John Ruskin Prize
Returns after 4 years absence with £8,000 prize fund, Rome Prize & Exhibition, Banksy Imposters...
Hi all! A day later than usual this week which, serendipitously, allowed a long-awaited call for entries to land in my inbox…
The John Ruskin Prize returns for it’s 6th edition after a 4 year hiatus with a £3,000 1st prize & increased fund of £8,000. The multidisciplinary art prize is open to all artists, designers and makers aged 18 and over and is now open to digital submissions to facilitate international entries. There are two new prizes of £1,000 - The International Prize and The 2024 Kate Mason Prize for Innovation.
This year’s theme is ‘Seeing the Unseen, Hearing the Unspoken’ more info here. View previous winners and exhibition info of the 5th edition.
Standard UK entry: £25 for 1 artwork, Under 26: £20, International digital entry: £15.
Group show at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London next February. (entries close 20th Sep)
Lab ROME’23 - €2,000 purchase prize, group show in Rome for 12 artists, International, €45 entry (6 Jul)
Baltic + Shape Open Call - £5,000 bursary, 3 month residency (Sep–Dec) and support programme for early career disabled artists based in the UK (19 Jul)
Competition Categories
Here’s what’s currently open on MoMa:
UK Art Competitions - 32 open
Kid’s Art Competitions - 13 open
Photography Competitions - 9 open
Illustration Competitions - 3 open
Klimt’s Lady with a Fan broke the European sales record for a work of art yesterday at £85.3m. The rest of us can buy it on the poster above from £9.99 on Etsy.
Art Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI, Ireland & UK wide.
Art opportunities worldwide from Art Deadline, Art Rabbit & ArtistOpenCalls.
Born and raised in Paris, Julie Curtiss studied at l’Ėcole des Beaux-Arts before moving first to Japan and then to New York where she currently resides. In the video above Curtiss talks about her process, inspirations and giving a painting the time it needs.
Reading List
Art Fair Checklist for Artists (Jackson’s Blog)
Two street artists claim responsibility for hoax Banksy in Glasgow - documented in 3 videos on Conzo & Glöbel’s Instagram - part one, two and three.
‘Two Questions’ - Lynda Barry's one page comic story on recapturing creativity.
How can I find my own identity? - Nick Cave answers a reader’s plea - ‘get out of art’s way! Art will, in time, show you who you are’.
How My Father and I Drew a New Life - ‘After my mother died, my father had a choice: Give up or reinvent himself’. (NY Times)
Wes Anderson - Asteroid City Exhibition at 180 Studios, London, £15 (to 8 July)
Background story and sketches by the designer Federica Sala.
See you next week,
Grant
great roundup and content as always Grant -thank you : )