Prix Pierre Daix 2025
Pinault Collection is pleased to announce that the Prix Pierre Daix is being awarded this year to Elvan Zabunyan for her work Réunir les bouts du monde. Art, histoire, esclavage en mémoire, published in October 2024 by éditions B42, as part of its “Culture” series.
Each year, the Prix Pierre Daix is awarded for a book on modern and contemporary art. The jury, which is composed of ten figures from the world of art and academia, has awarded the prize for the book Réunir les bouts du monde. Art, histoire, esclavage en mémoire by Elvan Zabunyan, a highly innovative piece of writing that is part literature, part essay, and part history, all the while expressing a political approach. The author celebrates major figures of the African American and Caribbean art scene such as Arthur Jafa and Frank Bowling (both included in the Pinault Collection) and situates them within a historical and cultural continuum that has long remained overlooked.
Elvan Zabunyan’s research proved influential for the conception of the exhibition ‘‘Corps et âmes’’ held at the Bourse de Commerce from March to August 2025. The themes addressed in her book will also resonate strongly with the four exhibitions that will be held at the Pinault Collection’s museums in Venice in 2026: Michael Armitage and Amar Kanwar at Palazzo Grassi, and Lorna Simpson and Paulo Nazareth at the Punta della Dogana.