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• 2026 Guillermo Cortés Melo Prize for Contemporary Urbanism and Architecture Announced award

  The National Academy of Architecture has issued a call for submissions for the 2026 Guillermo Cortés Melo Prize in Contemporary Urbanism and Architecture. The competition's theme…

• Sony World Photography Awards 2026 Finalists Reveal Diverse Landscape Approaches award

  The 2026 Sony World Photography Awards has announced 30 finalists and 65 shortlisted entries from over 430,000 submissions across 200 countries and territories. Liam Man's work…

• Architecture Hunter Awards 2026 Now Accepting Submissions award

  The Architecture Hunter Awards (AHA) has initiated its submission process for the 2026 edition. This international prize program seeks to honor achievements in architectural…

• Clint Howard Receives Top Award in Pastel 100 Competition award

  Clint Howard has won the Pastel Journal Founders Award, the highest honor in the 27th Annual Pastel 100 Competition. His winning work, titled 'Unfolding,' is a pastel on paper…

• Epstein Scandal Connections Raise Questions About Pritzker Prize's Future award

  The recent Jeffrey Epstein scandal has implicated figures from the art and architecture sectors, including Tom Pritzker and Leon Black. These connections have sparked significant…

• Biennale Musica 2026 Awards Honor Keiji Haino and Sarah Davachi award

  The Biennale di Venezia has announced the recipients of its 2026 music awards. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement is awarded to Japanese composer and performer Keiji Haino,…

• KVOST and Claus Michaletz Preis 2026 Open Call for Artists with Central/Eastern European Roots award

  Kunstverein Ost (KVOST) has announced its 2026 KVOST Stipendium, which is combined with the Claus Michaletz Preis. The 10,000 Euros prize honors publisher and Secco Pontanova…

• French Animator Ugo Bienvenu Criticizes AI While Oscar-Nominated for 'Arco' award

  French animation director Ugo Bienvenu has voiced strong criticism of artificial intelligence, warning that it poses intellectual risks. His debut feature film 'Arco' has been…

• Aesthetica Art Prize 2025 Longlist Showcases Contemporary Portraiture Exploring Identity and Psychology award

  The longlist for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2025 showcases artists delving into portraiture as a means of psychological inquiry. Berlin's Stephanie O'Connor investigates themes of…

• 2026 George Plimpton and Susannah Hunnewell Prizes Awarded to Renny Gong and Bud Smith award

  The Paris Review has revealed the recipients of its 2026 literary awards. Renny Gong will receive the George Plimpton Prize for emerging fiction writers, while Bud Smith will be…

• Complete List of Contenders Announced for 80th Premio Strega Literary Award award

  The final group of nominees for the 80th Premio Strega literary prize has been revealed, bringing the total to 79 entries. This includes 29 new titles proposed by the Amici della…

• Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026 Winners Announced award

  The Underwater Photographer of the Year competition has revealed its 2025 award recipients. Australian photographer Matty Smith received the top honor for his image titled…

• Mari Katayama Wins First Mori Art Award with JPY 10 Million Prize and Solo Exhibition award

  Mari Katayama has been awarded the first-ever Mori Art Award, which includes a prize of JPY 10 million (USD 64,000) and a solo exhibition curated by the Mori Contemporary Art…

• Gabriel Calparsoro Receives ARCO Foundation Award for His Personal Art Collection award

  Gabriel Calparsoro has been honored with the ARCO Foundation's A Award for Collecting. His collection, which he describes as emotional and personal, comprises approximately 180…

• March 2026 Photography Opportunities: Awards, Grants and Open Calls award

  A comprehensive listing of photography competitions, funding opportunities, and submission calls with deadlines throughout March 2026. The calendar includes numerous international…

• Alana Perino's 'Pictures of Birds' Series Explores Grief Through Photography award

  Alana Perino created the photographic series 'Pictures of Birds' between 2020 and 2024 in Longboat Key, Florida. The project documents her experience caring for her mother-in-law…

• Light Space & Time Gallery Announces 16th Annual Figurative Art Exhibition for March 2026 award

• Dieci finaliste per Capitale Italiana della Cultura 2028: audizioni al MiC award

  Il Ministero della Cultura ha avviato le audizioni pubbliche per la designazione della Capitale italiana della Cultura 2028. Le dieci città finaliste sono Anagni, Ancona, Catania,…

• Napoles Marty Discusses NXTHVN Mentorship and Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize award

  Artist Napoles Marty, recipient of the 2026 Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize, participated in a conversation with curator Diana Nawi. The discussion centered on Marty's artistic…

• Winners Announced for 27th Annual Pastel 100 Art Competition award

  The results of the 27th Annual Pastel 100 competition have been released, showcasing selected works in the pastel medium. A panel of experienced artists served as judges for the…

• Compasso d'Oro Award Highlights Italian Design's Diverse Legacy award

  The Compasso d'Oro award, recognized as a premier honor in design, has celebrated numerous iconic Italian creations throughout its history. Beyond well-known items like the…

• Domenico Starnone Wins Centennial Bagutta Prize for Literature award

  The Bagutta Prize, Italy's oldest literary award established in 1926, has honored Domenico Starnone with its centennial edition for his novel 'Destinazione errata' published by…

• American Photographers Recognized in 2026 Sony World Photography Awards award

  The 2026 Sony World Photography Awards featured notable achievements by photographers from the United States across multiple categories. Winners included J Fritz Rumpf for…

• Student's Massive Sock Monkey Sculpture Sets Guinness World Record award

  A 22-year-old art student named Emilia Evans-Munton has constructed a colossal sock monkey sculpture that measures nearly 50 feet in length. The artwork has been officially…

• Irys Photos Black & White Photography Contest Announces Winners with Leica Sponsorship award

  The second Irys Photos Spotlight competition, focused on monochrome photography, has concluded with Mateusz Kuca named as the winner. Kuca's image, captured in snowy Krakow,…

• Haji Oh Receives Innovation Honor at 2026 Asia Pacific Arts Awards award

  Artist Haji Oh was honored with the Innovation Award at the 2026 Asia Pacific Arts Awards. The recognition celebrates Oh's collaborative artistic approach that explores memory…

• Five Aesthetica Art Prize Longlisted Artists Explore Abstraction Through Photography award

  Five artists longlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize are creating abstract photography by manipulating perception through techniques like cropping, close-ups, and digital…

• Young Circle of Cultural Foundation Offers Five Travel Grants for Art Basel 2026 award

  The Junge Freundeskreis der Kulturstiftung der Länder is providing five travel stipends for early-career art historians and curators working as volunteers in German museums to…

• Light Space & Time Gallery Announces 16th Annual Animals Art Competition award

  Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery has launched its 16th annual Animals art competition, open to global artists working in two-dimensional and three-dimensional media,…

• Australian Artists Recognized in Prestigious International Craft Competition award

  Two Australian creators were selected as finalists for the Loewe Craft Prize, an international competition. An artist who participated in the judging panel provided insights into…

• Winter 2026 Award Winners Across Italy's Art Prizes award

  The winter art prize season in Italy for 2026 celebrated a diverse group of artists. Alice Corbetta, born in Milan in 1964, earned the Premio COMEL Vanna Migliorin Arte…

• Mari Katayama Receives V&A Parasol Foundation Women in Photography Commission award

  The multidisciplinary artist Mari Katayama has been awarded the V&A Parasol Foundation Women in Photography commission. Katayama, who was born in Saitama in 1987 and earned a…

• Sony World Photography Awards 2026 Winners Announced, Exhibition at Somerset House award

  The 19th Sony World Photography Awards Open competition has revealed winners and shortlisted entries across ten categories including architecture, landscape, portraiture, and…

• Wayne McGregor Awards 2026 Biennale Danza Lions to Bangarra Dance Theatre and Mamela Nyamza award

  Wayne McGregor, artistic director of the Dance section of La Biennale di Venezia, has awarded the 2026 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to Bangarra Dance Theatre, Australia's…

• Bangarra Dance Theatre and Mamela Nyamza Honored at Venice Biennale Dance Awards award

  The Venice Biennale's 2026 dance edition has announced its major award recipients. The Golden Lion for lifetime achievement was presented to Australia's Bangarra Dance Theatre.…

• Five Sculptors Longlisted for 2025 Aesthetica Art Prize Explore Public Space and Materiality award

  Five artists have been longlisted for the 2025 Aesthetica Art Prize, all working in sculpture to investigate systems and environments beyond traditional gallery confines. Edina…

• Firenze lancia il premio Zeffirelli per le professioni dello spettacolo award

  La Fondazione Franco Zeffirelli e il Trust Zeffirelli hanno creato un nuovo premio per onorare il maestro Franco Zeffirelli, mirato a valorizzare le professioni artistiche.…

• February 2026 Art Prize Winners and Upcoming Opportunities Announced award

  Multiple art awards have announced winners and shortlists for February 2026. The John Ruskin Prize awarded Duncan Cameron £3000 for his sculpture Stratigraphy, with additional…

• Hai-Wen Lin Wins 2025 Burke Prize for Kite Garments at Museum of Arts and Design award

  The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) has awarded the 2025 Burke Prize to Hai-Wen Lin, recognizing U.S. artists under 45 who excel in contemporary craft. Lin's creations, which will…

• Teen Innovator Wins Top STEM Prize for Origami-Based Emergency Shelter Design award

  Miles Wu, a 14-year-old student from New York City, received the $25,000 first prize at the 2025 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge for his research on using…