Congratulations to Xie Lei, 2010 graduate and doctoral student until 2016 at Beaux-Arts de Paris, winner of the prestigious Marcel Duchamp Prize.
Awarded by the Association for the International Diffusion of French Art (Adiaf) to highlight the richness of the French art scene, the Marcel Duchamp Prize aims to recognize and promote internationally the artists most representative of their generation.
To develop his pictorial practice, Xie Lei (born in 1983 in Huainan, China) draws on the history of painting, while questioning its contemporaneity. Discreetly drawing on literary and cinematographic references, he creates sensitive worlds from which murky areas emerge.
For its 2025 edition, the Marcel Duchamp Prize is being hosted for the first time this year at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (MAM). The four nominees, Bianca Bondi, Xie Lei, Eva Nielsen, and Lionel Sabatté, are presenting their works free of charge until February 22, 2026.
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Xie Lei © Courtesy Semiose galerie
