ART FAIR TOKYO and A.R.T. Collection are pleased to host this year's Bacon Prize.
The Bacon Prize was founded by Johnnie Walker, the Director of A.R.T., a non-profit institution based in Tokyo, dedicated to encouragement and support of contemporary art in Japan. The prize was named after Walker's beloved Irish Wolfhound and Tokyo's art world mascot, Francis Bacon.
This prize is one of Japan's first international contemporary art prizes which will be awarded to an artist of any nationality. The winner receives the prize money which will be contributed by the attendees, and a statue of Bacon that is sculpted by a young emerging Japanese artist, Shotaro Hokari every year.
For 2009, we will award the prize to an artist presenting at ART FAIR TOKYO's second venue called TOKYO BLDG. TOKIA. GALLERIA where young galleries showcase new emerging artworks. Jurors include Francesca von Hapsburg, Collector and Chairman of Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary in Vienna, Fumio Nanjo, Director of Mori Art Museum, Johnnie Walker, Curator of The A.R.T. Collection, Tokyo based art institution, and Misa Shin, Director of ART FAIR TOKYO.
The winner will be announced on the last day of the ART FAIR TOKYO2009, Sunday, April 5 th.
