Winner of the first edition: WILLAS Contemporary, Stockholm, Sweden
Promoted by Casa Museo Molinario Colombari in Milan, this award honors a gallery whose exhibition design creates a harmonious dialogue between artworks, artists, and space, encouraging reflection on the diversity of artistic languages.
This year, the international jury has awarded WILLAS contemporary for its ability to construct a suspended atmosphere, where the boundary between the underwater world and the terrestrial realm dissolves. The exhibition transports the viewer into a space where nature blends with a distant, almost ethereal humanity, an echo resonating through the artworks on display.
The award is presented by an esteemed international jury, including Ettore Molinario (photography collector and founder of the Molinario Colombari House Museum), Rossella Colombari (historic design gallerist and founder of the Molinario Colombari House Museum), Laura Leonelli (journalist and curator of the Ettore Molinario Collection), Arthur Dayras (Head of Strategic and Economic Development at L’Oeil de la Photographie), Georgina Casparis (Head and Curator of ArtVontobel and Guest Curator at Swiss National Bank), and Francesca Lavazza (President of the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art).