LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2027

Submissions to the 10th edition of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize are now open. Inspired by LOEWE’s own beginnings as an artisanal workshop, the prize recognizes excellence, artistic merit, and innovation in craft, in all its forms. The prize will be awarded in Europe in spring 2027, accompanied by an exhibition of shortlisted works.

How to participate

Read the Rules of Entry and make sure you comply with all requirements. All participants must be professional artisans 18 years or older. Entries may be made by an individual or collective (as a ‘group submission’). All nationalities are welcome.

Make sure the work: demonstrates artistic intent in addition to technical proficiency; is an original piece, handmade or partly handmade; has been recently created (in the last five years), is one-of-a-kind and has not won any prizes previously; is innovative, in the sense that it updates tradition; falls within an area of the applied arts, such as ceramics, bookbinding, enamelwork, jewellery, lacquer, metal, furniture, leather, textiles, glass, paper, wood, etc.

Complete the online registration in English: You need 2 to 5 photographs of the work (or series) and optionally a video. Write a brief conceptual statement about the work. Submit your application by 15 October 2026.

Finalists of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2026

A closer look at the 30 finalists of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2026, including entries across textiles, woodwork, ceramics, jewellery, and many other craft practices. Continue your exploration in The Room, our online archive of more than 3,200 works by LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize alumni.

Expert Panel

The Expert Panel considers all works presented and submit to the Jury a shortlist of 30 one-off works which they consider most outstanding, representing excellence, newness, innovation and artistic vision in modern craft.
Watch a conversation on modern craft here.

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Jobe Burns
Metal artist and LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2026 finalist

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Mathieu Cénac
LOEWE Global Arts & Culture Senior Manager

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Hyeyoung Cho
Chairwoman at the Korea Association of Art and Design

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Michelle Millar Fischer

Chief Curator at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York

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Sara Flynn
Ceramicist and finalist of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2017

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Satoko Fujiwara
LOEWE VP Leather Goods Merchandising & Buying Strategy

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Daniel H. Rey
Independent curator

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Adelene Koh
Book artist and LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2026 finalist

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Wolfgang Lösche
Former Head of Exhibition and Fairs at the Chamber of Skilled Trades, Munich

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Jessica Loughlin
Glass artist and LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2021 finalist

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Fadekemi Ogunsanya
Multidisciplinary artist and LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2026 finalist

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Anatxu Zabalbeascoa (Executive Secretary)
Architecture and design correspondent for El País

Meet the jury of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2027

A jury composed of 15 leaders from the worlds of design, architecture, journalism, criticism and museum curatorship – including Jongjin Park, winner of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2026 – will select the winner of this year's edition.

The winner will be awarded a €50,000 prize, and the announcement will be made in spring 2027.

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Minsuk Cho

Architect and Venice Gold Lion winner

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Frida Escobedo
Architect

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Naoto Fukasawa
Designer and Director of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum Tokyo

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Olivier Gabet
Director of the Art Department at the Louvre Museum, Paris

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Sheila Loewe (Chairwoman)

President of the LOEWE FOUNDATION

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Ibrahim Mahama
Mixed media artist

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Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez

LOEWE Creative Directors

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Magdalene Odundo

Ceramicist

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Jongjin Park
Winner of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2026

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Deyan Sudjic
Essayist and Director of Design Museum, London

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Abraham Thomas

Curator of Modern Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Patricia Urquiola
Architect and industrial designer

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Wang Shu
Architect and Pritzker Prize winner

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Anatxu Zabalbeascoa
Architecture and design correspondent for El País

About the Craft Prize

The LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize seeks to acknowledge and support international artisans of any age (over 18) or gender who demonstrate an exceptional ability to create objects of superior aesthetic value. By identifying work that reinterprets existing knowledge to make it relevant today while reflecting its maker’s personal language and distinct hand, the LOEWE FOUNDATION aims to highlight the continuing contribution of craft to the culture of our time.

All entries should

- fall within an area of applied arts, such as ceramics, bookbinding, enamelwork, jewellery, lacquer, metal, furniture, leather, textiles, glass, paper, wood, etc.
- be an original work, handmade or partly handmade
- have been created in the last five years
- be one-of a-kind
- have won no prizes previously
- demonstrate artistic intent.

The Prize for the winning entry is 50,000 euros. The winning work selected by the Jury, as well as the works of the finalists selected by the Expert Panel will be included in the exhibition and accompanying catalogue LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2027.