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Heysen Prize for Landscape

Hahndorf Academy · Hahndorf

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
A$16,000 ≈ £8.3k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Djerassi Resident Artists Program 2028

Djerassi Resident Artists Program · Woodside

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
One-month residency with living and…
Residency
Dates unconfirmed

Bundanon Artists in Residence 2028

Bundanon · Illaroo (Shoalhaven)

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Residency at Bundanon; terms set ou…
Residency
Dates unconfirmed

Preis der Nationalgalerie 2026

Freunde der Nationalgalerie · Berlin

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
Solo exhibition at the Neue Nationa…
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Brisbane Portrait Prize 2027

Brisbane Portrait Prize · Brisbane

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
A$65 ≈ £34
Prize
A$100,000 ≈ £52k
Prize / awardPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+2
Dates unconfirmed

NAE Open 2027

New Art Exchange · Nottingham

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
United Kingdom
Entry
Free
Prize
Exhibition, development day and con…
Open call / exhibition
Dates unconfirmed

Misk Art Grant

Misk Art Institute · Riyadh

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Middle East, Africa
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Grant funding, mentorship, technica…
Grant / bursary
Dates unconfirmed

Mandorla Art Award 2028

The Mandorla Centre of Inner Peace Inc. · Perth

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
A$50 ≈ £26
Prize
A$63,000 ≈ £33k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Kuenyehia Prize for Contemporary Art

Kuenyehia Trust for Contemporary Art · Accra

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde and 13 more
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
US$10,000 ≈ £7.8k
Prize / awardPaintingDrawingPhotography+2
Dates unconfirmed

ArtContest 2027

ArtContest · Brussels

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Belgium
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
First, second and third prizes, a j…
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

McCahon House Parehuia Residency

McCahon House Trust · Auckland

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
New Zealand
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
12-week residency with house, studi…
Residency
Dates unconfirmed

Kiefer Hablitzel | Göhner Kunstpreis

Kiefer Hablitzel Stiftung and Ernst Göhner Stiftung · Basel

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Switzerland
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
CHF 105,000 ≈ £95k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed