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Julien Heintz

Prix Jean-François Prat

Julien Heintz is the winner of the Prix Jean-François Prat 2026. Born in 1997 in Paris, he lives and works in Paris. Inspired by archival documentary films about historical events of the 20th century, Julien Heintz’s paintings capture the atmosphere of another era, depicting the blurred yet recognizable figures of anonymous people, initially perceived in motion, straddling the line between abstraction and figuration.

Image: Julien Heintz, Two Officials Oversee Chernobyl’s Catastrophy, 2025. Oil on canvas, 130 x 115 cm. Courtesy the artist and Mennour gallery (Paris).

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Jeanne Bastien

Prix du dessin contemporain

Jeanne Bastien is the winner of the Prix du dessin contemporain 2026. She will receive an endowment from the association Les Amateurs de dessins des Beaux-Arts de Paris, which will also acquire one of her works for the Beaux-Arts de Paris, to enrich the collection of contemporary drawings. A fifth-year student in Agnès Geoffray’s studio, Jeanne Bastien explores the microscopic spaces that separate us from other living beings. Interested in geology and geomorphology, she collects stones during her long walks in the Jura and the Vosges.

Image: Jeanne Bastien, untitled (drawing), dry pastel on 25g Kozo paper.

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Zoë Grant

Prix du Frac Bretagne – Art Norac

Zoë Grant is the winner of the Prix du Frac Bretagne – Art Norac 2026. Born in Chile in 1995, Zoë Grant lives and works between Rennes and Marseille. A 2020 graduate of the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon, she has developed a sculptural practice that examines our relationship with architecture and built spaces. By reimagining materials, conventions, and standards drawn from interior design and the history of design, the artist explores the uses, perceptions, and narratives associated with the built environment.

Image: Zoë Grant, Home Sweet Homme, exhibition view, La Relève 6, festival Parallèle 14, Château de Servières, Marseille, 2024. Photo: Studio Meimaris.

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Marc Dalessio

First Prize

The National Portrait Gallery in London has named Los Angeles–born artist Marc Dalessio the winner of the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2026. Dalessio was recognized for his 2025 canvas Jean-Denis, a portrait of his neighbor, which the artist painted in natural light over the course of six sittings in his studio in southwest France. The prize jury praised the work’s restrained handling and emotional immediacy, remarking on the empathetic depiction of the subject and the subtle compositional details that lend the portrait a sense of quiet authority.

Image: Marc Dalessio, Jean-Denis, 2025. © Marc Dalessio, courtesy of National Portrait Gallery.

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Prix des Amis des Beaux-Arts de Paris

The association Les Amis des Beaux-Arts de Paris awarded seven prizes to students, selected by a jury of professionals from the world of contemporary art. Louise Glevéau Guerreiro is the winner of the Prix Thaddaeus Ropac. Margarita Sherstiuk is the winner of the Prix du Portrait Bertrand de Demandolx-Dedons. Mathis Pettenati is the winner of the Prix Weil. Célia Gonzalez is the winner of the Prix Khalil de Chazournes. Amalia Khalifa is the winner of the Prix Arthur de Baudry d'Asson. Mathieu Santori-Lamberti is the winner of the Prix des Amis, awarded by members. Finally, the new Prix François Masson was awarded to Alexandra Willis.

Images: Louise Glevéau Guerreiro, Pluie, 2026. Mixed media on canvas, 390 x 195 cm.
Margarita Sherstiuk, The curfew night, 2023. Oil on canvas, 135 x 205 cm.
Mathis Pettenati, exhibition view, F.O.F.O. Dnsap.
Célia Gonzalez, Ce n’est pas un caprice. C’est une solution. C’est l’image la plus simple que je connaisse pour dire :, 2026. Oil, acrylic, tar, pencil, paper, pigments, dammar resin on wood, 510 x 153 x 70 cm.
Amalia Khalifa, Derrière elle, 2025.
Mathieu Santori-Lamberti, La fécondation de l’Huître, 2025. Colored pencils, dry pastel, acrylic on Kozo paper and wallpaper collage, 29,5 x 45,5 cm.
Alexandra Willis, Growing in lightness Dnsap, 2024.

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Wilder Alison

Résidence « Laine et Création »

For the past four years, ADAGP, the Casa de Velázquez, and the Manufactures nationales have been collaborating to promote traditional craftsmanship in both France and Spain. Wilder Alison has been selected to participate in the fourth edition of the « Laine et Création » residency program, which focuses on promoting wool and will begin in Madrid at the start of the 2026 school year. Alison’s intricately detailed practice involves sourcing, slicing, saturating, and sewing strips of wool. Her work deftly cites the legacies of craft, quilting, queer fashion, and feminist theory, offering a critique of gendered power structures while simultaneously dissecting and reconfiguring the frameworks of painting and language.

Image: Exhibition view, Wilder Alison, vent violet, January 31 - March 15, 2025, Gaa Gallery, New York.

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Louisa Ben
Ayoub Essayeb
Sanae Zaidi

Concours de la Jeune Photographie Marocaine

As part of the Photo Tanger festival, which is taking place in Morocco from 16 June to 31 August 2026, Louisa Ben, Ayoub Essayeb and Sanae Zaidi have been recognised for their interpretations of the theme L’Appel du Large (The Call of the Open Sea). Three emerging perspectives that explore identity, travel and intimacy. An opportunity to discover the new generation of Moroccan photographers.

Images: Yelli series © Louisa Ben; Behind the Eyes series © Ayoub Essayeb;
Traverser series © Sanae Zaidi.