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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 […]


SIAF2027 // 500-m Underground Walkway Gallery Award: Call for Exhibition Plans

The Sapporo Odori 500-m Underground Walkway Gallery has been holding the “500-m Underground Walkway Gallery Award,” a competition for contemporary artwork plans and exhibition proposals, since 2012, and is now preparing for its 14th edition. As the 500-m Underground Walkway Gallery will serve as a venue for the Sapporo International Art Festival 2027 (SIAF2027) this […]


Blue Night Art Competition 2027

Since 2000, The Blue Night has been transforming Nuremberg’s city center into a stage for art, culture and encounters – with around 110,000 visitorsmore than 200 program items and more than 50 participating institutions. Since 2005, the Blue Night Art Competition has been inviting artists to realize site-specific projects in courtyards, special spaces and squares […]


Open Call: Karl Peter Muller Prize for Art Legacies (31.07.2026)

Applications for the KPM Karl Peter Muller Prize for Art Legacies 2026 are open until July 31. The prize honors “people, initiatives and projects that accompany artistic estates with particular care, innovation and creativity”. We are looking for professional, artistic and experimental concepts that rethink estate work and make it visible – also in dealing […]


Open Call: Artwork for Feminist Solic Calendar 2027

Who would have expected this? We are opening our DM’s and looking for new FLINTA* Artists for the 2027 Solicalender! All you have to do:⭐ Send us some of your artwork⭐ Make sure that your potential artwork could be digitized⭐ Meet the deadline of June 10 We are super excited about your input and look […]


Design competition 2026 // DESIGN OF AN IMPULSE AND RESONANCE PLACE IN THE CHURCH AREA

The ars LITURGICA initiative has been organizing artistic design competitions under the title ars LITURGICA since 2010. In each case, a design task from the sacred area is to be worked on: a liturgical device or ensemble of devices, liturgical clothing, a liturgical place, a liturgical book or an element of artistic decoration.In previous competitions, […]


Curating M.1 2027/28 Artistic Director

Arthur Boskamp Foundation, Hohenlockstedt Application deadline: June 30, 2026


For rent: Lithography studio (lithography)

We rent the stone printing studio on the 2nd floor, 83 m2, flooded with light. It is fully equipped with different sized printing presses, tables, sanding trough with sand/water system, lithographic stones, rollers, sand, chemicals, etc. Unfortunately, the institution that runs it currently has too few committed people, but it would be nice and important […]


Symposium of the DGPh in cooperation with the Moritzburg Art Museum Halle (Saale) June 25-26, 2026 | National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Halle (Saale)

On the occasion of the exhibition Helga Paris. Houses and Faces. Hall 1983-85 (Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle (Saale), from 11.6.2026) and as a continuation of the first two symposia on East German photography(Long Time, No See, 2022 and Securing Heritage to Shape the Future, 2024), the ’89+ group of the German Photographic Association once again invites […]


Round table on artworks from the GDR: a look at the collections

How are works of art created in the GDR preserved, processed and exhibited today? How large is the proportion of works by women artists in the collections? How did the collections come about? Who has what? How are they catalogued? How should they be handled? What should be done with artists’ estates in the future? […]


W2-Professorship for Design Science

Folkwang University of the Arts Application deadline: July 12, 2026



Angela Dolgner in Merseburg

Between dream and reality | Photographs by Angela Dolgner


OPEN CALL: Iceland Residency

SÍM Residency Seljavegur 32 101 Reykjavík Iceland // Self-funded Artist-in-Residence Program 2026 The SÍM Residency is an international, nonprofit residency program in Reykjavík, Iceland, for contemporary artists and cultural practitioners, run by SÍM – The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists. It is the largest and most established residency program in the Nordic region, welcoming around […]


re:natura #06 – Hexapoda

Not two, not four, but six limbs move in rhythm, scatter in chaos, march in unity. With antennae raised and wings poised, the insect world teems with sound, form, and ingenuity. For re:natura #06 – Hexapoda, we invite you to explore the vast and varied realm of insects through sound. Hexapoda – the scientific term […]


Art auction on the occasion of the HOFKUNSTNACHT’26 of the Lions Club

This year, the 5th HofKunstNacht of the Lions Club Halle an der Saale will take place in September 2026 in the Neue Residenz, Domstr. 5, 06108 Halle. It is a charity eventduring which an auction will be held for the purposes of the Lions organization in the city of Halle. By sharing the proceeds, we […]


OPEN CALL: Film submissions for exground filmfest 39

exground filmfest in Wiesbaden is one of Germany’s most important film festivals for international, independent productions. exground filmfest is an important meeting place for guests from the film and press industry. Many (debut) films by now world-renowned directors had their German or European premieres in Wiesbaden. To name just a few from recent years: 9 […]


Cranach Scholarship

Attention: only for students of art colleges or artists at the beginning of their career Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) was appointed to the Electoral Saxon court in Wittenberg by Frederick the Wise in 1505. Under the art-loving Elector, Cranach was able to build up a successful painting workshop that attracted artists from all over […]


Between Bridges Residency

Between Bridges is pleased to announce the Open Call for the next residency. The residency will take place from January to June 2027 and includes a working phase and a one-month exhibition or public presentation. The ninth fellow will follow previous artists Yalda Afsah, Didem Pekün, Lucy Beech, Harry Hachmeister, Wisrah C. V. da R. […]


Scholarship for art and inclusion

The scholarship is aimed at visual artists who wish to develop their skills in the context of want to further develop inclusive cultural work. It offers plenty of scope for your own artistic projects and is linked to the expectation of contributing artistic impulses to the art therapy studio on site. The up to one-year […]