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23.10.2025 Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris #art

Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris

A first in the history of the award: for its 2025 edition, the Prix Marcel Duchamp is being presented at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris (MAM), due to the renovation works at the Centre Pompidou, expected to be completed in 2030. Curated by Julia Garimorth and Jean-Pierre Criqui, this year’s exhibition brings together works by the four shortlisted artists: Bianca Bondi, Eva Nielsen, Lionel Sabatté and Xie Lei.

Established by ADIAF (the Association for the International Diffusion of French Art), the prize is endowed with 90,000€, including a 35,000€ grant awarded to the winner. This year, the prize has been awarded to Chinese artist Xie Lei, who has lived and worked in France for the past twenty years. His misty, enigmatic and compelling silhouettes won over the jury, making him the first painter to receive the award in two decades and restoring the medium to the centre of contemporary artistic debate. At the award ceremony, we met Xie Lei, alongside fellow nominees Bianca Bondi, Eva Nielsen and Lionel Sabatté, as well as Mathieu Mercier, Julian Charrière, Armand Jalut, Paula Aisemberg, Matthieu Poirier and many others.

Photos: Michaël Huard

Who

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Paula Aisemberg Xie Lei

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Bianca Bondi

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Lionel Sabatté

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Julia Garimorth Jean-Pierre Criqui

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Julian Charrière

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Frédérique Valentin Xie Lei Mathilde Halperin Antoine Diot

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Michel Rein Jean-Philippe Vernes

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Alain Gutharc

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Chrystelle Morand Arnaud Morand

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Marion Verboom

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Matthieu Poirier

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Fabrice Hergott

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Xie Lei Julia Marchand

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Mila Pellegri

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Katia Kameli

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Raphaël Cuir

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Julie Watier Barbara Soyer

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Alexandre Quoi

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Emiliana Valedon Penzini Béatrice Guesnet-Micheli Marie-Ange Moulonguet Daniela Busarello

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Marine Bouvattier Yvonne Roeb

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Philippe Piguet Anne-Marie Charbonneaux

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Jean Ruffin

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Marie-Christine Wolf

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Meret Morin Lorraine de Thibault

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Anne Bourrassé

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Katrina Lascault

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Marine Hardeman

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Corine Borgnet Laurent Pernot Jeanne Susplugas

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Michele Guyot Roze Jimmy Roze

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Xie Lei

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Noalig Tanguy

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Carole Bouzid

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Milène Guermont

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Julia Garimorth Maud Ohana

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Jessica Castex Emmanuelle de l'Ecotais

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Arthur Toscan du Plantier Eugénie Lefebvre

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Bianca Bondi

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Agustina Leonor Walker Castro

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Xie Lei

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Marianne Dollo

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Benoit Porcher

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Françoise Pétrovitch

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Martin Guesnet

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Debbie Green Adam Green

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Lionel Sabatté Loïc Garrier

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Mathieu Mercier

Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Anaël Pigeat

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Frédérique Valentin Xie Lei Mathilde Halperin Antoine Diot

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Mathew McWilliams Angelica Mesiti

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Angelica Mesiti

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Eric Green Debbie Green Xie Lei Adam Green

Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Ophelia Jacarini

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Laure Confavreux-Colliex Paula Aisemberg

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Margaux Alexandre Hen Yanni

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Xie Lei Alexander Sies

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Wilfrid Almendra

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

François Trausch Alexandra Alquier Trausch

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Françoise Pétrovitch Xie Lei

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Charles Villeneuve de Janti Margaux Laurens-Neel

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Benjamin Zaragoza Emma Nordberg

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Mathieu Mercier Evariste Richer

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Alexandra Alquier Trausch Isabelle Kowal

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Nicolas Laugero

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Armand Jalut Thierry Leviez

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Nicolas Laugero Kathy Alliou

Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Julie Narbey

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Didier Wolf

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Lucas Marseille Veovansy Veopraseut

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Claire Luna Mara Montanaro

Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Carine Rolland Jean-Paul Agon Anne-Sophie de Gasquet

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Fabrice Hergott

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Marie-Ann Yemsi Jessie Charbonneau

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Julia Marchand Xie Lei

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Jean-Baptiste Costa de Beauregard

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Jeanne Brun Julia Garimorth

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Jean-Michel Crovesi

Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Carine Tissot

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Laetitia Chauvin Julia Marchand Frédérique Valentin Xie Lei Benoit Porcher Mathilde Halperin Antoine Diot Mila Thoa

Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Xavier Rey Eva Nguyen Binh

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Xie Lei Jeanne Brun

- Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

Charlotte Fauve

Xie Lei Receives the Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

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