Prices for galleries and off-spaces

If you run an art gallery or an off-space that promotes up-and-coming artists in Munich, you can apply for an award.

Description

The City of Munich awards six biennial prizes of 7,500 euros each for galleries and off-spaces. This honour is intended to highlight the basic attitude of the award winners towards Munich as an art location and their role model function for the perception of Munich as a city of art.

The next call for tenders will take place in 2025.

Prerequisites

The following can apply:

Galleries,

  • that operate a commercial art trade in Munich (i.e. changing exhibitions in their own gallery spaces, open to the public without restrictions and effective publicity measures to promote the visibility of the permanently represented artists),
  • whose focus is on the primary market with contemporary art and
  • are the first gallery for Munich artists.

Off-Spaces,

  • that show predominantly non-commercial exhibitions in Munich (i.e. changing exhibitions, open to the public without restrictions and publicity measures to promote the artists shown in the exhibitions),
  • whose focus is on contemporary art and
  • which also show Munich artists.

Required documents

  • a short profile of the gallery or off-space,
  • an overview of the exhibitions and (digital) activities of the last two years
  • an overview of the Munich artists represented/shown,

summarised in a PDF file (maximum 4 MB) exclusively to

galerien_off-spaces@muenchen.de

Applications received after the application deadline cannot be considered.

Duration & Costs

Processing time

All timely, formally valid and complete applications are submitted to the expert jury convened by the City Council. It makes a selection of applicants and recommends them to the City Council. The City Council is expected to decide on the awarding of the "Prizes for Galleries and Off-Spaces" in the Culture Committee at the beginning of December 2023.

You will receive written notification shortly after the jury process has been completed and the City Council has made its decision. Please refrain from enquiries.

Landeshauptstadt München

Kulturreferat
Abteilung 1
Bildende Kunst, Darstellende
Kunst, Film, Literatur, Musik,
Stadtgeschichte, Wissenschaft

Postal address

Landeshauptstadt München
Kulturreferat
Abteilung 1
Bildende Kunst, Darstellende
Kunst, Film, Literatur, Musik,
Stadtgeschichte, Wissenschaft

Burgstraße 4
80331 München

Fax: +49 89 233-21269

Address

Burgstraße 4
80331 München

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