Deutsche Bank "Artist of the Year" 2026
Lucia Tallová
Deutsche Bank honors Lucia Tallová as "Artist of the Year" 2026. Born in Bratislava in 1985, Tallová completed her studies at the local art academy and gained international recognition in 2022 through her participation in the Lyon Biennale. For her collages, she uses photographs from old books and magazines, partly combined with found objects such as furniture fragments and natural materials. At the intersection of painting, collage, and installation, she develops an impressive visual language. In doing so, she addresses themes such as ecology, suppressed female histories, modernity, loss, and utopia. Her "Artist of the Year" award recognizes the relevance of Tallová's poetic exploration of the fragility of memory in an accelerated, digital present.
An extensive solo presentation of Lucia Tallová's works will be on display at PalaisPopulaire in Berlin starting September 2026.
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The "Artist of the Year" award, launched in 2010, focuses on promising artists who have already created artistically and socially relevant work that integrates the two main focal points of the Deutsche Bank Collection: works on paper and photography. Since 2023, a personality from the global art world, rotating every two years, nominates artists for the Bank's award. After Stephanie Rosenthal, ArtReoriented now takes on this role.
Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath are the founders of this multidisciplinary curatorial platform and directors of Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart in Berlin. They are internationally recognized curators and award-winning authors whose collaborative practice is rooted in global contemporary art. After the Lyon Biennale in 2022, they jointly curated the Taipei Biennale in 2025.
Learn more about Deutsche Bank "Artist of the Year" here.
Stage: Lucia Tallová, Photo: Miro Nota