Candidates may be nominated by a cultural institution, by a fine arts association, by the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU), by the Ministry of Culture, or by an individual.
The winner is selected by a special board consisting each year of new members from four institutions (two from each): Museum of Modern Art, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Union of Slovene Fine Arts Associations (ZDSLU), and the Association of Slovene Art Critics.
The artist receives remuneration and a solo exhibition in one of Ljubljana's esteemed galleries.
Bestowed artists
In recent years the Rihard Jakopič Award has been bestowed to Marjetica Potrč (2003) known internationally for her interdisciplinary practice which includes on-site projects, research, architectural case studies, and series of drawings; Irwin (2004); Bogoslav Kalaš (2006); Srečo Dragan (2007) the pioneer of Slovene video art and former member of the group OHO; Marko Pogačnik(2008) the former OHO group member and internationally known artist engaged in geomantic and Earth healing work by the method of using lithopunctures.
In 2009 Tadej Pogačar of P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Institute was selected out of 9 candidates for the project CODE:RED, a research of the parallel informal economies which has been presented in the last years within numerous international art manifestations such as the Venice Biennial, the Istanbul Biennial and the Prague Biennial as well as in New York, San Francisco, Moscow, London, Madrid, Berlin, Zagreb, and Ljubljana.
See also
- Union of Slovene Fine Arts Associations (ZDSLU)
- Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU)
- Ministry of Culture
- Museum of Modern Art
- Academy of Fine Arts and Design
- International Association of Art Critics (AICA), Slovenia
External links
More about Rihard Jakopič
- Rihard Jakopič Award on Slovene wikipedia - overview of prizewinners (in Slovenian)
- Rihard Jakopič on Wikipedia
- Famous Slovenians depicted on Slovenia's banknotes including Rihard Jakopič
- Famous Slovenians on the Randburg website including Rihard Jakopič
More about bestowed artists
- Tadej Pogačar (the 2009 winner) on Kunstaspekte website
- Tadej Pogačar (the 2009 winner) on Artfacts website
- Tadej Pogačar (the 2009 winner) and the P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Institute website
- Marko Pogačnik (the 2008 winner) website
- Srečo Dragan (the 2007 winner) on the Videodokument website
- Bogoslav Kalaš (the 2006 winner) on Art Margins website – text about Kalaš exhibtion in the Galerija Gregor Podnar in 2009 by Ksenya Gurshtein
- Bogoslav Kalaš (the winner award 2006) on Kunstaspekte website
- Irwin (the 2004 winner) on NSK State website - actual exhibitions
- Irwin (the 2004 winner) on Wikipedia
- Irwin (the 2004 winner) on The Influencers website
- Marjetica Potrč (the 2003 winner) on Wikipedia