Attention Artists

Future Generation Art Prize: Call for Submissions
Online application starts from 18 January until 18 April

As stated in the previous post on HanoiGrapevine, the online applications procedure for the Future Generation Art Prize has now started. Young artists throughout the world are invited to compete for the $100,000 Future Generation Art Prize, established by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation. Applications can be uploaded for free here.

Among the benefits of this new biennial award are a generous prize ($60,000 in cash and $40,000 toward production of new work); a group exhibition for the shortlisted artists at the PinchukArtCentre in Kiev, one of the largest and most active new contemporary art institutions in Eastern Europe; and mentorship by renowned artists including Andreas Gursky, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami.

At the same time as it has opened the applications process, the PinchukArtCentre has also announced the names of the art professionals who will serve as the international jury for the Prize. The jurors are: Daniel Birnbaum (Sweden), Okwui Enwezor (Nigeria), Yuko Hasegawa (Japan), Ivo Mesquita (Brazil), Eckhard Schneider (Germany), Robert Storr (USA) and Ai Weiwei (China).