The BADA (British Antique Dealers’ Association) will be announcing the Judging Panel for the BADA Art Prize 2024 shortly.
Now in its fourth year, the BADA Art Prize is as an annual competition which seeks to promote “the antiques of tomorrow” by awarding a £1,000 grant to an emerging contemporary artist whose work exemplifies the enduring ingenuity and quality illustrated by our members’ objects. The winner will be announced at the BADA Week champagne reception in St James’s, London on 14th November 2024.
We are delighted to announce that the nation’s favourite gardener, Alan Titchmarsh MBE, will be joining the panel of judges for the BADA Art Prize 2024. A celebrated writer, radio and television presenter, Alan is also an avid antique collector and an enthusiastic supporter of the arts.
Alan will be joined on the panel by freelance interiors and design writer Busola Evans, who was formerly the executive editor of The World of Interiors and is a regular contributor to The Financial Times, The Telegraph and Architectural Digest.
The artists and makers of tomorrow will be represented by Alex Barron, CEO of the world-renowned West Dean College in Sussex, run by the Edward James Foundation. The Foundation includes KLC School of Design, as well as the Foundation’s schools of Conservation, Design and Arts, with which the BADA enjoys a long-standing relationship. The Association provides funding to the college, as well as the time and expertise of our members to its many gifted students.
Alongside Alex will be Ted Wake of BADA partners, Kirker Holidays. As managing director of a leading provider of cultural tours, Ted well understands how the public responds to and interacts with cultural objects.
Speaking about this year’s panel, BADA Chairman Louise Phillips said, “When I suggested the idea of designing a work of art for tomorrow, in the hope of helping to promote contemporary and emerging artists, I never thought we would be supported by such esteemed people from the world of art, antiques and collectors."
"The panel has been headed for the past three years by Alain Dominique Perrin, Founder and President of the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art and he has previously been joined by judges including Anish Kapoor, Jenny Saville, Guy Taplin and Jools Holland. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the judges for giving their time so generously to the project."