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These are the Piket Art Prizes nominees of 2021

The nominations for the Piket Art Prizes, THE prize for young professional artists with a relationship with the The Hague region, were officially announced on Tuesday 14 September. Sam Hersbach, Isa van Lier and Narges Mohammadi were nominated in the Painting category; Poernima Gobardhan, Katarina Van den Wouwer and Goda Žukauskaitė in the Dance category. Lars Brinkman, Koen Verheijden and Emma Vermeulen are this year’s Dramatic Arts nominees. The names of the winners in each category will be revealed in late November.

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The award of 2021: ‘Put a feather in your cap’

The Hague-based artist Yke Prins is the maker of this year’s Piket award. Yke’s bronze plume is not just meant to be given a nice place and be admired from a distance. The thirty-centimeter-high sculpture can be removed from its alabaster pedestal and has a clever little grip enabling you to hold it. Yke: “In this way, the winners can just simply put a feather in their own cap.”

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Tessa Jonge Poerink is looking forward to marathon production Trojan Wars

The cancellation of the marathon production Trojan Wars was a big disappointment for Tessa Jonge Poerink, 2020 winner in the Dramatic Arts category. And the premiere of the film in which she makes her debut as a movie actress was postponed, too. But this summer things will get going again. “I think it will all be very emotional.”

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Boston Gallacher feels lucky

Despite the fact that many of the Covid-19 measures are still in force, Boston Gallacher, 2020 winner in the Dance category, has been working hard these past few months. “I’m lucky to be in one of those jobs which are able to go on as normal.”

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Suzanne Swarts retires from jury Piket Art Prizes

Suzanne Swarts, director of the Voorlinden Museum in Wassenaar, the Netherlands, joined the Piket Art Prizes jury in 2017, succeeding Edwin Buijsen. She retires from the jury this year: “Piket so often means a festive mood.”

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‘Winning the Piketprize gives freedom and possibilities’

When Lorena van Bunningen, 2020 winner of the Piket Art Prizes in the Painting category, was interviewed about the impact of the Covid-19 measures in August of last year it was clear she also saw the positive side of cancellations and withdrawals. Her side job at the Rotterdam Wereldmuseum was suspended and her social life faded away, but this gave her peace and focus. “Making art can be a very abstract thing,“ Lorena says.

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The Piket Art Prizes in times of corona (53): Kinda Gozo

Theatre makers, actors, visual artists, and dancers are much affected by government measures to keep the corona virus under control. What is the impact of these measures on the young (former) nominees and winners of the Piket Art Prizes? Part 53: Kinda Gozo, 2018 winner in the Dance category.