Discover the winners of the 2026 CHANEL Next Prize.

The 2026 CHANEL Next Prize is awarded to 10 artists who are shaping the future of creativity. The Next Prize is designed to catalyse innovation by providing recipients with the time and space to pursue their most ambitious projects with complete creative freedom. The 2026 winners hail from 10 different countries and work across disciplines, from visual and performance art to design, music, and film. It marks the latest chapter in the House’s century-long commitment to the arts—a legacy that began with Gabrielle Chanel’s support of avant-garde pioneers, from Salvador Dalí to Jean Cocteau. Meet the 2026 cohort: https://chanel.com/-NextPrize-2026-winners #CHANELNextPrize Credits: Ayoung Kim Portrait of Ayoung Kim by Kanghyuk Lee(snakepool) All artworks courtesy the artist. Pol Taburet Portrait of Pol Taburet by Gorka Postigo All artworks courtesy the artist. Andrea Peña Portrait of Andrea Peña by Aime-Elle SACRA, Ballet BC, 2025, Duy Le Replica, 2024, photograph by Jeanne Terault 6.58 Manifesto, 2021, photograph by Lian Benoit BOGOTA, 2023, photograph by Felix Delavaud All artworks courtesy the artist. Ambrose Akinmusire Portrait of Ambrose Akinmusire by Balazs Gardi All artworks courtesy the artist. Payal Kapadia Portrait of Payal Kapadia by Ranabir Das All artworks courtesy the artist. Bárbara Sánchez-Kane Portrait of Bárbara Sánchez-Kane by Dorian Ulises López New Lexicons for Embodiment, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City / New York. Photograph by Gerardo Landa New Lexicons for Embodiment, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City / New York. Photograph by Gerardo Landa New Lexicons for Embodiment, 2023. Courtesy of the artist. Photograph by Bárbara Sánchez-Kane Somos Luz, 2019. Directed by Bárbara Sánchez-Kane. Video by María Medina Jorge Prêt-à-Patria, 2024. Itinerant performance in the Arsenale for the 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia “Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere”. Direction: Bárbara Sánchez-Kane, Direction of Photography: Andrea De Fusco, Post Production & Colour correction: Martha Maya González All artworks courtesy the artist. Emeka Ogboh Portrait of Emeka Ogboh by Igor Emmerich Migratory Notes, 2021 © Emeka Ogboh, “Stirring the Pot”, Produced by FRÆME, Marseille. Event organised as part of La Saison Africa2020, with the support of the Institut Français and the Saison Africa 2020 Patrons Committee © JC Lett Song of the Union © Emeka Ogboh, courtesy Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh Art Festival The Way Earthly Things Are Going II © Emeka Ogboh The Way Earthly Things Are Going II (Mother Earth’s Lament), by Emeka Ogboh, at the 36th Bienal de São Paulo, 2025. © Natt Fejfar / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo Ámà: The Gathering Place, 2021, © Emeka Ogboh, installation view, Gropius Bau, Berlin. Photo © Luca Girardini Ode to the Channel © Emeka Ogboh, Creative Folkestone/Folkestone Triennial Trading Places © Emeka Ogboh Pan Daijing Portrait of Pan Daijing, Photo by Nadine Fraczkowski All artworks courtesy the artist. Marco Da Silva Ferreira Portrait of Marco Da Silva Ferreira by Blandine Soulage All artworks courtesy the artist. Álvero Urbano Portrait of Álvero Urbano by Agustín Farias, 2025. Courtesy of the artist. Performance view, Álvaro Urbano: Skin and bones, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 2014. Photograph by Álvaro Urbano. Courtesy of the Artist. Installation view, Álvaro Urbano: El despertar, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, 2020. Photograph by Arturo Laso. Courtesy of the artist; La Casa Encendida; ChertLüdde, Berlin; and Travesía Cuatro,Madrid, Guadalajara, Mexico City. Installation view, Álvaro Urbano: L’Invitation au voyage, Travesía Cuatro, Madrid, 2021. Photograph by Pablo Gómez-Ogando. Courtesy of the artist and Travesía Cuatro Madrid, Guadalajara, Mexico City. Installation view, Álvaro Urbano: GRANADA GRANADA, Travesía Cuatro, Madrid, 2023. Photograph by Ramiro Chaves. Courtesy of the artist and Travesía Cuatro, Madrid, Guadalajara, Mexico City. Installation view, Álvaro Urbano: ACTO I: LA ETERNA ADOLESCENCIA, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 2023-24. Photograph by M. Laura Benavente. Courtesy of the artist; Tenerife Espacio de las Artes. Installation view, Álvaro Urbano: TABLEAU VIVANT, SculptureCenter, New York, 2024-25. Photography by Charles Benton. Courtesy of the artist; and SculptureCenter. Installation view, Álvaro Urbano: TABLEAU VIVANT, SculptureCenter, New York, 2024-25. Photograph by Charles Benton. Courtesy of the artist; and SculptureCenter. Álvaro Urbano: El Despertar, 2021. Courtesy of the artist.