The Group, which owns 16 of the Top 100 Spirits Brands, holds one of the most prestigious and comprehensive portfolios in the industry with over 240 premium brands distributed across more than 160 markets. Pernod Ricard is the No.2 worldwide producer of wines and spirits with consolidated sales amounting to €8,824 million in FY21. And of course our laureate will also have the opportunity to undertake a personal project abroad, in collaboration with a prestigious institution”. Thanks to our longstanding partnership with the Centre Pompidou, I’m am delighted that Boris Kurdi's work will be able to join the museum’s remarkable collections. My warmest congratulations to Boris Kurdi on this well-deserved award, and indeed to all the selected artists for their remarkable work. It is the best possible illustration of our core belief, that art is meaningless unless it is shared. For me, the spirit of this prize is open and audacious. “We have come a long way in our support of the emerging art scene in France over the last twenty years. Since opening in 1998, the Foundation has featured more than 1,000 artists, invited by 250 curators as part of 150 exhibitions. Alexandre Ricard, Chairman and CEO of Pernod Ricard and President of the Foundation, said, Retaining its human element, it continues to nurture the close relationship it has developed with artists by increasing the opportunities for encounters and interaction. To achieve this, it makes use of the resources provided by a global Group with 86 subsidiaries. The Foundation is accessible to all free of charge and operates as a platform supporting artists, with the ambition of raising the profile of the young contemporary scene in France and throughout the world. The winner sees one of their works purchased by the Foundation and donated to the Pompidou Centre’s Musée National d’Art Moderne, and receives a grant of €15,000 for a personal project abroad. The Prize is awarded by a jury made up of collectors, previous recipients, and curators of the Foundation’s exhibitions. Since 1999, the Pernod Ricard Foundation Prize has been promoting the recognition of young artists amongst audiences and the art world.
Kurdi received this award on Friday 22 October during a ceremony held for the first time in the Foundation’s new premises located within Pernod Ricard’s headquarters in Paris’s Saint Lazare district. The 22nd Pernod Ricard Foundation Prize was awarded to visual artist Boris Kurdi as part of the group exhibition “Bonaventure (Trafiquer les Mondes)” conceived by Lilou Vidal, guest curator of the 2021 edition of this prestigious event.
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