Madagascar's Prix Paritana marks tenth anniversary with Fondation H group show to 25 April 2027

Fondation H in Antananarivo is staging a group exhibition of the laureates and runners-up of the Prix Paritana, a Malagasy contemporary art prize, to mark the prize's tenth anniversary. The show, titled "Prix Paritana: 10 Years of Malagasy Contemporary Art", opens in November and runs to 25 April 2027. The foundation is on Rue Refotana in Ambatomena.

The exhibition is curated by N'Goné Fall. The foundation says it "offers an unprecedented panorama of a decade of contemporary art in Madagascar".

The foundation lists 21 participating artists. They include Yannick Tojonantenaina Andrianambonisoa, Finoana Ratovo Andriantseheno, Miangaly Elia Andriantsoa, Olivia Bourgois, Rado Ramilison and Andy Rasoloharivony, as well as Dwa, Rijasolo, Ms. V and Madame Zo.

The two runners-up of the tenth edition, in 2026, are Finiavana Raharisandratana and Zo Andrianjafy Ramino-Ratsiravana. They will present their research at the Fondation H Atelier as part of the exhibition. A catalogue will be published for the occasion.

The prize was initiated by Hassanein Hiridjee, president of Fondation H, and Eric Dereumaux, founder and director of Galerie RX (Paris and New York). It is supported by Air France, the Cité internationale des arts in Paris and the Institut Français de Madagascar.

Fall was born in Dakar in 1967 and is a curator, essayist and cultural engineering consultant. She ran the magazine Revue noire from 1996 to 2001, taught at Senghor University in Alexandria from 2007 to 2011, and became chief curator of the Africa2020 Season in 2018.