Nairy Baghramian Awarded Gold Medal at Inaugural Art Basel Awards
Nairy Baghramian has been awarded the gold medal in the Established Artist category of the inaugural Art Basel Awards. The honor was presented on December 4, 2025, during Art Basel Miami. A panel of judges including Hoor Al-Qasimi, Elena Filipovic, Koyo Kouoh, Jessica Morgan, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Adriano Pedrosa, Suhanya Raffel, Franklin Sirmans and Philip Tinari selected her for her impact and innovation. The artist recently unveiled the exhibition Nairy Baghramian. nameless at WIELS in Brussels.
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The award affirms Baghramian’s position among artists with sustained institutional visibility and major gallery representation, providing collectors with a clear signal of her established trajectory in sculpture and installation. Recognition by this international panel at the debut edition of the Art Basel Awards also indicates the fair’s intent to formalize honors for mid-career figures whose work addresses architecture, the body and object production.
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- Artists: Nairy Baghramian
- People: Hoor Al-Qasimi, Elena Filipovic, Koyo Kouoh, Jessica Morgan, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Adriano Pedrosa, Suhanya Raffel, Franklin Sirmans, Philip Tinari
- Museums: WIELS, Sharjah Art Foundation, Kunstmuseum Basel, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Dia Art Foundation, Serpentine, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, M+, Pérez Art Museum Miami, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art
- Locations: Miami, Brussels
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