Attributed every two years, the Hippolyte-Mireur Art Market Award* supports published scholarly and non-scholarly research, doctoral dissertations, master’s thesis, any other work from institutions of higher education, articles and essays in the fields of art history and art market history and social sciences including law, technology, art finance and economics.
Recognizing the important place taken by art, particularly contemporary art in society, the Award seeks to fill the knowledge gap on a market that keeps becoming global yet remains well understudied as such, and promote a better understanding of all aspects shaping its future development by rewarding works of high research standards that advance knowledge resources for the art market community and beyond.
The inaugural, 2026 edition of the Award will be given in Paris in October 2026 on behalf of Artprice, an award donor (and owner of the rights of the Mireur dictionary*), to retribute:
– a doctoral dissertation, a master’s thesis or any written research work from an higher education institution of international repute for an amount of 8,000 €/$ (works defended during the current or the past three academic years (i.e. between January 12 2023 and April 30 2026).
* The Award borrows its name from the pioneering work of Dr. Hippolyte Mireur (1841-1914), whose seven-volume Dictionary of art sales in France and Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries was one of the very first registers of art sales between 1700 and 1900, with the aim of providing access to detailed art market data.
Schedule
Applications for the 2026 Award must be received no later than May 15, 2026.
The jury’s final decision will be announced in September 2026 after two blind readings of the selected works (no mention of the author’s name) to guarantee unbiased review and due deliberation.
Jury
The jury for the 2026 session gathers three scholars and one art market professional as guest member (TBA).
Kathryn Brown, Australia and Great Britain.
A reader in Art Histories, Markets and Digital Heritage at Loughborough University, UK, Dr. Brown has taught in Australia, the US, Canada, the Netherlands and the UK. A specialist in modern and contemporary art, art markets, and digital art history, she has developed projects in computer vision analyses of artworks and authored various books as well as articles in the Journal of Visual Art Practice and the Journal for Art Market Studies. She is also the editor of the Contextualizing Art Markets Series for Bloomsbury Academic Publishing. Originally a lawyer, she is an expert in the contemporary art market and art finance.
Nicolas Galley, Switzerland.
The Director of Studies for the Executive Master in Art Market Studies (EMAMS) at the University of Zurich, Dr. Galley has taught at the universities of Zurich and Fribourg, Switzerland, and led projects in art lending and art finance for private banks in Switzerland.
Alain Quemin, France. Jury chair.
Professor of sociology and history of art at the University of Paris, a senior member of France’s University Institute and a researcher at the Sorbonne, Alain Quemin is an expert in the art market and its players, from auctioneers to collectors and from curators to galleries. His latest book, The Social World of Galleries. Contemporary Art, the Market and Internationalization, was published in 2021 with an English edition in 2024. During over two decades of research and writing, Alain Quemin has worked with various art reviews and taught in a range of universities in the US, Canada, Brazil, Russia, and Europe.
Application material
A version in English of each document listed below is required and should be sent to the following email address: documents@hippolytemireuraward.com
A short letter of intention
The candidate’s résumé with a mailing address, email, education, and a list of his/her publications
A digital (PDF) version of the dissertation or Masters thesis
A copy of the report of the PhD dissertation defense or a recommendation letter from the director of the Master’s in case of a graduate thesis
A one-to-two page summary of the PhD or Masters thesis (Times 12, space 1,5) mentioning the candidate’s name and details and the title and type of the work submitted (dissertation or Masters thesis).
Award ceremony
The award will be given in October in Paris at a date and venue TBD.
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