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LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2025 Exhibition in Madrid

Exhibition  /  30 May 2025  -  29 Jun 2025
Published: 05.06.2025
Necklace: AURA by Empar Juanes Sanchis.Agate, elastic cord, stainless steel. 2024Unique piece. Empar Juanes Sanchis
Necklace: AURA, 2024
Agate, elastic cord, stainless steel
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Intro
Many of the works in this year’s shortlist innovatively transpose ancient craft techniques from their traditional medium to new materials, such as basketry to clay and weaving on the loom to metal, while elsewhere traditional motifs have been reimagined and reinterpreted. 
Oral tradition, ritual and knowledge passed through generations are expressed in works that pay reverence to this rich inheritance. While in other works, the artist has forged their own path, creating unique sculptural forms that offer a new direction. Some of these new forms conjure a sense of whimsy and the fantastical, while in others, the artist’s hand is felt more strongly through a gestural treatment of surface.

This year’s finalists were chosen by a panel of experts from over 4,600 submissions by artisans representing 133 countries and regions. The 30 finalists, representing 18 countries and regions, work across a range of mediums including ceramics, woodwork, textiles, furniture, paper, glass, metal, jewellery and lacquer.

A tribute to LOEWE’s beginnings as a collective craft workshop in 1846, the annual Craft Prize was launched by the LOEWE FOUNDATION in 2016 to celebrate excellence, artistic merit, and innovation in modern craftsmanship. The award aims to acknowledge the importance of craft in today’s culture and to recognise artists whose talent, vision and will to innovate, promise to set a new standard for the future.


Opening hours and location
Monday: 12.00 - 16.00 (free access).
From Tuesday to Friday and Sunday: 10.00 - 19.00.
Saturday: 10.00 - 23.00 (Thyssen Nights: Free access from 21.00 to 23.00).
Tickets

>> Book your Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2025 guided tour here

Digital exhibition 
Explore the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize through our digital exhibition, which presents the 30 shortlisted pieces alongside insights into the artists and their processes, as well as exclusive studio tours. The 2025 finalists showcased works spanning a wide range of mediums, including ceramics, woodwork, textiles, furniture, paper, glass, metal, jewellery and lacquer.

>> View the digital exhibition 2025

>> Check the 30 Selected Works

>> Check the 2025 Winners