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Foundation for Contemporary Arts – Emergency Grants

Foundation for Contemporary Arts · New York

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
United States
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
$500 to $3,000 per grant; about 15–…
Grant / bursaryPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+11
Dates unconfirmed

Culture Moves Europe – individual mobility grants

Goethe-Institut for the European Commission (Creative Europe) · Belgium

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
European Union
Entry
Free
Prize
Travel and daily allowances for mob…
Grant / bursary
Dates unconfirmed

Prix Pictet

Pictet Group · Geneva

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
CHF 100,000 ≈ £90k
Prize / awardPhotography
Dates unconfirmed

Taoyuan International Art Award

Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts (Taoyuan City Government) · Taoyuan

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Grand prize and selected awards (am…
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Prix Marcel Duchamp 2026

ADIAF (Association pour la Diffusion Internationale de l'Art Français) · Paris

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
France
Entry
Free
Prize
€90,000 ≈ £77k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

The Percivals (Percival Portrait Painting Prize)

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery (Townsville City Council) · Townsville

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
A$44 ≈ £23
Prize
A$52,000 ≈ £27k
Prize / awardPaintingPhotography
Dates unconfirmed

Olive Cotton Award 2027

Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre (Tweed Shire Council) · Murwillumbah

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
A$35 ≈ £18
Prize
A$30,500 ≈ £16k
Prize / awardPhotography
Dates unconfirmed

National Works on Paper

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery · Mornington

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Major Acquisitive Award plus furthe…
Prize / awardDrawingPrintmakingCollage+2
Dates unconfirmed

National Contemporary Art Award 2027

Te Whare Taonga o Waikato Museum & Gallery · Hamilton

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
NZ$30,000 ≈ £14k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Aperture Portfolio Prize 2027

Aperture · New York

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
US$9,000 ≈ £7k
Prize / awardPhotography
Dates unconfirmed

Wales Contemporary / Cymru Gyfoes 2027

The Waterfront Gallery, Milford Haven · Milford Haven

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Awards for Excellence, Graduate Awa…
Prize / awardPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+5
Dates unconfirmed

Ithra Art Prize (8th edition)

King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) · Dhahran

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros and 19 more
Entry
Free
Prize
US$100,000 ≈ £78k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Turner Prize 2026

Tate · London

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
United Kingdom
Entry
Free
Prize
£55,000
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed