2026–27 season

2027–28 Open Calls
apexart Open Calls present an opportunity for creatives everywhere/anywhere to have their idea made into an apexart exhibition. We use an online selection process drawing more than 1,000 proposals yearly which are voted on anonymously by more than 1500 people around the world in more than 103 countries. 10 winning proposals become apexart exhibitions, receiving a budget of up to 10,000 USD and apexart staff support to produce a focused, idea-driven exhibition. Learn more about how to submit a proposal, be a juror or be part of the classroom voting program. 

apexart NYC Open Call: October 1–31, 2026
Five winning proposals are awarded a budget of up to 10,000 USD and become part of apexart’s 2026-2027 exhibition season in NYC.

apexart International Open Call: February 1–March 1, 2026
Five winning proposals are awarded a budget of up to 11,000 USD and become part of apexart’s 2026-2027 international exhibition season.

Classroom/student voting program
The Open Call also presents a unique opportunity for students to help determine our exhibition programming. Participating universities and art schools include The New School, Node Center for Curatorial Studies, Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, Brown University, de Appel Curatorial Program, Makere University, MICA, Seoul National University, CalArts, New York University, Goldsmiths, University of London, Boston University, Columbia et. al. This is a rare opportunity for students to help determine real-world programming. For more information email lisa.vagnoni@apexart.org

2026–27 exhibitions

Weaving a Day, Mourning a Life: The Mother and Daughter-in-Law of Phúc Sen (NYC), curated by Dala Nguyen
September 5–October 24, 2026

Softwear (London, United Kingdom), curated by Kira Wainstein
September 18–October 17, 2026

Drinking Mercury (La Paz, Bolivia), curated by Naira Corzon Cortez
October 17–November 13, 2026

TRIBUTE (NYC), curated by Anh Dao Ha
November 7–December 19, 2026

Lands That Feed the World (NYC), curated by Marwa Benhalim
January 16–March 13, 2027

Cargo of Hope (Badagry, Nigeria), curated by Badagry Young Contemporary Collective
February 21–March 20, 2027

Disarm: Art in the Shadow of Gun Violence (NYC), curated by Donald Gialanella and Spencer Vomacka
March 27–May 22, 2027

Wind, Land, and Their Song (Jeju, Korea), curated by Gray by Silver
April 24–May 22, 2027

DEVOTION: A Black Love Archive (NYC), curated by Myeshia C. Babers
June 5–July 24, 2027

We Are Each Other's HARVEST: Black Women and the Politics of Self-Care (Cleveland, United States), curated by Tara Jefferson
June 20–July 17, 2027

2026–27 Fellowships
The apexart Fellowship program is a one month long activity intensive creative catalyst that takes artists through an active schedule of around 70 diverse activities in a new and generally distant location after agreeing not to make art, not to network and not to self promote. Fellows are presented with new ideas through taking part in volunteer activities, workshops, psychotherapy and meetings along with experiences and an opportunity to think in a non-directed way. This program serves as a much needed “time out” that artists don’t often get, to reassess what they are doing and why. Participants are selected by people they know from their home country who are familiar with their work, their culture, and their “need” for this unorthodox challenge.

Upcoming Fellowships:

Zara Alexandrova, Visiting from: Berlin, Germany
September 1–September 30, 2026

Genevieve Chua, Visiting from: Singapore
October 5–November 3, 2026

Arthur Summereder, Visiting from: Vienna, Austria
November 5–December 4, 2026

Esraa Elfeky, Destination: Montevideo, Uruguay
November 9–December 8, 2026

Kostas Roussakis, Visiting from: Athens, Greece
February 15–March 16, 2027

Maria Chale, Visiting from: Maputo, Mozambique
March 22–April 19, 2027

Hélène Jayet, Visiting from: Paris, France
April 26–May 25, 2027

Tommy Nguyen, Destination: TBA
May 24–June 22, 2027