Curatorial Research Fellowship

Close on December 15, 2021

Territory: Worldwide

Theme: Open

Eligibility: Exhibition Curators

Entry Fees: Free

Prize: Exhibition

The Rencontres d'Arles is having a €20,000 curatorial research fellowship open to all the exhibition curators.

The chosen project will unfold in two parts:
-research
-followed by an exhibition based on the results.

The €20,000 grant includes:
-€5,000 for research expense and fee.
-€15,000 to produce the exhibition.

The Rencontres d'Arles curatorial research fellowship is intended for curators wishing to produce an unprecedented exhibition project with a relationship to images/photography. The research and production fellowship is supported by Jean-François Dubos.

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