Funded by the Krupp Foundation: The AICA Prize for Young Art Criticism 2025 goes to Anne Küper and Alicja Schindler
This year’s AICA Prize for Young Art Critics, funded by the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation and awarded for the second time, goes to Anne Küper and Alicja Schindler. The jury decided unanimously to split the prize in order to do justice to the diversity of current trends in art criticism. The jury statement reads: “The award-winning texts by Anne Küper and Alicja Schindler testify to the diversity of contemporary forms of art criticism.” While Alicja Schindler’s work impressed the jury with its thematic range and the courage to use special formats, Anne Küper’s work impressed the jury with its linguistic dexterity and joy of experimentation. Members of the jury were the art critics Laszlo Glozer, Sophia Roxane Rohwetter and Ellen Wagner, the art theorist Kerstin Stakemeier and the writer Ann Cotten. The award ceremony will take place on April 12, 2025 at Art Düsseldorf.
About the award winners
Anne Küper’s film, theater and book reviews and essays have appeared in publications such as Tagesspiegel, CARGO Film/Medien/Kultur, Filmbulletin – Zeitschrift für Film und Kino, Sissy, Filmdienst and artechock. She also works as a director, dramaturge and performer and is currently working on her doctorate in media studies at the Ruhr University Bochum.
Alicja Schindler’s art criticism and portraits have appeared in Artforum, Berliner Zeitung, der Freitag, Monopol, die tageszeitung, Tagesspiegel, Texte zur Kunst and ZEIT Online, among others. In addition to her work as a freelance journalist, she works as an editorial assistant for the Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft and as a freelancer in the editorial department of the weekly newspaper “der Freitag”. She is currently preparing her doctorate in art studies.
About the AICA Prize for Young Art Criticism
The AICA Prize for Young Art Critics is a one-year scholarship worth €12,000, which is paid out monthly. It is aimed at authors up to the age of 35. The prize is awarded annually by the German art critics’ association AICA and sponsored by the Krupp Foundation.