Italy

Short Description The Earth Partner Prize 2025, previously #CreateCOP, is an open call that generates conversations around the urgent need for ecological justice, and the role the arts can play in visualising these issues and igniting action. What started as #CreateCOP, an Earth Partner initiative, has blossomed into a global community of over 130 countries, united […]

Short Description Now in its 11th edition, The International Competition in the framework of Teatri Riflessi is a contest for short performances, live works no longer than 15 minutes. Since its first edition in 2009, the competition has been promoting and encouraging a discussion on dramaturgy and contemporary performing languages connecting the stage to the representation of the territory […]

Organizer Information: Teaser is a space in the heart of Venice bringing together contemporary art exhibitions, culinary events and other public programs aiming to host practices of togetherness. To tease, in old English means to pluck or pull apart, means to draw gently from the fibers of the unseen. That’s exactly what Teaser longs to […]

Short Description: As of this year, 2025, Palermofoto launches “Casa & Putìa”, an art residency program aimed at professional photographers who want to broaden their knowledge of ancient printing techniques, or visual artists with the same curiosity. casa & putìa is born from the desire to share knowledge of antique photographic techniques with a broader […]

Short Description The Romano Gazzera Foundation officially launches the Romano Gazzera Foundation: Gazzera Prize, an art competition for those who have graduated and for the student body of the Academies and Art Institutes of the Piedmont Region. The goal is to pay homage to the memory of Romano Gazzera and, at the same time, stimulate […]

Short Description The Fausto Pirandello Foundation is pleased to announce the third edition of the of the Fausto Pirandello Painting Prize. The first edition, held in 2021, and the second, held in 2023, were received with great interest both by the young participating artists, and by the municipalities that hosted the exhibitions. This year, the event will […]

Short Description EneganArt aims to be a selection of works of art with a contemporary impact. The Competition is aimed at promoting current Italian art and enhancing the national artistic heritage. The aim of the Competition is to select a maximum of 24 finalist artists and decree the 4 winning works that will become part […]

Short Description As part of the 22nd Treviso Comic Book Festival edition (TCBF 2025), the Fumetti in Treviso associationannounces the International Contest for New Comic Authors 2025, created in collaboration with BancaPrealpi San Biagio Credito Cooperativo.The contest is open to all beginner comic authors of legal age who want to test their skills and create […]

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HANDS-ON Platform

ABOUT HANDS-ON Hands-on is a platform for visual art, cultural practice, and critical exchange, rooted in the belief that artistic work can act as both method and site of resistance. Initiated as a nomadic curatorial project focused on temporary, site-specific exhibitions, it has since grown into an expanded ecosystem that includes a digital editorial programme […]