Competitions
Taiwan International Student Design Competition
The 2026 Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC), on the theme “Resilience”, has been announced.The purpose of TISDC is to encourage international creative design exchanges, develop creative design talents, showcase the international image of Taiwan on creative design, and establish Taiwan’s international design reputation. The total prize fund for 2026 is more than $120,000 in […]
Photometria Awards 2026 “Coming of Age (18+)”
As the festival reaches its 18th edition, it symbolically enters a phase of maturity, capable of reflecting on and exploring central issues of transition. Coming of Age (18+) focuses on the process of coming of age, not as a chronological or legal milestone, but as a multifaceted condition shaped by internal and social ruptures, redefinitions, […]
Competition // CITY OF ASCHAFFENBURG – PARK SCHÖNTAL – A PLACE OF REMEMBRANCE
The city of Aschaffenburg is holding an art competition for the design of a memorial site in Schöntal Park in Aschaffenburg. The site is to be dedicated to the victims of a violent crime and at the same time create space for encounters, education and hope. The procedure is a restricted competition with three stages: […]
Perron Art Prize 2026 in the porcelain category
The Perron Art Prize is awarded in the form of a main prize and two sponsorship prizes. It can also be divided between several works in accordance with a proposal from the jury, with an amount of 4,500 euros available for the main prize and 1,500 euros each for the two sponsorship prizes. The sponsorship […]
Competition//ANIMAGE – 16th International Animation Festival of Pernambuco
Animage – 16th International Animation Festival of Pernambuco is accepting submissions for 2026 and invites entries by filmmakers from around the world. The Festival includes Competitive and Non-competitive Screenings of national and international animation films, in addition to special sessions, feature films, masterclass, exhibition and animation workshops for both beginners, children and professionals.As part of […]
Art on the building – day care center Kleine Au, Germersheim
The new Kleine Au daycare center in Germersheim is to be given an artistic design with the help of an open competition to obtain designs. This is intended to artistically enhance the exterior façade of the elevator tower. The front surface and, if required, the side surface of the elevator tower will be available for […]
Art on the building – Schweinfurt Justice Center
The Schweinfurt State Building Authority is looking for a work of art for the Schweinfurt Justice Center.The locations available for the art competition are the staircase hall and inner courtyard of the new building, whereby each area can be worked on individually, but also in thematic connection to each other. The jury selects the best […]
The Berthold Leibinger Comic Book Prize
The Comic Book Prize has been awarded annually since 2014 for an outstanding, unpublished, German-language comic and manga whose completion is foreseeable. The application should be the size of one volume. The prize winner will receive 25,000 euros. Other good applications will be honored as finalists with 2,500 euros each. Application documents:-an exposé presenting the […]
KUNST.PARK Rumpenheim 2026
Rumpenheim Palace Park is one of the early German landscape gardens laid out in the style of English landscape gardens. In the theory of the English landscape garden, the paths have an important function: like an adventure trail, they open up the park to the walker in all its diversity. KUNST.PARK RUMPENHEIM opens up the […]
Art in architecture – Gundersheim | Daycare center
The local community of Gundersheim is planning to build a six-group daycare center in the street “Strohgasse” in the second row. A new daycare center is to be built first before the existing building is demolished. This will only take place in the second stage. A two-storey building with a flat roof is planned. The […]
Kallmann Prize of the Kreissparkasse 2026
The prize is awarded to artists living in Germany who deal with the subject areas of portrait / animal / landscape, which were the focus of Hans Jürgen Kallmann’s work. Hans Jürgen Kallmann was a German painter and draughtsman who lived from 1908-1991 and on whose initiative the Kallmann Foundation was founded, which runs the […]
US-America in Giessen – it was, it is, it remains
The presence of American troops had a lasting impact on the city of Giessen in the period after 1945. Spatially, this was particularly evident in the use of large barracks facilities, which dominated entire districts and have visibly changed the cityscape to this day. Added to this was the development of the Army & Air […]
Art prize to mark the 350th anniversary of Grimmelshausen’s death in 2026
To mark the 350th anniversary of the death of Johann Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen, the Grimmelshausen towns of Renchen, Offenburg and Oberkirch, together with the Grimmelshausenfreunde e.V., are organizing an art competition on the theme: Simplicissimus reloaded.Modern art in dialog with Grimmelshausen Since the end of the Second World War, Europe has largely lived in […]
Blue Night Art Competition 2027
Since 2005, the Blue Night Art Competition has been inviting artists to realize site-specific projects in courtyards, special spaces and squares in Nuremberg’s Old Town. We are looking for art that uses spaces, involves visitors and lasts for two nights. Individuals and groups can apply with works from all areas of art, e.g. installations, light […]
Art prize of the town of Weilburg 2026
Weilburg, a small town with lots of art and culture. Characterized by the large baroque castle complex, the town lies within the Lahn loop and is one of the most beautiful residential towns in Germany. Conditions of participation: Age limit: unlimitedTopic limit: noneLocation limit: Germany and twin towns of the town of Weilburg Eligible to […]
Art Prize of Klosterneuburg Abbey 2027 – St. Leopold Peace Prize
The “St. Leopold Peace Prize”, named after the founder of the foundation, honors works of art that critically address humane and socio-political issues. The art prize is awarded to works of fine art in the fields of painting, graphic art, photography and sculpture which, in addition to their artistic aspirations, demonstrate humanitarian commitment and implement […]
SUPERGUT – SUPERGAU FESTIVAL
Supergau is a week-long, annual festival in the “Gauen”, the five administrative districts in the province of Salzburg. The projects created as part of the festival develop out of the region and, at best, have an impact far beyond it. The fact that the festival deliberately takes place in rural areas is a clear cultural […]
Culture Prize of the Hochschwarzwald Art Gallery Foundation
The Kunsthalle Hochschwarzwald Foundation Culture Prize is awarded annually, alternating between the categories “Visual Arts” and “Performing Arts”. It will be awarded for the first time in 2026 in the “Visual Arts” category. The jury, which consists of the foundation’s board members, will award prizes to three of the submitted applications, with the first prize […]
International Art Prize for artists up to the age of 35
Together with Monopol – Magazin für Kunst und Leben, the Degussa company is launching an international art prize. The Young Generation Art Award is aimed at emerging artists at the beginning of their careers. The aim of the art award is to accompany promising artists on their way into the art world, to promote talent […]
Berlin Memorial to the Victims of the Communist Dictatorship
The design competition will be held as a restricted competition with a preliminary open application procedure for artists, architects, landscape architects and consortia from the disciplines of art, architecture and landscape architecture in accordance with the Public Procurement Ordinance (VgV) § 69 ff and based on the Guidelines for Planning Competitions 2013 (RPW 2013). The […]