Art and Culture Jobs: Calls from Venice, Barcelona, Vienna, and Genoa
This week's roundup from Artribune highlights five opportunities for artists and cultural organizers. The Berlendis Venice Art Prize, hosted by Kosmos Contemporary Venice APS and Marignana Arte, encourages artists to delve into themes of border crossing, with a submission deadline set for September 24, 2026, and an exhibition planned from February 20 to March 21, 2027. The Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa is providing 25 studios for emerging artists aged 18-30 in Veneto, with applications due by September 11, 2026, and is also in search of a curator for its 2026-2027 program. Additionally, the Lilly Reich Grant from the Fundació Mies van der Rohe has an application deadline of September 2, 2026, while the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is looking for a new rector, with submissions due by September 10, 2026. SATURA in Genoa is also seeking interns and collaborators.
Key facts
- Berlendis Venice Art Prize second edition call open, theme 'Abbiamo varcato la soglia? In viaggio oltre frontiere, identità e linguaggi'
- Exhibition of 20 finalists at Spazio Berlendis, Venice, from 20 February to 21 March 2027
- Two sections: Emergent (under 30) and Contemporary (over 30), cash prizes
- Deadline for Berlendis prize: 24 September 2026
- Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa and Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia offer 25 artist studios for 2026-2027, for artists aged 18-30 residing in Veneto or domiciled in Metropolitan City of Venice
- Studio program runs November 2026 to October 2027, includes international mobility with MAECI and mentorship project Prospettive Pari
- Deadline for studios: 11 September 2026
- Fundació Mies van der Rohe announces fifth edition of Lilly Reich Grant for Equality in Architecture, focusing on diversity, inclusion, sustainability, and Lilly Reich's work
- Deadline for Lilly Reich Grant: 2 September 2026
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna seeks rector for 4-year term starting 1 October 2027, applications due 10 September 2026
- SATURA in Genoa seeks interns and collaborators for organizational and graphic/communication roles, open until positions filled
Entities
Artists
Institutions
- Kosmos Contemporary Venice APS
- Marignana Arte
- Spazio Berlendis
- Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa
- Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia
- Fundació Mies van der Rohe
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- SATURA
- MAECI
- Artribune
- Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea del Ministero della Cultura
- Direzione Generale per la Diplomazia Pubblica e Culturale del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale
- Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Vienna
- Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien
- Angewandte Performance Laboratory (APL)
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia
- St. Regis Venice
- Artelier
- Kaninchen-Haus
- Borealis
- The Others
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Torino
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Milano
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Catania
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma
- Ram
- Comune di Venezia
- Fondazione Forte Marghera
- Venis Spa
- Vela Spa
- Fondazione Canova Onlus
- Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova
- ExtrArtis
- Horizon 2020
- CLIC Project
- Bozar
- Fondazione CRT
- Fondazione Paideia Onlus
- Viafarini
- Fabbrica del Vapore
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
- Veneto
- Metropolitan City of Venice
- Barcelona
- Spain
- Vienna
- Austria
- Genoa
- Liguria
- Canal Grande
- Turin
- Borgo Aurora
- Torino
- Milano
- Bologna
- Firenze
- Catania
- Roma
- Giardini della Biennale
- Padiglione Venezia
- Mestre
- Forte Marghera
- Padiglione 29
- Possagno
- Sorrento
- Relais La Rupe
- Naples
- Milan
- via Carlo Farini 35
- Fabbrica del Vapore
- Brussels
- Paris