For this seventh edition, artists are invited to interpret and draw inspiration from the curatorial concept of Koyo Kouoh, curator of the 61st Art Exhibition La Biennale, In Minor Keys.

The ‘Artefici del nostro tempo’ competition is open to the following artistic disciplines:

• Painting;
• Video Art and photography;
• Sculpture and glass design;
• Public art and street art.

The works submitted must be unpublished, original, the brainchild of the artists, all executed after 1 January 2024.

Prizes

The jury will select 10 pieces of art from each of the four disciplinary fields.

The works ranked first in each category will be exhibited at the Venice Pavilion in the Giardini della Biennale, alongside the 61st Art Exhibition La Biennale. These works will form part of the Venice Pavilion’s curatorial project.
The remaining selected works, ranked from second to tenth, will be exhibited at the Casermetta in Forte Marghera, Mestre, from June to September 2026 and published in the exhibition catalogue.

A cash prize will be awarded to the top three works in each artistic category: first prize 5,000 euro, second prize 3,000 euro, third prize 1,000 euro. 

In addition, at the sole and unquestionable discretion of the competition’s Organizing Committee, two artists (or collectives) deemed particularly deserving will be selected to take part in artist residencies at the cultural production space of the Emeroteca dell’Arte.

Participation in the call is free of charge. Applications must be submitted by 12:00 noon on March 1 by completing the appropriate online form on the Municipality of Venice website.

Artefici del nostro tempo is an initiative of the Municipality of Venice, carried out in collaboration with the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Fondazione Forte Marghera, Vela S.p.A., and Venis S.p.A.

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The competition is open to the following artistic disciplines: Street Art (graffiti, graphics and communication public space, street furniture design); Glass (glass works); Image (photography and video in all techniques and materials); Work (painting and sculpture with all techniques and materials); Narration (illustration, visual poetry with all techniques and materials that relate text and images).

‘Artefici del nostro tempo’ selects 10 works for each of the five categories, created individually or by a collective of artists. The first prize winners in each category will be exhibited at the Venice Pavilion at the Giardini della Biennale, in conjunction with the 19th Architecture Biennale 2025 to be held in Venice from 10 May to 23 November.
The works will be integrated with the project of the IUAV University of Venice, which will curate the Pavilion by recalling the Biennale theme with the title ‘Biblioteche. Costruire l’intelligenza veneziana – Libraries. Building Venetian intelligence’

The remaining selected works, from second to tenth place, will be exhibited at Pavilion 29 in Forte Marghera, Mestre, from June to December 2025.

The first three works classified in each artistic category will receive a cash prize; a special cash prize may be awarded to those artists who, although not winners in their discipline, nevertheless distinguished themselves and were particularly appreciated by the jury.

There will be two special prizes consisting of artist residencies to be assigned to two artists (or collectives) considered worthy, according to the unquestionable judgement of the Competition Organising Committee, of having best represented the theme of the Biennale and the Venice Pavilion. The artist residencies will be held at the space for cultural production of the Emeroteca dell’Arte in Via Poerio in Mestre and will be assigned at a time and manner that will be communicated later.

Participation to the contest is free of charge.
Deadline 17 February 2025. Extended to 18 March 2025.

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“Artefici del nostro tempo” envisages the selection of ten artworks for each of the seven artistic disciplines in the contest, realised individually or by a collective of artists.

The first ranking artworks in each category will be exhibited at the Venice Pavilion at the Giardini della Biennale in conjunction with the 60th International Art Exhibition that will take place in Venice from 20 April to 24 November 2024 (pre-opening 17/18/19 April); the works ranked in second, third and ex aequo will be exhibited at Pavilion 29 in Forte Marghera in Mestre from the end of May to the end of December 2024.

Participation to the contest is free of charge.
Deadline 26 February 2024.

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“Creators of our time” is a selection of 10 artworks for each artistic discipline both individual and artists’ collective. The first ranked artwork for each category will be exhibited at the Venice Pavilion at the Giardini della Biennale in Venice coincidence with the 59th International Art Exhibition (from 23 April to 27 November 2022); the remaining selected artworks will be exhibited at Pavilion 29 of Forte Marghera in Mestre from June to December 2022.

Participation to the competition is free of charge. 
Deadline 27 February 2022.

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