Germany

Short Description The art prize “junger westen” has been awarded every two years since 1948 as a sponsorship prize for fine arts of the city of Recklinghausen. It commemorates the artists’ group “junger westen”, founded in Recklinghausen in 1948 with founding members Gustav Deppe, Thomas Grochowiak, Ernst Hermanns, Emil Schumacher, Heinrich Siepmann and Hans Werdehausen. […]

Short Description Every two years, the BFF offers a unique scholarship for 12 participants with the support of BFF mentors, workshops lasting several days and a crowning award ceremony in Zingst followed by an exhibition tour. This year’s theme is “Play”. The photo competition is aimed at all aspiring professional photographers and young professionals from […]

Short Description: Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin is accepting submissions for its 2025–2026 editions, with screenings and exhibitions held in Paris (November 2025) and Berlin (April 2026). This internationally recognized event explores new cinema, video art, and digital media. Artists, filmmakers, and creators can submit to either the Main Programme or the Moving Image Art Prize. Options […]

Short Description: The Best Brand Awards are an international competition with its headquarters in Germany. The aim is to recognize the concept and design of brands from all over the world. Designers, agencies and companies compete every year to present their best work. In 2024, brands from 25 countries and five continents were submitted. Participation […]

Short Description ZKM (Center for Art and Media) in Karlsruhe, in partnership with Cairotronica and the Goethe-Institutes in North Africa and the Middle East, invites applications from artists in Arabic-speaking countries for a residency program designed for visual and new media artists working on the intersection of art, society, nature and technology. This residency offers […]

A brief description: KHBstudios Berlin invite artists to live and work in one of their two residential studios. There is also a small bathroom, kitchenette and a showcase room for groups, workshops, events, exhibitions, etc. The room has open walls with pink traces of the past and a ceiling-high black panelled wall. Occasionally, events take […]

Short Description: The Ludwig Forum for International Art is a museum for international contemporary art. It is based on the Peter and Irene Ludwig Collection, which encompasses key works of global art from 1960 to the present. The Ludwig Forum’s collection forms the starting point for a program of exhibitions, events, and educational programs that […]

Short Description In 2025, the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle will announce the traditional Gustav Weidanz Prize for Sculpture for the 23rd time. The award is one of the few young talent awards in Germany that is exclusively reserved for the art of sculpture. Sculptors residing in Germany who have not yet reached the […]

Short Description With an artist-in-residence program, KVOST invites selected artists to trace the multi-layered network of meanings of the place and its surroundings or to deal with other geographical and biographical aspects of the East, and to present the resulting works in solo exhibitions. With the studio scholarship and artist-in-residence program, KVOST invites selected artists […]