The Prisma Art Prize is now accepting submissions for its 19th edition, open to painters, illustrators, printmakers and all traditional 2D artists. Prisma Art Prize celebrates the many directions painting can take today – traditional or experimental, intimate or bold – always with a focus on strong visual research. The winner of the 19th edition of the Prisma Art Prize will be awarded with a 500 Euro cash prize. In addition, three finalists will be awarded with an Honorable mention, which consists in an interview curated by Prisma Art Prize.

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The Prisma Art Prize is now accepting submissions for its 18th edition, the second quarterly competition of 2025. As a global platform, it celebrates the power of art in all its forms, offering an inclusive space for painters, illustrators, and engravers. Prisma Art Prize showcases a diverse and inclusive array of paintings, drawings, and engravings, reflecting the myriad possibilities of these mediums. This is your chance to be part of a dynamic community of artists pushing boundaries and expressing the full spectrum of creativity.

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The 17th edition of the Prisma Art Prize is now accepting entries. Prisma Art Prize is an art contest born to promote emerging painters and visual artists. As an international platform, it showcases a diverse and inclusive array of paintings, drawings, and engravings, reflecting the myriad possibilities of these mediums. The winner of the 17th edition of the Prisma Art Prize will be awarded with a 500 Euro cash prize. In addition, three finalists will be awarded with an Honorable mention, which consists in an interview curated by Prisma Art Prize.

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Il Varco invites you to join the tenth Passepartout Photo Prize, a photography contest born to promote and widen the exposure of emerging photographers. Passepartout Photo Prize aims to support the development of talented photographers from all over the world by awarding 500 Euro in monetary prizes every year, organizing exhibition in a fine art gallery in the heart of Rome, publication in our partners’ magazines, and other opportunities What makes this contest unique is that the organizers collaborate with various professionals in the contemporary art and photography industries. The jury is a diverse blend of photographers, editors, gallerists, curators and educators who bring kaleidoscopic perspectives into our selection process.

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The 16th edition of the Prisma Art Prize is now accepting entries. Prisma Art Prize is an art contest born to promote emerging painters and visual artists. As an international platform, it showcases a diverse and inclusive array of paintings, drawings, and engravings, reflecting the myriad possibilities of these mediums. The organizer’s goal is to act as a prism that reveals the spectrum of artistic expression.

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The call for entries for the 15th edition of Prisma Art Prize — born to promote emerging painters and visual artist, is now open. Il Varco aims for this prize to be a prism that refracts all the possible outcomes of the painting process. The intent is to collect and exhibit a selection of works of art that is inclusive, diverse and representative of the possibilities that the medium of painting offers to artists.

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Il Varco invites you to join the ninth Passepartout Photo Prize, a photography contest born to promote and widen the exposure of emerging photographers. Passepartout Photo Prize aims to support the development of talented photographers from all over the world by awarding 1,000 Euro in monetary prizes every year, organizing exhibition in a fine art gallery in the heart of Rome, publication in our partners’ magazines, and other opportunities What makes this contest unique is that the organizers collaborate with various professionals in the contemporary art and photography industries. The jury is a diverse blend of photographers, editors, gallerists, curators and educators who bring kaleidoscopic perspectives into our selection process.

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The call for entries of the 14th edition of Prisma Art Prize, an international art prize born to promote emerging painters and visual artist, is now open for submissions. The organizers want the this prize to be a prism that refracts all the possible outcomes of the painting process. Il Varco aim to collect and exhibit a selection of works of art that is inclusive, diverse and representative of the possibilities that the medium of painting offers to artists. Il Varco hosts four quarterly art competitions with 2,400 Euro prize money every year, over 3,000 Euro in partners’ awards, the possibility to take part in the collective exhibition in 2024 at the Contemporary Cluster of Palazzo Brancaccio, Rome, one of most innovative art institutions in the international contemporary scene, the chance to get a solo show organized by our partners Isorrophia Gallery and Pallavicini-Dettori Collection and to win a two weeks residency at Dar Meso, in the very heart of Tunisi. With the artistic direction of Marco Crispano, curated by Domenico De Chirico and a jury of esteemed professionals with different backgrounds in the arts panorama.

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Il Varco invites you to join the eight Passepartout Photography Prize, a photography contest born to promote and widen the exposure of emerging photographers. It is an open-theme contest. Photographic works of any kind of artistic style, size and technique (digital, film and experimental processes, digital collages, and other mixed media) are accepted. AI-generated images as a part of the photographic process are accepted. Passepartout Photo Prize aims to support the development of talented photographers from all over the world by awarding 1,000 Euro in monetary prizes every year, organizing exhibition in a fine art gallery in the heart of Rome, publication in our partners’ magazines, and providing other opportunities for international exposure.

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Il Varco Creative Hub presents the thirteenth edition of the Prisma Art Prize, which inaugurates the fourth year of the prize. The goal is to create space and visibility for emerging artists, presenting an inclusive career opportunity that will extend throughout 2024 involving visual artists worldwide. Prisma Art Prize is a quarterly art competition with €2,000 of annual prize money, over €3,000 of service prizes and the possibility of participating in the collective exhibition in 2024 at the Contemporary Cluster of Palazzo Brancaccio, Rome, one of the art institutions most innovative in the international contemporary scene.

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