The FLAG Art Foundation & Serpentine Collaborate for New Art Prize
Becoming the UK’s largest contemporary art prize.
Summary
- The FLAG Art Foundation and Serpentine have announced a 10-year partnership to launch the UK’s largest art prize, awarding £200,000 GBP to each of five exceptional recipients
- Winners will present solo exhibitions that premiere at The FLAG Art Foundation and Serpentine before traveling to the other, creating an ongoing artistic dialogue between London and New York
- The first winner will be selected in 2026 by a rotating jury of experts, with the inaugural exhibition opening at Serpentine in Autumn 2027 and moving to FLAG in Spring 2028
The FLAG Art Foundation and Serpentine announced a decade-long collaboration on a new art prize. The prize is dedicated to support five exceptional artists with individual awards, marking the UK’s largest art prize with £200,000 GBP to each recipient.
Each recipient will present a solo exhibition that premieres at either the Serpentine or The FLAG Art Foundation, before being reimagined for the partner institution, fostering an ongoing artistic dialogue between the two organizations. Artists will be considered through a nomination process, selecting by a rotating jury of internationally renowned curators, art historians and artists. The nominated artists will be of any generation or age worldwide. The artists will have been exhibiting professionally for less than ten years and will be actively working to grow and sustain a strong record including gallery representation, honors, awards, art critic reviews, grants and publications.
“This partnership deepens our shared mission to forge new connections between artists and audiences while nurturing transatlantic dialogue. The alliance provides global artists with the space and support to expand their practice, inspired by Zaha Hadid’s enduring spirit of experimentation. We couldn’t be more delighted to collaborate with The FLAG Art Foundation on this shared vision for the future,” said Bettina Korek, CEO of Serpentine.
Glenn Fuhrman, Founder of The FLAG Art Foundation added that “This partnership marks FLAG’s most significant commitment to artists beyond the United States and we could not be happier to do so with Serpentine. By collaborating with Serpentine to create this prize, we are reaffirming our institutional commitment to champion contemporary artists and to continue providing new opportunities for those artists to share their work with art-lovers everywhere. We look forward to unveiling the forthcoming program of exhibitions and announcing the jury in the months ahead”.
The first artist to receive the Serpentine and The FLAG Art Foundation Prize will be selected in 2026, with the inaugural exhibition set to open at London’s Serpentine in Autumn 2027, followed by a subsequent presentation at New York’s FLAG in Spring 2028. Every exhibition will be complemented by a dedicated catalogue and a dynamic live program, co-developed and produced by both institutions.
