Thierry Ardouin (winner of the Prix des Amis du musée Albert-Kahn) and Anaïs Tondeur (Special Mention of the Prix des Amis Jury) are exhibiting this summer at the Musée Albert-Kahn as part of the Musée Départemental Albert-Kahn’s new contemporary photography festival “Mondes en Commun – Poursuivre l’inventaire d’Albert Kahn”.
In keeping with the philanthropic banker Albert Kahn, the Friends of the Musée Départemental Albert-Kahn association continues its commitment to contemporary photography. After organizing Rencontres Photographiques (2017-2022) for photographers following in the footsteps of Albert Kahn and his Archives de la Planète project, the association is relaunching its Prix Photo as part of the new festival launched in partnership with the Musée Albert-Kahn “Mondes en commun – poursuivre l’inventaire d’Albert Kahn”.
An annual Photo Prize awarded by the Association des Amis du musée Albert-Kahn
The Association des Amis du musée Albert-Kahn will award a prize to one of the selected photographers at each edition of the festival. The winner will receive a 5,000-euro grant from the association, and will be given a choice exhibition space in the festival’s overall program. He or she will join the following year’s programming committeé.
Congratulations to photographer Thierry Ardouin winner 2024 of the Prix des Amis du musée for his Histoires de graines series. Thierry Ardouin receives a €5,000 endowment from the Friends of the Albert-Kahn Museum and will join the 2025 programming committee of the Mondes en Commun festival.
The Friends were also keen to highlight the very high quality of Anaïs Tondeur’s work, and awarded her a Special Mention of the Jury for her Tchernobyl Herbarium series. She received a €1,500 prize.
Mondes en communs, a new annual festival dedicated to contemporary photography at the Musée Albert-Kahn
Organized in partnership with the Friends of the Museum association, around the theme of inventory, this year’s festival brings together the work of 12 artists in the museum’s gardens:
Thierry Ardouin – Histoires de graines (Prix des Amis 2024)
Aurore Bagarry
Maryam Firuzi
Nicolas Floc’h
Sanna Kannisto
Daniel Meadows
Bertrand Stofleth
Eric Tabucchi & Nelly Monnier
Anaïs Tondeur – Tchernobyl Herbarium (Special Mention Prix des Amis 2024)
Antonio Jimenez Saiz
Practical information
Musée départemental Albert-Khan
2 rue du Port
92100 Boulogne Billancourt
Open everyday from 11 am to 7pm, except on Tuesdays.
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Musée Albert-Kahn
2 Rue du Port, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
June 01, 2024 to September 22, 2024
