1. Create your account on Arte Laguna World
2. Write your datas
3. Upload the 5 works
4. Pay the application fee

Yes, it’s possible to edit, add or remove the works by loggin in your profile, until the application deadline.

No, there isn’t. Every artist is welcome.

Prepare:

• Your biographical dossier;
• Information about your works (title, technique, year, and size) and, depending on the section in which you are entering, the following materials:
  ⃗ Painting: image of the work (max 4mb) and description;
  ⃗ Photography: image of the work (max 4mb) and description;
  ⃗ Sculpture and Installation: maximum 3 images of the work (max 4mb), description and a link to an explanatory video (not required);
  ⃗ Virtual and Digital art: maximum 3 images of the work (max 4mb), description and link to an explanatory video (not mandatory);
  ⃗ Video art and short films: link to video, description and 1 image (max 4mb);
  ⃗ Performance: link to video, description and 1 image (max 4mb);
  ⃗ Land art: maximum 3 images (max 4mb), description of the project and link to an explanatory video (not required)
  ⃗ Digital graphics and cartoons: image (max 4mb) of the work and description;
  ⃗ Urban art: maximum 3 images (max 4mb), description of the project and link to an explanatory video (not mandatory);
  ⃗ Art Design: maximum 3 images (max 4mb), description and link to an explanatory video (not mandatory)

1. Create your account on Arte Laguna World
2. Write your datas
3. Upload the 5 works
4. Pay the application fee

Log into your personal area, click Arte Laguna Prize in the top menu, click the green “add work” button, and proceed with entering new works. The system will automatically calculate the additional amount to be paid.

The deadline for the applications to the 21st edition is June 30th, 2026 July 15th, 2026.

The application fee is:

• 97,60 € (vat included) for artists under 35 (born in the year 1991 and later); those under 35 are required to enclose a copy of an ID at the time of entry.
• 122,00 € (vat included) For artists over 35 (born within the year 1990 inclusive).

The fee allows 5 works to be submitted even in different sections; each additional work, after the fifth, has a cost of €24.40 per work.

Yes, the fee must be paid at the time of registration.
This allows you to present to the selection jury, your resume and a portfolio of works, to participate in the selections to exhibit at the finalists’ exhibition at the Venice Arsenal, to participate, at no additional cost, in all the prizes up for grabs by filling out, where required, the dedicated registration form.
The registration fee also allows them to create their own web page within the Arte Laguna World portal by publishing their works for free.

Yes, it is possible to apply as an artist group. The important thing is to enter the personal information of one person (the representative of the group) in the application form, and then in the “Alias” field or in the biography space you can specify the name of the group and the names of the other members.

No, the theme is free.

No, works need not be new, and may have already been submitted to other competitions or exhibitions. Submitted works may also have been exhibited in other contexts (or still be exhibited at the time of entry), the important thing is that they are available for the conditions of the competition.

Mosaics have to be applied in “Painting” section.

Yes, they can be applied in of these sections: Painting, Sculpture and Installation or Art Design, based on the type of textile work.

Yes, they have to be applied in the “Painting” sections.

No, the original artwork does not have to be sent in the entry phase, but will have to be sent for the final exhibition only in case of selection. All information regarding shipping will be communicated only to the selected artists.

Yes, as long as in case of selection it can be temporarily displayed for the finalists’ exhibition at the Venice Arsenale.

Yes, if the series does not exceed the maximum allowed size of 175×175 cm per side. In this case it must be entered as a single work, uploading it as a single jpg file.

Yes, if the series does not exceed the maximum allowed size of 175×175 cm per side. In this case it must be entered as a single work, uploading it as a single jpg file. If, on the other hand, the shots that make up the series, side by side, exceed 175×175 cm per side, you must submit each shot as a single work and indicate in the specifications of the work that it is a series.

Yes you can, the jury changes every year.

The registration to the Special Prizes closed on July 15th, 2026.

1. Login >
2. Click on “Arte Laguna Prize” in the left menu or find the box in your profile home page
3. In the Special Prizes section (on the right) click HERE to open the form
4. Check the Special Prizes you’d like to participate in, and upload the requested materials