Diana Policarpo is the winner of the 21st edition of the illy Present Future Prize, promoted by illycaffè since 2001, and assigned to the most interesting artist of "Present Future", the section of Artissima XYZ dedicated to emerging talents.

Invited by the curators Ilaria Gianni and Fernanda Brenner, Lehmann + Silva gallery presented a project by Diana Policarpo which received the prize by an international jury composed of Aaron Cezar, director of Delfina Foundation in London, Hou Hanru, artistic director of MAXXI Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo in Rome and Kathryn Weir, director of MADRE Museo d’Arte Donnaregina in Napoli.