrize 2025 in Piacenza
Winners of the fifth DucatoPrize for emerging contemporary art have been revealed. Yuyan Wang took home the €10,000 award in the Contemporanea category for her video installation Green Grey Black Brown (2024), which critiques petro-capitalism. Joyce Joumaa was recognized in the Accademia category for her work Untitled (2025), focusing on Lebanon's economic crisis, and received €1,000. The prize, established by Michele Cristella and managed by Giacomo Pigliapoco, is backed by several organizations, with two juries determining the winners. Additionally, residency awards were given to Pascale Birchler, Ismene King, Ileana Arnaoutou, and Andro Eradze for their 2026 projects. The finalists’ exhibition, curated by Fosbury Architecture, is on display at Cappella Ducale di Palazzo Farnese until November 2, 2025.
Key facts
- DucatoPrize 2025 is the fifth edition, now biennial
- Yuyan Wang won Contemporanea category with Green Grey Black Brown (2024)
- Joyce Joumaa won Accademia category with Untitled (2025)
- Wang receives €10,000 acquisition prize
- Joumaa receives €1,000 prize
- Prize founded by Michele Cristella, directed by Giacomo Pigliapoco
- Two juries selected winners: first jury includes Andrea Lissoni, Samuel Leuenberger, Adrian Piper, Danai Giannoglou, Emanuela Campoli; second jury includes Mistura Allison, Caroline Ellen Liou, Ángels Miralda, Amantia Peza, Saverio Verini
- Four residency prizes awarded: Pascale Birchler (AMA House, Athens), Ismene King and Ileana Arnaoutou (VV Foundation, Latvia), Andro Eradze (Villa Filanda Antonini, Treviso)
- Finalists' exhibition at Cappella Ducale di Palazzo Farnese until November 2, 2025
- Exhibition curated by Fosbury Architecture
- Supported by Associazione Coil Art Motive, Gruppo Cristella, Fondazione Ronconi Prati, Comune di Piacenza, Provincia di Piacenza, Regione Emilia-Romagna
Entities
Artists
- Yuyan Wang
- Joyce Joumaa
- Pascale Birchler
- Ismene King
- Ileana Arnaoutou
- Andro Eradze
- Andrea Lissoni
- Samuel Leuenberger
- Adrian Piper
- Danai Giannoglou
- Emanuela Campoli
- Mistura Allison
- Caroline Ellen Liou
- Ángels Miralda
- Amantia Peza
- Saverio Verini
- Michele Cristella
- Giacomo Pigliapoco
- Caterina Angelucci
Institutions
- DucatoPrize
- Associazione Coil Art Motive
- Gruppo Cristella
- Fondazione Ronconi Prati
- Comune di Piacenza
- Provincia di Piacenza
- Regione Emilia-Romagna
- AMA House
- VV Foundation
- Villa Filanda Antonini
- Fosbury Architecture
- Cappella Ducale di Palazzo Farnese
- Artribune
Locations
- Piacenza
- Italy
- Athens
- Greece
- Latvia
- Treviso
- Emilia-Romagna