LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2026

The LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize seeks to acknowledge and support international artisans whose work reinterprets existing knowledge and makes it relevant for today, whilst simultaneously reflecting its maker’s personal language and distinct hand. The Craft Prize is a showcase of the evolving contribution of craft to the culture of our times.

The winning work is selected by a Jury composed of leading experts and distinguished figures from the worlds of design, art, architecture, journalism and curatorship.

The winner and special mentions will feature alongside the shortlisted finalists in an exhibition and accompanying catalogue in Singapore in May 2026.

The LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize is open to artists of all ages (over 18) and nationalities, regardless of experience or reputation. The Prize is judged on the strength of the work and values those who are pushing the boundaries of craft.

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Jury
Kunimasa Aoki, winner of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2025.
Minsuk Cho, architect and winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2014.
Frida Escobedo, essayist and architect.
Naoto Fukasawa, designer and Director of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum, Tokyo.
Olivier Gabet, Director of the Department of Decorative Arts at the Louvre Museum, Paris.
Sheila Loewe (Chairwoman), President of the LOEWE FOUNDATION.
Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, LOEWE creative directors.
Magdalene Odundo, ceramicist.
Deyan Sudjic, essayist and Director Emeritus of the Design Museum, London.
Abraham Thomas, Curator of Modern Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Patricia Urquiola, architect and industrial designer.
Wang Shu, architect and Pritzker Prize winner.
Anatxu Zabalbeascoa, architecture and design correspondent for El País.


The LOEWE FOUNDATION was established as a private cultural foundation in 1988 by Enrique Loewe, a fourth-generation member of LOEWE’s founding family. Today, under the direction of his daughter Sheila Loewe, the Foundation continues to promote creativity, organise educational programmes and protect cultural heritage in the fields of art, craft, design, photography, poetry and dance. The Foundation was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts by the Spanish government in 2002.

The LOEWE FOUNDATION launched the international annual LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize in 2016 to showcase and celebrate newness, excellence and artistic merit in modern craft. The incentive for the Prize was inspired by LOEWE’s beginnings as a collective craft workshop in 1846, reflecting fashion’s vital link to culture and the importance of advanced, specialised knowledge to the field.

The LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2026 recognises the shortlisted artists as having made fundamentally important contributions to the development of contemporary craft and spans ceramics, jewellery, textiles, woodwork, glass, metalwork, furniture, papercraft and lacquer. The Prize functions as a multigenerational snapshot of the utmost excellence in craft today. The award
aims to acknowledge the importance of craft in today’s culture and recognise working artisans whose talent, vision and will to innovate set a standard for the future.

Art, craft and design remain fundamental cornerstones to the House’s present chapter. Any professional artisan aged over 18 can apply for the award, with the sole requirement that the submitted work combines an innovative application of its craft with an original artistic concept.