International ArteArt Announces Laguna Prize for Artists

The 6th INTERNATIONAL ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE calls artists from all over the world to Venice. Total amount of the prize will be 170,000 EUR.

Sections include:  painting, sculpture, photographic art, videoart and performance, virtual art
Deadline: 11th November 2011

The contest is open to all artists, without any limit of age, and the topic is free

Prize Curator: Igor Zanti - Art Critic
Jurors: Alessio Antoniolli - Director Gasworks of London ; Chiara Barbieri - Publications Director Peggy Guggenheim Collection; Gabriella Belli - Director MART of Trento and Rovereto; Ilaria Bonacossa - Freelance Curator; Soledad Gutierrez - Curator at MACBA Barcelona; Kanchi Metha - Curator Indian Pavillon Prague Biennale; Ludovico Pratesi - Director Centro Arti Visive Pescheria of Pesaro; Maria Savarese - Freelance Curator ; Ralf Schmitt - Director Preview Berlin; Alma Zevi - Art Critic.

Collective Exhibitions: The jury will select 110 finalists who will show their artworks at the Arsenale of Venice in March 2012. Another collective exhibition, dedicated to artists under 25, will take place at the Institute of Romanian Culture of Venice. The winning artworks will remain property of the artists and will be collected in a bilingual catalogue

A network of opportunities for the Artists:

5 money Prizes of 7,000 EUR for the winner artist of each section

5 Art Residencies: Loft Miramarmi - Italy, Carlo Zauli Museum - Italy, Glass School Abate Zanetti - Venice, Art Stays - Slovenia, iaab - Basel

2 Business for Art: STILE Original Design offers a money prize of 8,000 EUR and will develop an art project with the selected artist; another project will be offered by the jewelery company FOPE of Vicenza

2 International Festivals: participation in Open in Venice and Tina B in Prague

26 Personal Exhibitions in International Art Galleries
The Arte Laguna Prize has created a network of international galleries to introduce the artists to the market of Contemporary Art. Each gallery will select an artist for organizing a solo exhibition.

For more information, please visit: www.artelagunaprize.com or email: info@premioartelaguna.it
or phone: +39 041 59 37 242

 

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