Prizes

 

Established in 2012 Fondazione Fiera Milano Acquisition Fund, worth €100,000, is intended for works of art that will enrich the Fondazione Fiera Milano's collection, which is currently housed in the Palazzina degli Orafi, the Foundation's headquarters, and consists of over 120 works representing various artistic languages. All the works are visible at the following link.

 
 

 

Conceived as a partnership between miart and Herno, the prize of €10,000 is now in its ninth edition and will be assigned to the booth with the best exhibition project. 

 
 

 

The prize, worth 4,000 euros, was established in 2015 and was created through the collaboration between miart and LCA Studio Legale. It is awarded to the gallery with the best presentation in the Emergent section.

 
 

 

The second edition of the Henraux Foundation Sculpture Commission provides for the production of a marble work to an artist from the Established section identified by a jury constituted for the occasion and headed by Edoardo Bonaspetti, Henraux Foundation’s Artistic Director. Henraux Foundation Sculpture Commission includes a cash reward and the activation of a residency at the Henraux headquarters and quarries in Querceta di Seravezza (LU) where the artist will have the chance to produce the sculpture, assisted by skilled craftsmen and innovative technologies.

 
 

 

 

Now in its third edition, the Orbital Cultura – Nexi Group Award is the only award within miart exclusively dedicated to photography. Its aim is to provide historic Italian museums with high-quality contemporary images. An artist, selected from those represented by galleries in the Established and Portal sections, will be commissioned to produce a photographic documentation of the exteriors and common spaces of a museum complex, with a prize of 10,000 euros.

 
 

 

Now in its third edition, the prize, established in memory of the President of Fonderia Artistica Battaglia, is worth 10,000 euros and will be awarded to an artist who will have the opportunity to create their work at Fonderia Artistica Battaglia, with the support and expertise of its artisans.

 

 
 

 

The SZ Sugar miart commission returns for its second edition, with a value of 5,000 euros, in collaboration with SZ Sugar, a publishing house dedicated to contemporary classical music, founded in 1907 as Edizioni Suvini Zerboni and now part of the Sugar Music group, led by Caterina Caselli and Filippo Sugar.

For miart 2025, SZ Sugar will offer participating galleries the opportunity to have their artists interpret Musica per una fine, a composition by Ennio Morricone for choir, orchestra, and magnetic tape, featuring a recording of a poem by Pier Paolo Pasolini read by the author himself. Before the fair's opening, a jury will select the best artistic interpretation, which will be reproduced and displayed in a dedicated space.

 
 

 

First edition of the Residenza 725 Prize, worth €5.000, which will be assigned to the best project within the Portal section. The prize is named to the homonymous Residenza 725, the physical and digital platform that gathers culture and the phygital commerce universe: an evolution for Coltorti, a reality that has operated in the luxury retail for 90 years, collaborating with the world's best brand of fashion, design, beauty and lifestyle.

 
 

 

Established in 2009 as the first award within the miart context, the prize now reaches its fifteenth edition. It consists of the acquisition of a work by an emerging or mid-career artist to be donated to the Museo del Novecento in Milan.

 

 
 

 

Now in its third edition, the prize was established by fashion designer and collector Massimo Giorgetti with the aim of supporting young artists at the beginning of their careers. The award, worth 5,000 euros, will be granted to an emerging artist as a contribution to their practice and research.