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Chipperfield as a mentor

David Chipperfield is one of the seven artists who have accepted an invitation to mentor a rising young talent for a year, through the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.

David Chipperfield Architects, Museo Jumex, Città del Messico, Messico. Photo © Simon Menges

David Chipperfield (architecture), Mia Couto (literature), Alfonso Cuarón (film), Philip Glass (music), Joan Jonas (visual arts), Robert Lepage (theatre) and Ohad Naharin (dance) have accepted an invitation to mentor a rising young talent for a year, through the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.

The new mentors were announced at a ceremony in Mexico on 6 December 2015 honouring the mentors and protégés of the 2014–2015 edition of the Rolex Arts Initiative.

“These seven artists have had a profound influence on their disciplines for decades and are held in high esteem by the public and their peers,” said Rebecca Irvin, head of philanthropy at Rolex. “We acknowledge their generosity in serving as mentors in the Rolex Arts Initiative. They will join the family of internationally acclaimed artists who have committed to passing on their passion and expertise to a younger generation and to be reinvigorated in their own art in return.”

Joan Jonas, They Come to Us without a Word, 2015. Still da video. Courtesy l'artista — **Top**: David Chipperfield Architects, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico. Photo © Simon Menges. **Above**: Joan Jonas, *hey Come to Us without a Word*, 2015. Still from video. Courtesy the artist

Nominating panels of influential artists and arts professionals from all over the world are meeting to select young talents who will be asked to apply to the programme. The mentor will choose a protégé from three or four finalists, whose names will be announced in June 2016. Each protégé receives 25,000 Swiss francs to support his or her participation in the programme, with a further 25,000 Swiss francs available for the creation of a new work at the conclusion of the mentoring year.

Mentors are asked to spend up to six weeks with their protégés, but the pairs have complete freedom to interact in the way that suits them best.

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Chipperfield as a mentor

David Chipperfield is one of the seven artists who have accepted an invitation to mentor a rising young talent for a year, through the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.

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