The KAIROS Prize has been awarded to European artists and scholars from the fields of visual and performing arts, music, architecture, design, film, photography, literature and journalism since 2007 by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation in Hamburg. It is endowed with a sum of 75,000 Euro. The prize recognises and supports European artists, scientists and cultural mediators who have not yet reached the peak of their creativity, for their pioneering, avant-garde and groundbreaking work.https://www.toepfer-stiftung.de/en/what-we-do/kairos-prize It is named after the Greek god Kairos, the god of the right moment.
Winners Source:
2007: Albrecht Dümling, German musicologist 2008: , Hungarian art historian 2009: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Belgian choreographer 2010: Andri Snær Magnason, Icelandic writer 2011: Şermin Langhoff, Turkish-German theatre director 2012: Katell Gélébart, French fashion designer 2013: Paweł Althamer, Polish sculptor and video artist 2014: Jasmila Žbanić, Bosnian film director 2015: , German architect 2016: Teodor Currentzis, Greek-Russian conductor and musician 2017: Inci Bürhaniye and 2018: 2019: Nihad Kreševljaković, Bosnian historian and director 2020: Agnes Meyer-Brandis 2023: 2024: Salomé Jashi 2025: Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst 2026: Martin MacInnes
See also
List of European art awards
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