Applications are now open.
Launched in 2020, the European Art Explora – Académie des Beaux-Arts Award is open to all public and private European museums and art centres. Its goal is to encourage initiatives that are designed to reach new audiences.
This year, three 50,000 EUR prizes and one 10,000 EUR audience-choice prize will be awarded in order to boost projects designed to reach wider audiences: digital innovations, offsite activities, inclusion of people with disabilities, new mediation methods, cultural awareness for young people, etc.
Applicants are invited to apply in one of the following three categories, based on their establishment's patronage in 2019:
–Category 1: Institutions receiving fewer than 100,000 visitors per year
–Category 2: Institutions receiving between 100,000 and 500,000 visitors per year
–Category 3: Institutions receiving over 500,000 visitors per year
Apply until October 1, 2021 and find all the information on the 2021 event here.
For the 2021 edition, the jury will consist of:
Diane Drubay, founder of We Are Museums
Tatyana Franck, Director of the Musée de l'Élysée, board member of PLATEFORME 10
Adrien Goetz, Doctor in Art History and Academician
Fabrice Hyber, artist and Academician
Frédéric Jousset, Chairman of Art Explora
Catherine Meurisse, comic book author and Academician
Laurent Petitgirard, Permanent Secretary of the Académie des Beaux-Arts
Anna Somers Cocks, journalist, founder of The Artnewspaper
Marie-Cécile Zinsou, Chairwoman of the Fondation Zinsou
The European Art Explora – Académie des Beaux-Arts Award also acts as a platform for exchanging and sharing good ideas in order to unite institutions committed to sharing culture with as many people as possible.
Read the report on the first edition of the Award to get an overview in text and images.
