Short Description
The Rencontres d’Arles is opening its call for applications for the 2026 Discovery Award Louis Roederer Foundation, part of the festival’s 57th edition.
Since 2021, the Rencontres d’Arles Discovery Award has integrated organizations that foster emerging artists—community spaces, independent exhibition sites, artist-run spaces, hybrid exhibition spaces, galleries, institutions, and foundations—to pave the way to identify and support artists.
Eligibility
Each organization (gallery, art center, community space, independent exhibition site, institution) may present, in the form of an exhibition proposal, a single artist (or a single artists’ collective working as a single artistic entity).
The application must:
→ propose a photographic exhibition project by one artist whose work has recently been discovered.
→ be submitted by an organization only (artists may not apply directly).
Organizations that may participate are: galleries, art centers, community spaces, public institutions, and independent exhibition spaces. The organization’s primary function must be the exhibition of artists’ work.
→ If selected, the organization and artist agree not to show the project, in whole or in part, before its exhibition at the Rencontres d’Arles 2026.
→ If selected, the organization and artist agree to produce the exhibition project for the Rencontres d’Arles, based on the production budget supplied by the festival.
Submission Requirements
→ a short biography of the artist (700 keystrokes maximum, including spaces); a CV showing the artist’s exhibitions and publications; a portfolio of the artist’s work
→ a short written presentation of the organization (400 keystrokes maximum, including spaces); the organization’s website; and a chronological list of exhibitions presented by the organization
→ title of exhibition project and presentation text for the exhibition project (1,500 keystrokes maximum, including spaces); images of works to be exhibited, specifying their number, dimensions, medium, and how they will be presented
→ estimated production budget for the exhibition, based on the template of the application’s online model.
How to Apply
Online Application
Program Benefits & Awards
During opening week, a jury selected by the festival will determine the jury award, which rewards an artist and the artist’s supporting organization by an acquisition of artworks in the amount of €15,000; festival visitors will determine the public award, which rewards an artist and the artist’s supporting organization by an acquisition of artworks in the amount of €5,000.
Entry Fee
None
Location
Arles, France
Timeline
- Application Deadline: 1 December 2025
Website Link: https://www.rencontres-arles.com/en/prix-decouverte-appel-a-candidatures/
