In the year 2000, the ADIAF (Association pour la Diffusion Internationale de l’Art Français) created the Prix Marcel Duchamp. By honouring a French artist or an artist living in France, representative of their generation, the ADIAF aims to raise the profile of French artistic creativity on the international scene.
A hugely successful initiative, the Prix Marcel Duchamp has become a key reference in the field of contemporary art. Over the years, the artistic practices of the laureates and nominees – four in total each year – have come to form a unique panorama of contemporary creativity in France, in all its vitality and diversity.
The Centre Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne has supported this prize since its creation. Since 2016, the four selected artists have benefitted from an exhibition of their work at the museum. Through this initiative and along with a number of other exhibitions and residencies, the prize provides genuine support, above and beyond the grant awarded to the year’s laureate.
