Chianciano Biennale 2024 – OPEN CALL
OPEN ARTIST CALL FOR THE BIENNALE OF CHIANCIANO 2024
Submission Deadline: 31st May 2024
General Information
- The exhibition will will take place from the 3rd to the 18th of August 2024,
- All exhibited works must be approved by the selection committee of the Chianciano Art Museum.
- Artists can apply from any stage of their career (emerging or established) and from any nation.
- Artists can apply with one or more artworks but each artwork will be judged individually.
- There are no geographical nor thematic limitations to artwork submissions and there is no minimum age.
- Submitted artworks can have been previously exhibited or published
- Submitted artworks can be from any year of an artist’s career
- Approximately 150 artists will be selected exclusively on the basis of the works submitted.
- Accepted artistic disciplines are not restricted and include (but not restricted to) works on canvas/ board/ paper/ other supports, mediums such as oil/ acrylic/ collage/ printmaking watercolours/ mixed medias, photography, digital art (including AI assisted art), video art, sculpture, fibre art and installation.
- There is no specific size limit but if an artwork is larger than 250cm, on any side, contact us and request specific information before submitting the work.
- If a single artwork has numerous elements, that are integral parts of the same artwork such as a diptych or triptych, then it is considered as one artwork submission.
- Artworks that are in a series that can be sold or shown individually/separately are regarded as separate submissions.
- Collaborative works are eligible. When the work is submitted please write all artist names under the artist name field (e.g. artist name & artist name &…) and use your collaborative group name under the pseudonym field if you have one.
- Approved artists are invited to attend the Biennale inauguration with guests but there is no actual requirement for artists to be personally present during the Biennale.
- Recommended image qualities: The selection process is on screen and we receive the exact file you send. Therefore, if you are happy with how your artwork can be viewed/evaluated on your screen, that is exactly how we will see it on ours. All formats accepted. 10mb limit per file.
- Submission deadline: 31 May 2024
- Selected artists will be announced in mid June on social media and our website. The selected artists will also be contacted by email. Artists that are not selected will not receive a formal rejection notification.
Awards
The Chianciano Biennale is an art competition & open call for artists. The main prizes are as follows and no artist can receive more than one prize and no prize will be awarded to more than one artist:
- €2.500 Best work at the Chianciano Biennale
- €1.000 Chianciano Biennale Award for Best Painting
- €1.000 Chianciano Biennale Award for Best Sculpture/Installation
- €1.000 Chianciano Biennale Award for Best Work on Paper
- €1.000 Chianciano Biennale Award for Best Digital/Photographic works
- Five artists will be automatically approved/selected to participate in the London Art Biennale 2025
- Five artists will be selected for a critique by the International Confederation of Art Critics
- Five artists win a week’s stay in Tuscany at the Chianciano Arts Club Boutique Hotel
Curatorial study
- All works are set up and curated by the Biennale team and there are no related costs of any kind for the artists.
- The selected works will be exhibited at the Chianciano Art Museum and/or art galleries located in the medieval part of the city.
- Artwork stretching/mounting/framing (2d works) is not required for the selection process but only if the work is approved and will be therefore exhibited in the Biennale.
- Gallery stretched canvases (at least 35mm deep) can be exhibited unframed
- Canvases below 35mm in depth must be framed
- Other 2D artworks (works on board, works on paper etc) must be appropriately framed/mounted.
- However, artworks that are specifically envisioned in a way that is incompatible with stretching/framing are of course exempt, please contact us if clarifications are required.
- All 2D works should be ready to hang with string, hooks or other hanging fixtures.
- The Biennale provides screens for video art therefore all we need is the digital file. Artists that have specific screens or display equipment can of course provide them if they wish.
Sales
- Exhibited artworks do not need to be for sale, it is the artist’s choice and artworks can be exhibited as “not for sale”.
- For artworks that are for sale, prices and information will be available with the London Biennale staff via professional and experienced sales staff.
- La Biennale does not take any commission on sales and will only retain costs/taxes related to the sale.
Submission fee
- € 40 Euros for each work presented for selection
- The fee covers administrative/organisational costs and is not refundable regardless of the outcome of the selection process.
- Once a work of art has been accepted for the exhibition there are no other fees.
