Image courtesy of Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
Professional Gate
Resources and international opportunities, open calls, and pathways for artists & curators. A curated portal for those seeking to advance their practice beyond local borders. Here, you will find selected open calls, biennale applications, curatorial positions, museum opportunities, and reputable funding programs. Each listing is selected for its integrity, relevance, and international visibility. This space exists to support your next step — with clarity, ambition, and alignment.
CALL FOR ARTISTS
18 – 25 June, 2026
A Beautiful Horizon – Call for Proposals
A Beautiful Horizon arrives at to Barcelona, bringing together a carefully selected group of contemporary artists within one of Europe’s most distinctive museum spaces.
Museum Introduction
The exhibition organized by RFA Projects takes place at the Museu Europeu d'Art Modern (MEAM), one of the city’s most distinctive cultural institutions dedicated to figurative and contemporary art. Located in the historic heart of Barcelona, the exhibition unfolds inside a museum where tradition and contemporary vision meet in dialogue. Surrounded by the architectural memory of the city and the atmosphere of Mediterranean light, the works presented here explore new perspectives in contemporary artistic practice.
A Beautiful Horizon invites visitors to encounter powerful and forward-looking works while reflecting on the evolving landscape of contemporary art.
Alongside the exhibition program, A Beautiful Horizon invites artists to share their work and become part of future editions and curatorial projects. We welcome submissions from contemporary artists working across painting, sculpture, photography, and interdisciplinary practices whose work engages with the evolving language of contemporary art.
Selected artists will be considered for upcoming exhibitions, collaborations, and curatorial initiatives connected to our international program. This open call is designed to create meaningful opportunities for artists to present their work within a professional museum context and to enter into dialogue with a wider global audience.
A horizon is not only something we observe — it is something we move toward together.
Artists are invited to submit their proposals through the link below.
Curator’s Note
A Beautiful Horizon brings together a selection of contemporary artists whose works explore the shifting boundaries of perception, memory, and place.
Presented within the historic spaces of the European Museum of Modern Art, the exhibition creates a dialogue between tradition and the evolving language of contemporary art. Each work contributes to a broader reflection on how artists respond to the present moment while imagining new horizons for the future.
Rather than presenting a fixed narrative, the exhibition opens a field of perspectives — where individual voices meet within a shared space of inquiry, imagination, and artistic vision.
Submission Guidelines
Artists are invited to submit their proposals for consideration in upcoming exhibitions and curatorial programs.
Submissions should include:
• A short artist biography
• A portfolio of recent works (PDF or website link)
• Artwork details (title, medium, dimensions, year)
• A short statement describing the work or project
All submissions are carefully reviewed by the curatorial team. Selected artists will be contacted directly regarding exhibition opportunities and future collaborations.
Deadline for submissions: May 15, 2026.
Press Description
A Beautiful Horizon brings together an international group of contemporary artists in the inspiring setting of the Museu Europeu d'Art Modern (MEAM).
The exhibition presents a diverse range of artistic approaches — from painting and sculpture to conceptual and interdisciplinary practices — reflecting the dynamic landscape of contemporary art today.
Through works that explore perception, place, and imagination, the exhibition invites visitors to reflect on how artists shape new visual horizons within a rapidly changing world.
Apply Now
To participate in the selection, kindly complete the form below, or submit your proposal via email at info@rfa-projects.com.
VENICE BIENNALE
Image courtesy © Venice Biennale
Participation in La Biennale di Venezia 2026
La Biennale di Venezia - Biennale Arte 2026 has designated its official submission platform for those wishing to participate in the upcoming edition through various exhibitions, workshops, and collateral activities. Artists working across disciplines are encouraged to explore the possibility of becoming part of one of the most prestigious contemporary art platforms worldwide.
Submissions will be reviewed for inclusion in the official program of La Biennale, offering a unique opportunity to present work within a global context of artistic excellence and critical engagement.
Procedures and deadlines for the presentation of spontaneous submissions for the next BIENNALE ARTE 2026 will be published on this page:
https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2024/submissions
AMSTERDAM STEDELIJK MUSEUM FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
© Stedelijk Amsterdam
The Institution Listens – to be Reconfigured
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam opens a new call for proposals for the biannual Municipal Art Acquisitions exhibition, inviting artists, designers, and makers to rethink how cultural objects are formed, valued, and sustained over time.
Unbubble proposes a shift in perspective. Rather than reinforcing fixed categories or stable definitions, the exhibition asks how institutions might remain porous—capable of listening, adapting, and transforming. It is an invitation to question permanence, to examine the lifecycle of objects, and to reflect on how meaning circulates between creation, use, archive, and memory.
At its core, Unbubble challenges the idea of the artwork as a closed, final entity. Instead, it foregrounds processes: how works emerge, evolve, decay, or are reactivated. Participants are encouraged to consider materials, methods, and formats that resist monumentality and open themselves to change. What does it mean for an institution to collect something that is unfinished, variable, or collective? How can acquisition become an ongoing relationship rather than an endpoint?
The exhibition welcomes proposals across disciplines and scales—from physical objects to printed matter, from sculptural forms to research-based practices, from archival interventions to participatory systems. Emphasis is placed on works that engage critically with time, sustainability, and institutional frameworks, and that explore how knowledge and culture are transmitted between generations.
Unbubble also reflects on the museum itself: its role as custodian, mediator, and public space. By inviting new forms into the collection, the Stedelijk acknowledges the need to continuously reassess its structures and assumptions. Listening becomes an active practice—one that allows the institution to be reconfigured from within.
The selected works will be presented at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in November 2026 as part of the Municipal Art Acquisitions exhibition.
Deadline for submissions: March 1, 2026.
DOCUMENTA ARCHIVE x GOETHE INSTITUT
© documenta archiv / photo: Anita Back
Fellowships 2026
The Goethe-Institut and the documenta archiv are offering two international fellowships for scholars, artists, and curators whose practice intersects with research, archives, and contemporary cultural discourse. Over the course of six months in Kassel, fellows will have the opportunity to develop an independent research project that opens new perspectives on documenta and its transnational contexts.
This initiative provides access to archival resources, consultation with institutional experts, and the space to critically examine historical narratives, curatorial paradigms, and the global impact of documenta as a cultural framework.
Key Information
• Fellowship period: 1 May – 31 October 2026
• Eligible profiles: scholars, artists, curators, cultural researchers
• Research focus: documenta, archives, transnational discourse, institutional history
• Location: documenta archiv, Kassel
Application Timeline
• Applications open: 8 January 2026
• Deadline: 5 February 2026 · 12:00 (CET)
• Application format: digital submission via Goethe-Institut portal
Further details regarding funding, eligibility, and contact persons are available through the official application platform:
https://www.goethe.de/en/kul/foe/doc.html
Images: (1) documenta enters its 70th anniversary in 2025. (2) Museum Fridericianum: Oskar Schlemmer, Fünfzehnergruppe (1929); Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Kneeling Woman (1911), Badende (1914), Mother and Child (1917/18). All images are courtesy of the artists and documenta archiv.
BIENAL DE CURITIBA
16th Bienal de Curitiba visual identity. Courtesy of Bienal de Curitiba.
Where a Continent Learns to Speak in Art
The 16th Bienal de Curitiba (Brasil) opens on June 14, 2026, positioning itself once again as one of Latin America’s most significant contemporary art events. Recognized for its international scope, the Bienal brings together artists, curators, researchers, and institutions from across Brazil and abroad, activating museums, cultural spaces, universities, and public venues throughout Paraná. The program extends until November 2026, establishing a sustained period of exhibitions, seminars, and professional encounters.
A central focus of this edition is the relationship between art and education. In 2026, the Bienal reinforces its commitment to emerging practitioners and new generations in the arts. Within this framework, CUBIC returns as a structured gateway into the professional circuit: offering training modules, workshops, guided curatorship processes, exhibition opportunities, and access to collaborative networks that extend beyond Paraná into the wider Latin American region — including partners and initiatives in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina.
Participation is open to students, young professionals, and independent practitioners who are ready to develop their practice in dialogue with the field.
From June to November, the Bienal becomes an active learning environment — a public space of research, orientation, and encounter. Not a closed system, but a passage: an entry point into circulation, visibility, and exchange.
Because contemporary art is not simply a destination. It is a transit, an orientation, and a beginning.
Registrations remain open until March 21, 2026.
https://www.bienaldecuritiba.org
STOCKHOLM MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Pablo Picasso, Installation view, Late Picasso. © Succession Picasso/Bildupphovsrätt 2025. Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet
A call to shape the future of art
Moderna Museet, Stockholm stands as a beacon where international voices converge — a place where modern and contemporary art unfold in a continual dialogue between past and present, light and shadow. At this pivotal moment, the museum opens a call for a visionary curator to help shape its future exhibitions and collection, with a strong focus on international art. It is an invitation to enter an institution defined by intellectual rigor, openness, and global exchange — a space where ideas are tested, challenged, and made visible.
More than a position, this opportunity reflects Moderna Museet’s enduring commitment to artistic excellence and critical vision: a dream role within a dream institution, sustained by a collaborative and forward-looking team.
Applications are open until January 12, 2026. Further details are available via the Moderna Museet.