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Applications are now open for the fifth edition of the Prize

Deadline: 16th November 2010

Prizes: 100.000 euro

Winners’ artwork remain property of the artist

ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE CALL FOR ARTISTS

The International Prize “Arte Laguna” starts the new edition with the goal to promote young contemporary art. Remaining consistent to the original purposes of its two creators, Laura Gallon and Beatrice Susa, Arte Laguna Prize continues its course as “incubator of Italian and international young art”, with the will to discover new talent, to support emerging artists in promoting their creativity and to develop their careers.

The V edition of the Prize is enriched with two new sections – Video Art and Performing Art – which are additional to those established: Painting, Sculpture and Photographic Art.

In particular, the Prize presents really a lot new opportunities and main innovations.

– Collective exhibition of finalist Artists –

The final exhibition – which displays the 110 finalists selected by judges – is scheduled on March 2011, involving again the prestigious venue of the Arsenal of Venice.

In addiction, there is the Special Prize “Tina B”, in collaboration with the same festival in Prague, for sharing a performance with the Prize. And the Special Prize “Open” that offers the partecipation to the XIV edition of the International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations that will take place in Lido of Venice during the Venice International Film Festival.

Venice Arsenale Collective Exhibition of the 110 finalist Artists

– the Jury –

Surrounding the figure of the main curator of the Prize, the art critic Igor Zanti, the Jury presents new important art professionals for increasing new perspectives in the selection of works:

Gianfranco Maraniello – Director of MAMbo of Bologna
Chiara Barbieri – Publications Director Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Ludovico Pratesi – Director of Visual Arts Centre Pescheria of Pesaro
Luca Panaro – Art Critic
Rossella Bertolazzi – Director of IED
Maja Skerbot – Art Critic and curator
Valentina Tanni – Critic and one of the Exibart Founders
Monika Burian – Director of the International Contemporary Art Festival Tina B in Prague
Matteo Zauli – Director of Zauli Museum in Faenza

– Artist in Residence –

The Special Prize “Artist in Residence”, assigned to the artists chosen between finalist ones and it provides three artist’s residencies with the specific intent to promote and encourage the creativity of young artists. These are:

Special Prize “Art Stays” Art Residence in Slovenia + final exhibition
Special Prize “Claudio Buziol Foundation” Art Residence in Venice + final exhibition
Special Prize “Carlo Zauli Museum” Art Residence in Faenza + final exhibition

Artist in residence

– Press Award –

The second one is represented by a special prize, the Press award, whose jury is composed of seven journalists from the art field:

Daniele Capra – Exibart
Elisa Delle Noci – Artkey/Teknemedia
Lorella Pagnucco Salvemini – ArteIn
Cristiano Seganfreddo – Innov(e)tion Valley
Chiara Somajni – Il Sole 24 Ore
Gloria Vallese – Arte Mondadori
Maurizio Zuccari – Insideart

– Personal Exhibitions –

Also for its fifth edition, the Prize offers Special Prizes in collaboration with the Galleries Partners, a network of more than 30 Italian and foreign galleries, that host personal exhibitions for the selected artists among the finalist ones. Those represent more opportunities and visibility linked with nationally and internationally important events and institutions in the art field.

31 International Galleries

– Business for Art –

Moreover the Prize can start new and unexpected synergies between the contemporary art world and the companies through the Special Prize “Business for Art”. In this new edition it will start a new collaboration with ReiL enterprise, in the real estate field, that offers the Special Prize “Reil for young talents”, a stay in Brazil for one artist that will work in a resort for making it an unique artistic space.

Business for Art

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