NOVEMBER 16 – DECEMBER 8, 2024
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE OF CONTEMPORARY ART
JOIN THE 19th EDITION!
FINALIST'S EXHIBITION
ARSENALE NORD, VENICE
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE OF CONTEMPORARY ART
JOIN THE 19th EDITION!
FINALIST'S EXHIBITION
NOVEMBER 16 – DECEMBER 8, 2024
ARSENALE NORD, VENICE
DEADLINE JULY 31, 2024
DEADLINE
Arte Laguna Prize is the contest that welcomes artists of any age, country, and artistic background, without gender differences and with a free theme.
The contest offers many opportunities to the participants, which can increase their network, get global visibility and get access at precious resources to develop the career.
REWARDS
THE SECTIONS
PAINTING
- Technical and stylistic freedom (oil, tempera, acrylic, ink, vinyl, watercolor, graphite, pencil, collage, aquatint, etching and prints of different kind, etc.);
- Any support (canvas, paper, wood, plastics, iron, etc.);
- Max size allowed is 175 cm per side.
SCULPTURE
- Any organic or inorganic material (may include sounds, lights, videos and mechanical or electrical movements);
- Max size allowed: base 4 meters, depth 4 meters, height 8 meters and there is no weight limit;
- The exhibition space does not have dark spaces.
PHOTOGRAPHIC ART
- Photographs (or series) on analog or digital support, colored or black and white photographs.
- Max size allowed is 175 cm per side.
VIDEO ART AND SHORT FILMS
- Video, film, slow motion, time-lapse, and works created using all animation techniques on both digital and analog mediums, including short films, promotional videos, and computer graphics are accepted. Multi-channel works are not accepted.
- Maximum duration is 15 minutes.
- For submission, the video file must be uploaded online and not exceed 500 MB. Finalist works will be exhibited on a TV screen in a loop.
PERFORMANCE AND ACTING
- Performances realized by one (or more) artists using any technique and expressive form, with the assistance of any supporting material provided by the artist. Finalist artists will present in Venice a performance version not exceeding 10 minutes.
- The materials necessary for the performance are the responsibility of the finalist artists.
- Monologues or scenes up to 10 minutes in any language (with English translation) from any type of theatrical performance or audiovisual work by one or more artists, in any acting style, genre, or technique, are also accepted.
VIRTUAL AND DIGITAL ART
- Works entirely created using the computer or digital applications and devices: videos, installations, performances in which the use of digital media plays a key role in the creative process and content; net art, software, interactive devices, videogames, augmented reality projects, rapid prototyping, etc.
- Additive Art, Bio Art, Data Art, Digital Communities, Digital Performances, Digital Poetry, Game Art, Generative art & Algorithmic Art, Mobile Art & App Art, Net Art, Electronic Art, Robotics Art, XR Art, Blockchain & NFT Art, Metaverse Art, GAN Art & OpenAI Art, Chrypto Art.
- Works that requires an installation must be adaptable to the available exhibition space.
DIGITAL GRAPHICS AND CARTOONS
- Images and works generated or edited using pc, phone, apps, tablet including Digital Painting, GIF Art, Digital Animation, Infographic Art, Glitch Art, where technological intervention is predominant, are included.
- This includes digital painting, cartoons, comics, GIFs, and photographs where manipulation is predominant.
- Finalist works will be exhibited on a monitor or printed on a two-dimensional support with a maximum size of 175 cm per side.
ART DESIGN
- Productions originating in the artistic sphere and finding application in the world of design.
- Works, products, projects where artistic influence and inspiration are evident.
- Finalists must present the product or a full-scale or scaled-down prototype based on the exhibition choices of the organization.
URBAN ART AND STREET ART
- Works or projects of urban art, redevelopment, street art, graffiti, and stencil art where the artistic intervention relates to the urban fabric and public space in which it is conceived and may involve the use of any technique (spray cans, artistic stickers, normographic art, video projections, installations, etc.).
- There are no limitations on the choice of intervention location.
- Finalist works will be displayed on explanatory panels.
ENVIRONMENTAL/LAND ART
- Artworks or projects of environmental and landscape art where the artistic intervention interacts with the environment for which it was designed. There are no limitations on the choice of specific environment.
- The works and projects presented concern nature and its characteristics and more generally the environment or landscape in which they are located.
- Finalist works will be exhibited on explanatory panels.
THE JURORS
The jury is composed by internationally renowned experts in the visual arts field, who will select 110 finalists for their artistic quality, the originality and the ability to communicate a significative message.
CHRIS BAYLEY
Curator at Serpentine Gallery of London
LUCA BORRIELLO
Director of INWARD National Observatory on Urban creativity
CHIARA CANALI
Art Critic, Journalist and Independent Curator
CLAUDIA SEGURA CAMPINIS
Curator of Exhibitions at MACBA
HYUNJIN KIM
Independent Curator and writer
ADAM KLEINMAN
Director of Kunsthall Trondheim
ABDULLAH SALEH YASEEN ALI
Manager and Curator of Public Art projects at NCCAL
SPECIAL PRIZES
These prizes include international art residencies, collective exhibition in art galleries, collaboration with businesses leader in their field, participation to festivals and much more. These opportunities allow artists to develop new collaborations and get access to valuable resources to inrease their career.
APPLY NOW
1. Create your profile
2. Upload your works
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3. Pay the fee
OVER 35
€122 / VAT included
- 5 works included
- Visibility on Arte Laguna World
- Application to Special Prizes
UNDER 35
€97.6 / VAT included
- 5 works included
- Visibilty on Arte Laguna World
- Application to Special Prizes
possibly in English
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possibly in English
Each artist has ample free online visibility in the international portal Arte Laguna World, a digital platform for the promotion, enhancement and sale of contemporary works of art.