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Kofi Annan to be Prix Pictet Honorary President

Kofi Annan to be Prix Pictet Honorary President

Kofi Annan, the President of Global Humanitarian Forum and Seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, will be the Honorary President of the Prix Pictet. Commenting on the issue that lies at the heart of the Prix, Kofi Annan said: “Climate change is not just an environmental issue, as too many …
Dr Brundtland to give keynote address

Dr Brundtland to give keynote address

Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Change will deliver the keynote address at the launch of the Prix Pictet in London on 29 April 2008. A trained medical doctor, in 1981, at 41 years old, Dr Brundtland was appointed Prime Minister of Norway for the first …
Orta installation at the Prix Pictet launch

Orta installation at the Prix Pictet launch

The artist Lucy Orta will present a new installation, ‘OrtaWater Life Line Dwelling’ at the launch of the Prix Pictet on 29 April 2008. OrtaWater, by the artists Lucy + Jorge Orta, focuses on the general scarcity of water and issues surrounding the privatization and corporate control affecting access to …
Palais de Tokyo confirmed as exhibition venue

Palais de Tokyo confirmed as exhibition venue

The Palais de Tokyo, Paris has been confirmed as the venue for the exhibition of short-listed nominations for the Prix Pictet 2008. The exhibition will open on 30 October 2008 and the winner of the inaugural Prix Pictet will be announced at a gala dinner the same evening. The exhibition …