This year, the Central Bank National Painting Award summoned more than 800 plastic artists from all over the country, who applied to compete in the various categories of the twelfth edition of the Award. The jury in charge of the selection of 29 finalist works was Carolina Antoniadis, Diego Perrotta, Viviana Usubiaga, Francisco Lemus and Andrea Elías with the curatorship of Rodrigo Alonso.
The selected artists are:
The prizes established for the winning artists are:
General
First prize | $225,000
Second prize | $150,000
Third Prize | $100,000
Under 35 years of age
First prize | $95,000
Second prize | $75,000
Third Prize | $50,000
In addition,
This year, the Central Bank National Painting Award summoned more than 800 plastic artists from all over the country, who applied to compete in the various categories of the twelfth edition of the Award. The jury in charge of the selection of 29 finalist works was Carolina Antoniadis, Diego Perrotta, Viviana Usubiaga, Francisco Lemus and Andrea Elías with the curatorship of Rodrigo Alonso.
The selected artists are:
The prizes established for the winning artists are:
General
First prize | $225,000
Second prize | $150,000
Third Prize | $100,000
Under 35 years of age
First prize | $95,000
Second prize | $75,000
Third Prize | $50,000
In addition, the 2019 edition of the Award has the Grand Prize Tribute to the artist Josefina Robirosa, who made significant contributions to the history of Argentine plastic arts, having gone through lyrical abstraction and figuration. She was Director of the National Endowment for the Arts and is a member of the National Academy of Fine Arts.
, who made significant contributions to the history of Argentine plastic arts, having gone through lyrical abstraction and figuration. She was Director of the National Endowment for the Arts and is a member of the National Academy of Fine Arts.
