Having changed its formula of awarding a single winner each year, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) has just announced that it is awarding its 2023 Prize in Contemporary Art to five artists… all women. The winners are Maria Ezcurra, Anahita Norouzi, Celia Perrin Sidarous, Eve Tagny and Sara A. Tremblay. The five artists will benefit from exceptional visibility during a group exhibition, which will take place from October 26 to January 7 at the museum located on the Plains of Abraham.
These winners were chosen by a jury consisting of Sylvette Babin, director of Esse magazine, Nuria Carton de Grammont, director of the SBC gallery, Ève De Garie-Lamanque, artistic director of the Jardins de Métis, curator Dominique Fontaine, artist and artistic director of L’Oeil de Poisson Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf, all accompanied by André Gilbert, curator of exhibitions at the MNBAQ, who will curate their future exhibition.