Pierre Bayle Prize for art criticism Pierre Bayle Prize for art criticism

The Pierre Bayle Prize for art criticism is awarded this year to design critic Ed van Hinte and architecture critic Wouter Vanstiphout. Both of them will receive their prize on Monday 1 December from Guus Beumer at Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam. During the ceremony the laureates will make five recommendations to revitalise design and architecture criticism. There is an opportunity to talk afterwards in the cafe.

The Pierre Bayle Prize for art criticism has been awarded every two years since 1956 to a critic who, according to the regulations, 'over a period of years has executed his or her mediatory role in a constructive, systematic and literary manner worthy of respect'. The Pierre Bayle Prize is an oeuvre prize awarded every two years to critics in various art disciplines (visual art, letters, drama, dance, music, film, architecture and design). Those eligible are art critics who operate from a position of independence, with a keen understanding of and critical distance from their subject, and who offer not only sharpness in debate but also perspective.

Date: 1 December 2014
Time: 5 pm
Location: Auditorium, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Museumpark 25, 3015 CB Rotterdam
Language: Dutch
Entrance fee: free
Registration
Information: www.pierrebayle.nl