In autumn 2009 the Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst (the Nationalgalerie Prize for Young Art) will be awarded for the fifth time. Massimiliano Gioni (Artistic Director of the Nicola Trussardi Foundation, Milan and Director for Special Exhibitions at the New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York), Jessica Morgan (Curator Tate Modern, London), Beatrix Ruf (Director Kunsthalle Zürich), Janneke de Vries (Director of the Gesellschaft für aktuelle Kunst, Bremen) as well as Bernhart Schwenk (Curator Pinakothek der Moderne, München) were nominated for the first jury. The nomination of the first jury is the starting shot for this international competition. During the Art Forum in autumn 2008 the four candidates who compete for the Preis will be announced and form the short-list. All four artists will present their individual work during a group exhibition at the Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin in the following year.