Founded by the .ART Registry to mark its 10th anniversary, the .ART Award is a new annual prize for artists working today. Applications are accepted through 1 November 2026. Semi-finalists are announced on 6 November, finalists on 20 November, and winners revealed on 3 December 2026 at Art Basel Miami.
Prizes: USD 50,000+ in total.
- A USD 15,000 Grand Prize in cash
- Residencies at Château du Fresne (France) and Anfitrion (Spain)
- A major editorial feature in Whitewall Magazine, the Award’s media partner
- A premium .ART domain valued at USD 10,000
- Additional prizes to be announced
How the submission works.
Each artist submits a URL: a .ART domain pointing to content online that holds the bio, the work, and the story behind the practice. The submission can be a personal site, a profile on an artist platform (HUG.art, ID.art, OpenSea, Foundation, and others), or any destination the artist already maintains. The jury reads each practice in the artist’s own context.
The 2026 jury:
- Jerry Saltz, Senior Art Critic at New York Magazine
- Dean Phelus, Associate Vice President of Learning and Editor in Chief of Museum magazine at the American Alliance of Museums
- Akanksha Ballaney, Senior Director of Business Development at Artsy and Artnet
- Regina Harsanyi, Media Arts Curator at the Museum of the Moving Image
- Gijs Stork, co-founder of Château du Fresne artist residency
- Laurent Moïsi, Co-Publisher and Editor-at-Large of Whitewall Magazine
- Shlomi Rabi, Founder of Bridgewell Arts
- Leo Crane, co-founder of AIFA Ventures
- Sasha Stiles, Kalmyk-American poet and artist
- Irina Tarsis, Founder and Director of the Center for Art Law
Eligibility. Artists worldwide, working in any medium, are invited to apply. The submission requires an active .ART domain. .ART is the registry of choice for over 310,000 artists, galleries, museums, and cultural institutions.
Submit and learn more at award.art.
