Lothar Fischer Prize

Lothar Fischer Prize

Every two years, the Lothar & Christel Fischer Foundation awards the Lothar Fischer Prize in cooperation with the city of Neumarkt i.d.OPf. It honours artists residing in Germany who demonstrate an independent profile and whose work has the potential to make a lasting contribution to contemporary art in the future.

The Lothar Fischer Prize is intended as a promotional award for a position without an explicit age limit. It is intended to honour a work that is loosely connected to Lothar Fischer's artistic thinking and is compatible with the profile of the sculpture museum.

There is a two-stage selection process (a proposal committee and a jury). The respective proposal committee nominates artists eligible for the prize. The jury, chaired by art historian Dr. Selima Niggl, a member of the foundation's board of trustees, decides to whom the prize is awarded. In addition to the prize money of 5,000 euros the prize winner gets the opportunity of an exhibition in the museum one year after the announcement of the prize. However, there is no entitlement to this.