loewe foundation craft prize 2027
Know before you apply
- Artisans working in the applied arts
- Makers of original handmade one-off pieces
- Craftspeople reinterpreting traditional techniques
- Work made in the last five years
- One-of-a-kind, previously unawarded pieces only
- Prizes subject to Spanish income tax withholding
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.
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. 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.