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• AN Interior Wins Type Directors Club Award for Top 50 Section Design award

  AN Interior has been recognized with a merit certificate for lettering from the Type Directors Club (TDC72) for its special feature on the 2025 Top 50 Architects and Designers,…

• Booker Prize 2026 Longlist Announced: Elizabeth Strout, Douglas Stuart, Marlon James Among 13 Nominees award

  The Booker Prize 2026 longlist, known as the Booker Dozen, has been announced, featuring 13 novels selected from 163 submissions. The list includes Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth…

• Huelva opens call for 29th Autumn Painting Salon with €9,000 in prizes award

  The Huelva City Council, through its Department of Culture and Archaeological Heritage, has announced the 29th Autumn Painting Salon (Salón de Otoño de Pintura) for 2026. The open…

• Valentin Noujaïm Wins Han Nefkens Foundation’s Mediterranean Video Art Grant award

  The Han Nefkens Foundation has introduced its inaugural Mediterranean Video Art Production Grant for 2026, which has been awarded to filmmaker Valentin Noujaïm. The…

• ECC Awards Finalists Announced at Personal Structures – Confluences in Venice award

  The European Cultural Centre of Italy (ECC) has announced the finalists for the ECC Awards, presented within Personal Structures – Confluences, the eighth edition of its…

• Tony Cragg to Receive European Culture Award in Amsterdam award

  British sculptor Tony Cragg will receive the European Culture Award on September 4, 2026, at the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. The award is presented by the European Culture…

• Wellcome Photography Prize 2027 Opens with £52,000 Prize Fund award

  The Wellcome Photography Prize, now in its 30th year, has opened submissions for its 2027 edition. The biennial contest, free to enter, offers a total prize fund of £52,000…

• Heart's Nancy Wilson Reflects on 50 Years of 'Dreamboat Annie' award

  Nancy Wilson from Heart reflected on the enduring impact of their first album, 'Dreamboat Annie,' which will be honored in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2026, alongside icons like…

• FAZ's Feuilleton Prize Question on National Art Differences Sparks Debate award

  The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) has announced its annual Feuilleton Prize, inviting submissions on the question: 'Are there national differences in the arts?' The prize,…

• Anand RK and Charbak Dipta Nominated for 2026 Eisner Awards award

  Indian illustrators Anand RK and Charbak Dipta have been nominated for the 2026 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the highest honor in comics. Anand RK is nominated in the Best…

• 2026 A+Awards Winners Signal Shift from Spectacle to Substance in Architecture award

  The 14th annual A+Awards, announced by Architizer on June 8, 2026, recognized over 200 firms from more than 80 countries. The program, founded to democratize architecture, runs…

• Grace Malouf: From Law to Award-Winning Playwright via NIDA MFA award

  Grace Malouf, an alumna of NIDA's Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Performance (now known as Dramatic Writing), has achieved recognition as an award-winning playwright and…

• Sara Sozzani Maino Launches Sozzani Award for Women in Design and Craft award

  Sara Sozzani Maino, Creative Director of Fondazione Sozzani and former Deputy Editor of Vogue Italia, has launched the first edition of the Sozzani Award, dedicated to women in…

• Museo MA*GA and FIAMMA Launch Premio FIAMMA for Emerging Italian Art award

  The Museo MA*GA in Gallarate and FIAMMA, an Italian manufacturer of recreational vehicle accessories, have launched the first edition of the Premio FIAMMA – Collecting the Future.…

• Israël Nzila Wins RFI Théâtre 2025 for 'Clipping' award

  Congolese writer Israël Nzila has won the Prix RFI Théâtre 2025 for his play 'Clipping', which tells the story of Do, a woman who loses her baby at a market in southeastern DR…

• Harbour Front Literaturfestival Announces 2026 Debut Prize Shortlist award

  The Harbour Front Literaturfestival has unveiled the shortlist for its 2026 Debut Prize, honoring outstanding German-language literary debuts. The six nominated authors and their…

• Siena International Photo Awards Festival 2026 Nominees Announced award

  The Siena International Photo Awards Festival has unveiled the nominees for its 2026 event, showcasing entries from over 40,000 photographs submitted across 163 countries. The…

• Sophia Merwald Wins Kranichsteiner Literature Promotion Prize 2026 award

  Sophia Merwald has been awarded the Kranichsteiner Literaturförderpreis 2026 for her debut novel "Sperrgut" (published January 2026 by park x ullstein). The prize, endowed with…

• V&A Innovate Winners Tour Blast Studio's Circular Design Lab award

  Team Planet Plush from Newstead Wood School has been named the Overall Winners of the V&A Innovate 2025-26 competition. Recently, they participated in a workshop at Blast Studio…

• Francesca Astrei's 'Io sono verticale' Wins Jury Prize at XII FringeMi award

  Francesca Astrei, a Roman playwright and performer born in 1995, has won the Jury Prize at the 12th edition of FringeMi for her new show 'Io sono verticale'. The piece, which she…

• Rosa Tharrats and Andrés Izquierdo selected for FMJJ and AC/E international residencies award

  The third International Artistic Residencies Program, organized by the María José Jove Foundation Art Center (FMJJ) and Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), has chosen Rosa Tharrats…

• NYFA and NYSCA Award $903,000 to 132 New York Artists award

  Through their collaborative fellowship initiative, the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) have awarded $903,000 in…

• Dezeen Awards 2026 Party Set for London's Royal Opera House award

  The Dezeen Awards 2026 party will be held on 16 November at the Royal Opera House in London, with tickets going on sale 18 August. The event will take place in the Grade-II listed…

• Tile of Spain Awards 2026 Call for Entries Opens award

  The 25th edition of the Tile of Spain Awards for Architecture and Interior Design is now accepting submissions. Organized by the Spanish ceramic tile industry association, the…

• Peter Thiel Receives Axel Springer Award Amid Controversy award

  The Axel Springer Award 2024 will be given to tech billionaire Peter Thiel. Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner has praised Thiel effusively, but the relationship between the two…

• Pull & Bear Launches Photography Prize at Hyères Festival award

  Pull & Bear, a youth fashion brand, is introducing an international photography award named the “Prix de la Photographie de Mode Pull & Bear.” This new accolade will be part of…

• ICP Launches PSA–Inlaks Photography Residency for South Asian Artists award

  The International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York has announced the PSA–Inlaks Photography Residency, a new program supporting photographers from South Asia. The residency…

• Raquel Gu and Clara Grima Win COSMOS Prize for Comics and Math Book award

  Illustrator Raquel Gu and mathematician Clara Grima have been awarded the 2026 COSMOS Dissemination Prize in Spain for their book 'Algoritmos y a lo loco'. The book merges comics…

• 50 Finalists Named for 2026 Bowness Photography Prize award

  Fifty finalists have been unveiled for the 21st William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, as announced by the Museum of Australian Photography. This shortlist pertains to the…

• Adam Mandarano Wins 2026 Burwood Art Prize award

  Adam Mandarano, an artist from Sydney, has been awarded the $20,000 acquisitive prize for his self-portrait titled Painting in the Park at the 2026 Burwood Art Prize. This piece,…

• Lauren Blunden Wins 2026 Young Archie for Ages 16–18 award

  Lauren Blunden, a Sydney-based artist, has won the 16–18 year olds category of the 2026 Young Archie prize for her work 'Between'. The piece, executed in coloured pencil on paper…

• Akie Haga Wins People's Choice at Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize award

  Akie Haga, an artist from the Australian Capital Territory originally from Japan, has been awarded the $5,000 People's Choice Award in the 2026 Waterhouse Natural Science Art…

• David Burnett wins top photojournalism prize with plastic Holga camera award

  David Burnett, born in 1946 in Holladay, Utah, is a renowned photojournalist who co-founded Contact Press Images in New York in 1976. He has won the Robert Capa Gold Medal for…

• LensCulture Critics' Choice Award 2026 Winners Announced award

  The LensCulture Critics' Choice Award 2026 has announced its winners, featuring 19 photography experts on the panel. The open-themed competition attracted photographers of all…

• 29 Finalists Announced for 2026 Astronomy Photographer of the Year award

  The ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich and supported by ZWO and BBC Sky at Night Magazine, has announced 29 finalists for…

• Thoma Foundation Awards $160K for Spanish Colonial Art Research award

  The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation has announced the eight winners of its grants and fellowships for the 2026 Art of the Spanish Americas, totaling over $160,000. These funds…

• 29th PINTCA National Painting Competition Opens for Submissions award

  The 29th Certamen Nacional de Pintura Ciudad de Antequera (PINTCA) is now accepting entries until October 18, 2026. Organized by the Comunidad de Propietarios del Polígono…

• Three Berlin Galleries Nominated for VBKI Prize 2025 award

  The VBKI Prize Berliner Galerien, now in its tenth edition in 2026, has announced three nominees: Burster, Gudmundsdottir, and Super Super Market. The award, endowed with a total…

• 2026 International Pet Photography Awards Finalists Revealed award

  The 2026 International Pet Photography Awards have revealed their finalists, showcasing 4,220 submissions from 48 nations across 12 distinct categories. This year introduces new…

• V&A Innovate National Schools Challenge 2025/26 Winners Announced award

  On 25 June 2025, the V&A held its seventh annual Innovate National Schools Challenge Pitching and Awards Day virtually due to extreme temperatures. Ten finalist teams from across…