Art Paris 2025
Image: Thomas Lévy-Lasne, La plage d'Ostende, 2024. Oil on canvas, 150 x 200 cm. Les filles du calvaire
ART
Thomas Lévy-Lasne
Prix BNP Paribas Banque Privée
At Art Paris, Thomas Lévy-Lasne is the winner of the Prix BNP Paribas Banque Privée – Un regard sur la scène française 2025. For its second year, the prize was awarded to the painter, selected from 25 nominees as part of the exhibition Immortelle : un regard sur la peinture figurative en France curanted by Amélie Adamo and Numa Hambursin. Through his work, Thomas Lévy-Lasne takes a critical, committed and sublimated look at the banal reality of our daily lives.
Image: Zhanna Kadyrova, Refugees 17, 2024. Print on canvas, 68 x 60 cm. Galleria Continua
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Zhanna Kadyrova
Prix Her Art
Artist Zhanna Kadyrova, represented by Galleria Continua, is the inaugural winner of the Prix Her Art dedicated to women artists at Art Paris 2025 and initiated by the media Marie Claire in partnership with Maison Boucheron. Zhanna Kadyrova was born in Ukraine in 1981, where she lives and works today. Her series Refugees documents the interior of public buildings that have been disfigured by bombs and which are now devoid of people or any tangible elements and where plant pots are the only reminder of how life once was.
2025 International Woolmark Prize
Image: Duran Lantink, Fall 2025 Fashion Show.
FASHION
Duran Lantink
International Woolmark Prize
Duran Lantink is the winner of the 2025 International Woolmark Prize, handed by Donatella Versace, this edition’s chair of judges, and Ib Kamara, the contest’s guest artistic director for 2025. The Dutch designer impressed the jury for his skills putting a modern spin on traditional hand-knitting techniques. Alaïa’s creative director Pieter Mulier and Südwolle Group were also presented with awards. The former won the Karl Lagerfeld Award for Innovation, given to a brand or individual within the fashion industry that has pushed the boundaries of merino wool innovation, while the latter won the Supply Chain Award, recognizing a member of the supply chain who has demonstrated leadership and innovation in sustainable practices.
About the International Woolmark Prize
Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
Image: Shin Min's work presented by P21 in the Discoveries sector, Art Basel Hong Kong 2025. Courtesy of MGM.
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Shin Min
MGM Discoveries Art Prize
At Art Basel Hong Kong 2025, Shin Min wins the inaugural MGM Discoveries Art Prize. The new initiative aims to celebrate the originality and innovative artworks on display in the fair’s Discoveries sector. Min won the jury over with her booth entitled Ew! There is hair in the food!!(2025), presented by P21 (Seoul). Drawing from her personal experiences in high-intensity, low-wage service jobs at large corporations like McDonald’s and Starbucks, the Korean artist uses her work to explore the complexities and harsh realities of service labor, particularly in relation to gender and class. She uses paper objects associated with the industry, such as the packaging for McDonald’s French fries, to sculpt casts of characters, onto which she draws faces and clothing.
Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award 2025
Image: Lap-See Lam, The Altersea Opera, 2024. With Kholod Hawash and Tze Yeung Ho. The Nordic Countries Pavilion, 60th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale de Venezia, 2024. Photo: Michael Miller/Moderna Museet. Courtesy the artist, Moderna Museet and Galerie Nordenhake. Dragon head made by Lu Guangzheng.
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Lap-See Lam
Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo, Norway, announced Lap-See Lam as the 2025 recipient of The Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award. The work of Swedish artist Lap-See Lam interprets traditional storytelling forms such as Cantonese opera and shadow plays to grapple with the translation and mistranslation of cultural heritage. Lam’s practice, ranging from film to virtual reality, sculpture and installation, addresses a process she describes as ‘generational loss’. Her work traces a line through histories of 18th Century Chinoiserie through to the decor of Chinese restaurants in modern-day Sweden, including the one established by her grandmother on her arrival to Stockholm from Hong Kong in the 1970s.
About the Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award
FRAME Awards 2025
Image: A.N.D., Nomura Co., Ltd., Axonometric, NKS2 Architects, NOT A HOTEL FUKUOKA, Fukuoka, Japan, 2023.
DESIGN
NOT A HOTEL FUKUOKA
Winner of the month for March
March’s FRAME Awards winner is the aptly named NOT A HOTEL FUKUOKA, a terraced mixed-use living and hospitality space in Fukuoka, Japan, designed in collaboration by A.N.D., Nomura Co., Ltd., Axonometric and NKS2 Architects. Blending functions as a private living space and hotel, NOT A HOTEL FUKUOKA provides a variety of spaces suited to different stay lengths and user needs. The hotel allows guests to experience Fukuoka as temporary residents, fostering cultural exchange and community engagement.
PAD Paris 2025
Image: PAD Paris 2025. Booth Richard Peduzzi, Galerie du Passage (Paris). Tom Dixon, deckchair, 2008, Galerie Romain Morandi (Paris). Maria Pergay, canopy bed, 1971, Galerie Meubles et Lumières (Paris).
DESIGN
Prix PAD Paris
The PAD Paris 2025 prizes have been awarded. Galerie du Passage (Paris) received the Booth Prize for his booth Richard Peduzzi. Arranged in a rectangular space, the furniture, decoration and paintings by artist Richard Peduzzi create a brightly coloured atmosphere. The Contemporary Design Prize was awarded to Tom Dixon's deckchair (2008), presented by Galerie Romain Morandi (Paris). The Historical Design Prize was awarded to Maria Pergay's canopy bed (1971), presented by Galerie Meubles et Lumières (Paris).
Prix Michel Nessim Boukris 2025
Image: Robin Leforestier, Peinture de paysage nomade.
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Robin Leforestier
Prix Michel Nessim Boukris
Robin Leforestier is the 2025 winner of the Prix Michel Nessim Boukris. The painter, born in 1994, was chosen among the 54 beneficiaries of the Fondation des Artistes' 2024 production support initiative. The Fondation des Artistes has decided to fund the production of Peinture de paysage nomade, a unique pictorial and performative work selected by the spring 2024 commission. The artist will thus benefit from financial assistance that will enable him to produce a new series of works.
