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VII International Bad Video Art Festival OPEN CALL

We are looking for videos that are at the intersection of bad art, bad painting, and bad cinema. We propose to study extreme forms of video art and single out certain works as bad videos or “B-videos”. Join us if you are interested in the issue of quality and boundaries in art. This year, the […]


Art competition: Ferdinandeum – Art on the building site

The Tiroler Landesmuseen-Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H. invites artists to take part in the “Ferdinandeum – Art on the Building Site” competition. The occasion is the renovation of the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck from spring 2025 to 2027. The aim of the competition is to realize temporary works of art on or during the construction site […]


STUDIO TALKS 24/25

WHAT6 joint online meetings and two individual online discussions over a period of 6 months. The meetings and one-to-one discussions accompany the artistic work in the studio through exchanges between colleagues, the thematic focus on topics that are important to the participants and through reflection opportunities, whichcan be individually deepened between the meetings. An intensive […]


The marehalm ART award

The marehalm Art Prize is aimed at artists who have found their own artistic position, which is surprising and has so far received too little attention. These unseen artists, who fulfill the requirements listed under conditions of participation, can apply for the art prize. There are no restrictions for the applicants in terms of level […]


Hans Purrmann Prize of the City of Speyer for Fine Arts

According to Hans Purrmann’s express wish, the “Hans Purrmann Prize of the City of Speyer for Fine Arts” is to be awarded to young artists who are worthy of support and who, comparable to Hans Purrmann’s stations in life (birth in the Palatinate, life and work stations in Munich, Berlin, Paris, Rome, Florence, but also […]


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Photo competition – Impressions of Romanticism: Caspar David Friedrich and Saxon Switzerland

Saxon Switzerland exerted a great attraction on Caspar David Friedrich throughout his life. He had found the ideal of a romantic landscape here and recorded his impressions in numerous sketches and drawings. For him, the rocky world of Saxon Switzerland was a place of longing and inspiration. What fascinated the Romantics back in the 19th […]


KaB: Osthofen | New construction of an elementary school with five classes and a two-court sports hall

The municipality of Wonnegau is planning the construction of an elementary school with five classes and a two-court sports hall.(…)The implementation of the art on the building as a work of art is intended to reflect the sustainable character of the building principle. The artwork is intended to create an identity that is characteristic of […]


Screenshot BBK-Homepage, Künstler*innendatenbank, Beispiel „Buchkunst“, Stand 25.09.2024

BBK workshop “Artist profiles on the BBK homepage” on October 22 and 29, 2024

The new BBK Saxony-Anhalt website was launched in April 2024. The site is optimally geared towards our uses. The design is appealing, the usability is flexible and the new tools bring it to life. One shortcoming of the new site is the extensive lack of artist profiles in the “Artist database” menu item(www.bbk-sachsenanhalt.de/kuenstlerinnen). All BBK […]


hin&herzo project prize 2025

The city of Herzogenaurach is organizing “hin&herzo – The Culture Festival” for the 6th time, which will take place from 18 to 21 September 2025. In addition to a broad cultural program and a variety of different events, the hin&herzo project prize will be awarded.The city of Herzogenaurach is looking forward to receiving applications from […]


Music and Visual Arts Residency 2025

Each September, Pioneer Works selects residents through an open call. Aided by a jury of experts and Alumni Residents, Pioneer Works welcomes residents who work outside existing models and ‘norms’ of their field and will benefit from the unique facilities and culture of the residency. As such, Pioneer Works shifts and evolves to reflect the […]


Residency for Visual Artists from Central Asia

With support from Delfina Foundation’s Network of Central Asia Patrons, the foundation is welcoming applications from contemporary visual artists from Central Asia for a residency in London. This 12-week residency will take place from March 31 to June 22, 2025, during Delfina Foundation’s spring residency season. Applicants must be a national of and/or currently living […]


Into the Fields: Residency for Artists from Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland

Denk-und Produktionsort Libken grants five two-month residency scholarships to artists from Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland who live and work in the countryside or mainly engage with rural environments in their artistic practice. The residency will take place from 1 March to 30 April 2025 in Libken, on the outskirts of the 80-inhabitant village […]


Residency Scholarship Audiovisual Art

The 13th INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL SCHLOSSMEDIALE FÜR ALTE UND NEUE MUSIK UND AUDIOVISUELLE KUNST will take place from June 19 to 28, 2025.A five-week residency grant gives three individual artists the opportunity to develop new art in a place steeped in history and to realize it in a creative and open approach in the special rooms […]


Marion Ermer Prize 2025

The Marion Ermer Foundation in cooperation with the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig awards the Marion Ermer Prize, endowed with EUR 5,000 each, to four young visual artists. The prizewinners’ works will be presented in a joint exhibition and accompanying publication at the MdbK in 2025. The call is aimed exclusively at young artists who […]


Zeitgleich-Zeitzeichen: Experimental printing art from Saxony-Anhalt now also in Dresden

Printmaking experiments from Dresden and Dessau have already been on display for two weeks this early summer at the Anhaltischer Kunstverein Dessau. Now the BBK portfolio project is also coming to Dresden. In the spirit of contemporary experimental printmaking, works will be exhibited by: Künstlerbund Dresden e.V. Thomas Bachler | Heike Berl | Gudrun Brückel […]


Open pop-up store at Halle (Saale) main station

A store in Halle (Saale) main station will be vacant from 2025. The owner, Deutsche Bahn, would like to establish this store as a pop-up store with changing tenants from the creative industries. The monthly net cold rent is around €800, but is negotiable. The store’s opening hours are also not tied to the station’s […]


ilka Leukefeld, Sabine Riemenschneider, Kornelia Thümmel in Halberstadt

V.MKH-Biennale – PĂDURE ȘI BINE | COȚOFANĂ ȘI ELAN | COPAC ȘI TUFĂ | WALD UND WOHL | BAUM UND BUSCH | ELSTER UND ELCH


Gestaltung: Lucie Weiße

José Madrigal Despaigne and Anne Pruy in Leipzig

Exhibition “The moment you know” Nine graduates of Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle will be exhibiting at the Spinnerei Leipzig from September 14 to 29, 2024. Duration: September 14 to 29, 2024


Andrea Wippermann, „midsummer“, Halsschmuck, Silber, Stahl emailliert, Durchmesser ca. 20 cm, 2022

Christine Matthias at Wiligrad Castle

Exhibition “DAS EREIGNIS” Andrea Wippermann and Christine Matthias – Jewelry Rüdiger Giebler – Painting Moritz Wippermann – Graphics and objects We cordially invite you and your companions to the opening of the exhibition onSaturday, September 7, 2024, at 5 p.m. in the gallery at Wiligrad Castle. Exhibition duration: September 7 to October 27, 2024 In […]


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Annegrete Riebesel on glass art podium in Magdeburg

Lecture and panel discussion “Preserving cultural heritage. Architectural glass art yesterday – today – tomorrow” on September 10, 2024, 6 to 8 p.m. In July 2024, the state capital of Magdeburg published “Painting with Light and Glass – Architectural Glass Art in and from Magdeburg”. The volume is the result of intensive research and is […]