Don Sante Montanaro Prize for Contemporary Art

3rd EDITION OF THE DON SANTE MONTANARO PRIZE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Reality as a Mirror of the Inner Dimension: New Geographies of ExpressionParticipants can submit works in the following categories: painting, sculpture, installation, photography, art video, performance, and virtual or multimedia art.Works must align with the theme “Reality as a Mirror of the Inner Dimension: New Geographies of Expression”.In the first stage, submissions must be sent via email. In the second stage, finalists are required to deliver the original artworks.Entry fees Participation in the competition is free of charge.Prize The winner will receive a cash prize of €2,000. The winning artwork will remain in the collection of the Monsignor Sante Montanaro Foundation and will not be returned.NEW DEADLINE: MARCH 6, 2025 AT 00:00“Reality as a Mirror of the Inner Dimension: New Geographies of Expression” is the theme chosen for the third edition of the International “Don Sante” Prize for Contemporary Art, organized by the Mons. Sante Montanaro Foundation. The theme serves as an invitation to reflect on the present, encouraging artists to explore its dynamics, balancing interiority and exteriority, the subjective world and the surrounding reality, and offering updated visions of the contemporary through their personal artistic languages.Art, as a privileged tool, has the ability to capture the complexity of the present—an uncertain wandering through contemporaneity discussed in the first edition—transforming its ambivalences into tangible forms capable of revealing meaning, in the pursuit of beauty, or rather, “a ray of beauty,” as articulated in the second edition.The word “geography” is not chosen by chance. In continuity with previous editions, the prize aims to trace new coordinates of the contemporary, mapping the pathways of current artistic expressions, and creating opportunities for reflection and dialogue within the creative community. After all, art is a tool that helps navigate the present; art is the space of connection.Attachments:

• Call
• Registration form

Website link: https://fondazionemontanaro.it/arte-contemporanea/3-edizione.html