Art in public space - Annuale

Course description

Art in public space competition for project applications of up to 15,000 euros on the theme

"Public Art Focus Year - Excursions"

The Cultural Department of the City of Munich/Public Art Munich invites you to take part in a public art competition. The aim is to select up to five artistic positions that deal with Munich in a performative way as part of the Public Art Focus Year. These performances/excursions will be realised in public spaces in the city of Munich from May to the end of August 2026 and will be freely accessible to all.

Background

The Public Art Munich Focus Year 2026 puts art in public spaces in Munich centre stage for one year. In temporary art projects, local and international artists will address the question of how we communicate with our environment, how we interact with it and how we ourselves become effective in it. As part of this Public Art Focus Year, up to five excursions, performances and artistic walks through Munich's urban space will be organised. To rediscover public space in peace and quiet as a space in which many things are possible. It doesn't automatically bring people together - but it can. And invites us to broaden our view.

Prerequisites

All artists residing in the Munich S-Bahn area can take part. The maximum budget for each individual project is 15,000 euros (gross). Up to six art interventions can be realised in 2025. Only one application per artist is possible.

What characterises the projects?

• The projects in the urban space are performative and situational. They should be art city walks/art excursions and not installative works. The performances are mobile and not statically and temporarily fixed in one place.
• The period of the performances/art excursions is between May and the end of August 2026.
• Organisation (including permits) and implementation are carried out by the artists
• The projects take into account the Sustainability Roadmap of Public Art Munich ( https://www.publicartmuenchen.de/ueber-uns/)

Required documents

• Written art concept (text max. 2 A4 pages, graphic illustration max. 3 A4 pages)
• Information on the start and duration of the performative art action. This must take place between May and the end of August 2026
• Statements on the artistic exploration of the chosen route of the art excursion
• Cost calculation (cost estimate) including project and operating costs: planning, realisation, support, communication, accompanying events, artists' fees, insurance, etc.
• Information on the mediation strategy: detailed statements on a discrimination-sensitive mediation strategy, see mission statement and sustainability roadmap at: www.publicartmuenchen.de/ueber-uns/
• Short biography (maximum 1 DIN A4 page)

Submissions are only possible by e-mail

• as a PDF file
• no larger than 10 MB
• by e-mail to: kunst-wettbewerb@muenchen.de
• Deadline for submissions is Thursday, 27 November 2025

Legal basis

A selection committee in the cultural department decides on the art excursions to be realised for the Focus Year 2026. Acceptances and rejections are made around two months after the application deadline.