Award to be presented in Singapore next spring
The Loewe Foundation has opened submissions for the 2026 edition of the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize, which will be awarded in Singapore next spring. Entries are open through October 30, 2025, via loewecraftprize.com.
Established in 2016, the Craft Prize honors innovation, technical skill, and artistic excellence in contemporary craft. Open to all professional artisans over 18 years old, the prize awards €50,000 to the winner and €5,000 to each of two special mentions. All submitted works will be reviewed by an expert panel, which will shortlist up to 30 finalists for exhibition in Singapore.
The judging criteria include originality, artistic merit, material mastery, and a distinctive authorial voice. New panel members include 2025 finalists Scott Chaseling, Nifemi Marcus-Bello, and Didi NG Wing Yin. A separate jury will select the winner from the Singapore exhibition in 2026.
Kunimasa Aoki, winner of the 2025 Craft Prize, joins the 2026 jury alongside architects Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, newly appointed creative directors of Loewe. The 2025 edition received over 4,600 submissions from 133 countries, with the winner announced at Madrid’s Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum on May 29.
The Prize was founded to honor Loewe’s origins as an 1846 craft workshop and to support artisans whose work pushes the boundaries of contemporary craft across disciplines including ceramics, jewelry, textiles, woodwork, glass, metalwork, and lacquer.
The 2026 shortlist and exhibition details will be announced in early 2026.