Organisation: Tokyo Biennale Programme: Social Dive 2027 Opportunity type: Call for projects Location: Tokyo, Japan Application deadline: 30 September 2026, 23:59 JST Project format: Residency-based art and curatorial projects Support: Travel expenses up to JPY 300,000, accommodation in Tokyo, project development support up to JPY 200,000, and a JPY 100,000 honorarium Tokyo Biennale invites artists, curators, researchers, collectives, and practitioners to propose art projects
Application deadline: 4 September 2026, 10:00 am (CEST)Location: Venice, ItalyNumber of fellowships: 2Duration: 3 monthsFellowship periods: Early January–early April 2027 or mid-April–mid-July 2027Grant: €5,000Research budget: €2,000Additional support: Accommodation, round-trip travel and reimbursement of visa fees The Fellowship Scuola Piccola Zattere welcomes applications from international artists and cultural practitioners for two three-month fellowships taking place duri
Application deadline: September 15, 2026 Residency period: November 2026 – June 2027 presentation As part of the development of its artistic, educational, scientific and territorial project, Villa Arson is creating a curatorial and experimental residency dedicated to collaborative practices and new mediations in the field of contemporary art. Conceived as a situated research space, this residency invites an exhibition curator, curator or researcher to develop, over an academi
ITSLIQUID Group, in collaboration with ACIT Venice, is proud to announce the open call for the 25th edition of VENICE INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR 2026. This international exhibition, scheduled from September 18 to October 02, 2026, will be hosted within the prestigious 16th-century Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello and other historic Venetian locations and will feature an exclusive selection of worldwide talents, creating a dynamic dialogue between photography, painting, video art, sculptu
8.30–9.00 a.m. Arrival/Registration 9.00–9.15 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks 9.15–10.45 a.m. PANEL 1: Law, Norms, Ethics and the Limits of Restitution Chair: Franz-Philipp Sutter (Austrian Supreme Administrative Court / WU Vienna) Manon Zeidler (AGBU, Paris) Restitution as a Symptom: On the Limits of International Cultural Heritage Law Emma Waring (University of York) Beyond the Washington Principles: Time, Moral Force, and the Limits of English Spoliation Law Corinne Hers
Open for: Individuals Curators, Researchers & Critics Visual Arts & Design Destination countries: United States of America MUUS Collection is an American 20th century photography collection that preserves, researches, and reveals work from the archives it owns and represents. As a part of the mission to transform the archives through new interpretations and scholarship, MUUS Collection is launching the first MUUS Collection Research Fellowship to invite a curator or academic
Open for: Artists, Researchers & Critics Cross-disciplinary, Literature, Visual Arts & Design The Kometa Fellows’ programme thus provides one year’s funding for the work of authors (journalists, writers or photographers) who document reality in contexts of war, censorship or severe political and social tensions. A patron funds one year’s work for each Fellow. In 2025, Kometa already funded the work of three journalists: Dmitry Velikovsky, a Russian investigative journalist in
Women of Surrealism: Archives, Networks, Commitments (1920-1980).Study days on the occasion of the launch of the virtual exhibition "Simone Kahn, Surrealist Trajectories" German Center for Art History (DFK Paris),André Breton Workshop Association (AAAB),Rhône-Alpes Historical Research Laboratory (LARHRA),Center for Research in Cultural and Social History of Art (HiCSA). These study days accompany the inauguration of the virtual exhibition "Simone Kahn, Surrealist Trajectories
FROG - Future and Reality of Gaming in Vienna is calling! Call for Abstracts 2026 Since 2007, FROG has brought together researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines to discuss key questions in game studies and game development, to reflect on the significance of play for society, culture, education, and democratic participation, and to jointly explore the future and realities of gaming. From November 20–22, 2026, FROG celebrates its 20th edition and enters a new chap
2. Internationale CLOSURE-Konferenz //Tropes of Comics and Manga: Between Genres, Conventions and Database Knowledge2nd International CLOSURE Conference, 19.–21.11.2026 Kunsthistorisches Institut, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielWilhelm-Seelig-Platz 2 (WSP), 24118 KielEntrance: Westring (next to the barrier/gate) Thursday, 19.11.2026 (WSP2 – R.214 – Hörsaal) 15:00: Welcome and Introduction: Lukas R.A. Wilde (Trondheim) with Zoltán Kacsuk & Magnus Pfeffer (Stuttgart) 1.
For 2027, the University of Erfurt is again offering Duke Ernst Scholarships and Hiob Ludolf Fellowships for research on the Gotha collections, primarily in the Gotha Research Library. During their stay, the scholarship recipients will be affiliated with the University of Erfurt's research institutions in Gotha. THE GOTHA RESEARCH LIBRARY The Gotha Research Library at Friedenstein Castle preserves outstanding collections on the cultural history of the Early Modern and Modern
«Something wrong with the idea of ‘dissident’ art.»The Reception of Unofficial and Post-Soviet Art in Italy from 1960 to the Present. Co-curated by Olga Alter and Alessandra Franetovich. After visiting the exhibition La nuova arte sovietica: una prospettiva non ufficiale (1977), in the frame of the Biennale of Dissent, Susan Sontag wrote in her diary: “Something wrong with the idea of ‘dissident’ art.”[1] She observed that this definition derived from a label imposed by artis
Platform Dalí Principal 1a Carrer de la Ciutat 7 Barcelona, 08002 Spain www.platformdali.org Instagram Platform Dalí cultivates direct, experimental, research-led exchange between artists and scientific communities. As with the art of Salvador Dalí, Platform Dalí pushes at the boundaries of artists’ perception of the world and fosters new creative dimensions for all its participants. On July 1, 2026, Platform Dalí presented What is real? the first public expression of its mis
IAAC 12 Application deadline: 14 September 2026 Location: Worldwide First Prize: 10,000 Euros (pre-tax) Learn more On 7 June 2026, the 12th International Awards for Art Criticism (IAAC 12) was officially launched at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, inviting submissions of art reviews in Chinese or English from around the globe. IAAC 12 is jointly run by the IAAC Organising Committee, the School of Philosophy at Fudan University, and the Shanghai Zhangyuan Art Museum (in prepa
This grant is jointly offered by the Centre d'études Picasso at the Musée national Picasso-Paris, the Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso (FABA), and the Museo Picasso Málaga. It is intended for PhD candidates in art history enrolled at a European university or school.The purpose of this grant is to provide financial and academic support for a doctoral research project focusing on the work of Pablo Picasso and, more broadly, on 20th- and 21st-century art history. Projects
Das Willy Bretscher-Fellowship (CHF 4000.-/ Monat) ermöglicht Stipendiat:innen während 3–12 Monaten an der Zentralbibliothek Zürich (ZB) mit digitalen Methoden an Daten oder Beständen der ZB zu forschen. Die Bewerbungsfrist läuft bis zum 30.9.2026.Das Fellowship bietet Forschenden die Möglichkeit, sich mit den Beständen resp. den Daten der ZB vertieft auseinanderzusetzen, sich mit den Spezialistinnen und Spezialisten im Haus auszutauschen und falls erwünscht, mit dem ZB-Lab..
Seminar: "Socialist Visual Cultures and Decolonizations: Circulations, (Re)Interpretations, and Resistances of Visual Models in the Context of the Cold War", 2nd Edition. During the Cold War many countries turned to socialism as an alternative to colonial domination. Recent work in global history, particularly following the work of Odd Arne Westad, has helped move beyond a strictly bipolar reading of the period. This research reasserts the significant role of newly independen
Internship Program Fall - Winter 2026 - 2027 Do you want to join a team that’s passionate about helping create positive change?Are you ready for hands-on experience bringing major projects off the page and into the real world? Apply for the SNF internship program! We are inviting anyone interested and excited by SNF's mission to apply regardless of background and qualifications. Submit your application by July 15, 2026, at 10 a.m. EST. If you have applied in the past and you
The Malevich Society is pleased to announce its call for 2026 grant applications. Based in New York, the Malevich Society is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing knowledge about the artist Kazimir Malevich and his work. In the belief that Malevich was a pioneer of modern art who should be recognized for his key contributions to the history of Modernism, the Society awards grants to encourage research, writing, and other activities related to his history and me
