Current competitions
Promoting Democracy competition
We now hear and see it all over the world: democracy can no longer be taken for granted! But without a democratic form of government, there can be no free practice of art. Art needs democracy and democracy needs art! With this competition, we want to make a contribution to the defense of our democratic […]
KaB: Bingen University of Applied Sciences
The new lecture hall building (Audimax) on the grounds of Bingen University of Applied Sciences (TH Bingen) is to be given an artistic design. The new building closes a gap in the university’s teaching facilities and completes the campus area. In addition to a sufficiently large lecture hall with modern equipment, the university will also […]
KaB: Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry at Freie Universität Berlin
Open two-phase art competition Eligible to participate: Professionally active visual artists and working groups of professionally active visual artists Deadline: 2026-03-18 16:00:00 Subject of the art competition:The subject of the art competition is the design and execution of the art on the building for the Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Freie Universität Berlin […]
ART PRIZE 2026: “from the inside out”
Please note: The call for applications is aimed at young applicants born in or before 1991. The 2026 Prize for Young Art marks the end of the long and special series of BauSchau Art Prizes. It was an intensive and enriching time – characterized by highly committed artists and outstanding jury and team members. We […]
Bernhard Müller-Feyen Art Prize 2026
The Bernhard Müller-Feyen Art Foundation is awarding the Bernhard Müller-Feyen Art Prize 2026. Bernhard Müller-Feyen created sculptures as well as paintings, which are often in an exciting dialog with each other. His work is characterized by a clear, abstract formal language.(https://www.kunststiftung-bmf.com/ZUM-WERK) The competition is aimed equally at sculptors and painters. Artists who combine both disciplines […]
ART.PRIZE DIANA RUMPENHEIM 2026
VORBRENNER is a contemporary art platform that promotes process-oriented work across all disciplines and genres. It offers short-term opportunities for collaboration for both collectives and individual artists in search of new insights and contemporary forms of expression that engage with an interdisciplinary concept of art and science. The focus is on a movement that is […]
Artus Art Prize
EigenArt has been awarding the Artus art prize since 2012. The Artus art competition is aimed at self-taught, educated artists. The competition sees itself as a forum for contemporary art – regardless of academic career or commercial success.The competition for the Artus Art Prize takes up a different theme each year, which invites participants to […]
Federal Ecodesign Award
The Federal Ministry for the Environment and the Federal Environment Agency have been awarding the prize in cooperation with the International Design Center Berlin since 2012. Innovative content, design quality and environmental characteristics are at the forefront of the assessment. The Criteria matrix and the material instructions in the Ecodesignkit provides an overview of the […]
REVIERPIONIER ideas competition
The REVIERPIONIER ideas competition is starting a new round! From March 10, all citizens are once again invited to submit their creative, bold and forward-looking ideas. We are delighted that the REVIERPIONIER ideas competition organized by the State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Saxony-Anhalt is being continued. It offers citizens in the central German […]
Art prize “stand.punkte”
Please note: For the determined participation in the [KUN:ST] Prize 2026 and the art prize exhibition in the Orangery of Schwetzingen Palace, a fee of 95 euros is payable for members and a fee of 125 euros for non-members for each admitted artwork This year, the art association [KUN:ST] INTERNATIONAL e.V. is organizing a competition […]
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 […]
Video Art Award Bremen (ongoing possible)
With prize money totaling 10,000 euros, the Filmbüro Bremen enables the production and presentation of at least two video art projects every two years. All facets are welcome: classical, (non)linear, audio-visual project ideas, those with an installation character as well as all those that move at the boundaries of media art. Funding is provided for […]