Competitions
3rd “time ship earth” – art prize 2026
Supplement to the “Manual for Spaceship Earth”: Category: Maintenance and servicing Keyword: Lubricant replacement Tool: Art !! The world machine is running hot. The system is visibly losing the necessary rhythm. A terrible screeching fills the orbit. The roar of bombs, the wailing of the starving, the muffled cry of the drowning. The glaciers are […]
Art Prize 2026 of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe
The Kulturstiftung der Sparkasse Karlsruhe is awarding an art prize on the subject of “Radical Uncertainty”. The online application is open from January 12, 2026. It will end automatically as soon as the limit of 1,000 registrations is reached, or on January 18, 2026 at the latest. The art prize exhibition with approx. 90 juried […]
KaB: Renovation and extension of Mainfranken Theater Würzburg
As part of the renovation and expansion of the Mainfranken Theater Würzburg, an art-in-architecture competition is being held for the main foyer as the central location in the future theater building. Artists and artist groups living and/or working in Germany can now apply to take part in the competition with three reference projects (works of […]
KaB: Worms daycare center Carl-Villinger-Straße
Award Worms – Daycare center in Carl-Villinger-Straße in WormsA new two-storey daycare center with 8 groups (6 kindergarten and 2 crèche groups) in timber construction will soon be built in Carl-Villinger-Straße in Worms.The façade is planned as a pre-greyed wooden façade and in the rear area with a cladding of fiber cement panels in graduated […]
Prize of the Ulla and Eberhard Jung Foundation 2025
A collaboration between the Verband Bildender Künstler Thüringen e.V. and the Klassik Stiftung Weimar. Dear artists, dear members, Dear curators, Dear media representatives, Ladies and Gentlemen, We would like to draw your attention to the attached call for proposals for the promotion of a young artistic position in the visual arts in Thuringia, which has […]
Art Award young west 2025 – Painting
The art prize junger westen will be awarded for painting in 2025 and is endowed with €20,000. Artists who are not older than 35 years of age (born in 1990 or younger) and either have German citizenship or reside in Germany are eligible to take part in the competition. Registration for the competition is only […]
Digital Arts Prize 2025
The Fondation Etrillard and the Académie des beaux-arts are launching the Prix Arts numériques (Digital Arts Prize). This is the first time that digital art has entered the French Academy of Fine Arts.Open to candidates of all nationalities living in Europe, with no age limit, this new prize will be awarded each year for a […]
BESTFORM 2025 – Creative Award of the State of Saxony-Anhalt
In 2013, the Ministry of Economic Affairs launched the BESTFORM /// MEHR /// WERT /// AWARD for creative ideas for the first time in order to make the creative potential of creative professionals in Saxony-Anhalt widely visible – and thus broke new ground. Never before had a state competition focused on alliances between creative professionals […]
art-figura 2025 / 11th Schwarzenberg Art Prize
Art will continue to sweeten life in Schwarzenberg in 2025. The 11th Schwarzenberg Art Prize art-figura 2025 will be awarded with the theme “Wood and Stone”. from 30.08. to 02.11.2025 has been announced. National and international artists have until 15.03.2025 to submit a competition entry in the form of a sculpture that deals with the […]
Art in architecture competition in Ludwigsburg
The university campus at the Reuteallee site in Ludwigsburg is being further developed with a new building. “As part of the art competition, an artistic contribution is to be developed that relates to the use and/or architecture of the building or the landscaping of the outdoor space.” Two locations, one indoors and one outdoors, are […]
Rotterdam Photo
The new wave of photographic talent that has emerged from the ubiquitous culture of images is made up of true digital natives. They have grown up in a world where images are paramount, and they play a crucial role in capturing the essence of freedom, culture, human connection and unity. This generation embodies the delicate […]
Artheon.art prize 2025
Artheon. Gesellschaft für Gegenwartskunst und Kirche is offering an art prize for innovative art projects in public spaces on the theme of “Religion” for the year 2025. The winner will be determined in an open, non-anonymous competition. The prize is endowed with €5,000.The prize is awarded to temporary or permanent art projects in public spaces […]
Blue Night – Art Competition 2025, Nuremberg
In 2000, the year of Nuremberg’s 950th anniversary, Die Blaue Nacht invited the citizens of Nuremberg for the first time to experience art and culture in an unusual setting and at an unusual time. With around 130,000 visitors from Nuremberg, the region, the whole of Germany and abroad, more than 200 program items in over […]
Lesser Ury Art Prize ’25
The specific key dates for the Lesser Ury Prize 2025 are as follows: Shortlist & Exhibition The KünstlerGilde e.V. is exhibiting participants in the shortlist exhibition for the Lesser Ury Prize 2025 at Küferstraße 37 in 73728 Esslingen near Wolfstor – probably from mid-April 2025. As soon as the participants have been determined, they will […]
Photo competition 2025 | What makes us rich?
Photo competition: What makes us rich? The unequal distribution of wealth is increasing worldwide. The top ten percent of the population own around 85 percent of wealth – and the trend is rising. The poorest, on the other hand, collectively own only around one percent of wealth. In Germany, too, the richest are getting richer […]
St. Leopold Peace Prize
In 2025, Klosterneuburg Abbey will award the St. Leopold Peace Prize for humanitarian commitment in the arts for the eleventh time. The “St. Leopold Peace Prize”, named after the founder of the foundation, honors works of art that deal critically with humane and socio-political issues. The St. Leopold Peace Prize is awarded to works of […]
Future Prize for Cultural Policy: KULTURGESTALTEN
The Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft e.V. is awarding the KULTURGESTALTEN cultural policy prize for the third time With the KULTURGESTALTEN Future Prize for Cultural Policy, we would like to draw attention to cultural policy practice, guiding principles and visions, highlight forward-looking commitment in this area and encourage imitation. We are looking for projects, practical examples and individuals […]
dpunkt.photo prize
dpunkt.verlag cordially invites flâneurs and walkers with a passion for photography and urban life to take part in the dpunkt.fotopreis 2024. Present your best work in the “street photography” genre to a wide audience and be recognized by our expert jury. Street photography captures the vibrant life of the streets and tells stories that often […]
Ideas competition for a memorial to the persecution of homeless people under the Nazi dictatorship
Ideas competition to obtain an artistic design for the creation of a memorial to the persecution of homeless people under the Nazi dictatorship The aim of the competition is a design for a memorial site for the group of homeless victims of the Nazi dictatorship, which includes a free-standing sculpture or group of sculptures as […]
Graphic Arts Prize of the City of Bietigheim-Bissingen “Linocut today XIII”
Since the first linoleum factory was built in Bietigheim in 1899, the history of the industry and the town has been closely linked to the production of linoleum flooring. When the Bietigheim-Bissingen Municipal Gallery was founded in 1989, the “Linocut Today” competition was also launched, which always receives more than 500 entries from all over […]