The art KARLSRUHE-Prize

The jury annually selects and honours a gallery owner and an artist who jointly staged a One-Artist-Show. The prize money, which is made available by the State of Land Baden-Württemberg and the City of Karlsruhe, finances the purchase of artworks from the presentation shown at the fair.

Laureate 2024: Carlo Krone and Gallery Thomas Fuchs

The winner of the art KARLSRUHE Prize 2024 is the artist Carlo Krone.
The winner of the art KARLSRUHE Prize 2024 is the artist Carlo Krone.

The highlight of the fair opening was the presentation of the 16th art KARLSRUHE Prize, which honours a gallerist and artist of a One-Artist-Show in a double pack and was awarded for the first time during the opening.

Galerie Thomas Fuchs and its artist Carlo Krone are honouring a promising young artist from Stuttgart, whose paintings focus on everyday life, alienating it visually and in terms of content, yet evoking an almost nostalgic familiarity in their recognisability.

The prize money of 15,000 euros will be used to purchase works from the presentation shown at the fair, which will become part of the art KARLSRUHE Collection at the Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe.

Gallery owner Thomas Fuchs is not only delighted about being honoured with the art KARLSRUHE prize, but also about an all-round successful start to the fair. "By the end of yesterday's preview day, we had already sold several works - including an impressive 16 paintings from our award-winning one-artist show with Carlo Krone," says Fuchs.

Gallery owner Thomas Fuchs, artist Carlo Krone, Jury-speaker Stefanie Patruno and Gallery owner Andreas Pucher.
Gallery owner Thomas Fuchs, artist Carlo Krone, Jury-speaker Stefanie Patruno and Gallery owner Andreas Pucher.

Previous prize winners

  • 2024 Carlo Krone Galerie Fuchs, Stuttgart
  • 2023 Mona Radziabari Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart
  • 2022 Ambra Durante Galerie Friese, Berlin
  • 2020 Annette Kelm Galerie König, Berlin
  • 2019 Myriam Holme Galerie Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt am Main
  • 2018 Sarah McRae Morton Galerie Anja Knoess, Köln
  • 2017 Neringa Vasiliauskaite Galerie Smudajescheck, München
  • 2016 Werner Schmidt Galerie Wohlhüter, Leibertingen-Thalheim
  • 2015 Alfonso Hüppi Galerie Reinhold Maas, Reutlingen
  • 2014 Jessica Buhlmann Galerie Anja Rumig, Stuttgart
  • 2013 Claude Wall Galerie Angelo Falzone, Mannheim
  • 2012 Tatjana Doll Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart
  • 2011 Jens Hanke Galerie Hunchentoot, Berlin
  • 2010 Julius Grünewald Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe
  • 2009 Thomas Müller Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart
  • 2008 Reto Boller Galerie Mueller-Roth, Stuttgart

The Jury in 2024

The jury for the art KARLSRUHE-Prize is formed anew each year, drawing upon leading representatives of cultural institutions, journalists, artists and policymakers.

  • Dorothee Baer-Bogenschütz, Journalistin
  • Nikolai B. Forstbauer, STUTTGARTER NACHRICHTEN
  • Christiane Lenhardt, Badische Neueste Nachrichten / Badisches Tagblatt
  • Dr. Stefanie Patruno, Direktorin Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe
  • Anja Casser, Direktorin Badischer Kunstverein e.V.