The 2024 Art Explora – Académie des beaux-arts European Award

The leading European award championing new dialogues between the arts and audiences

Open to all non-profit European cultural organisations, the European Award encourages new forms of audience engagement and participation in arts and culture, supporting innovative projects, across all art forms, that can be shared, replicated and scaled across Europe.

The 2024 calendar

Entries: May 13 - September 10
Jury meeting: November 2024
Awards ceremony: December 11, 2024

Eligibility requirements

Why apply?

  • Join our Arts & Audiences! professional network events during the year
  • Compete for one of three Awards of €50,000
  • Compete for the Special Jury Award of €20,000
  • Compete for the €10,000 People's Choice Award
  • Feature in our publication with Beaux-Arts Editions
  • Promote your project with our social media tools
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The 2024 preselection

Category 1: cultural organizations with annual budgets of up to 500,000 euros

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Bulevard Art and Media Institute, Albania

"Diaries: Lindart and the Albanian Women Artists Association": Invite the local and international public to participate in the creation of an online archive, in collaboration with the first Albanian women artists association.

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Diaries: Lindart and the Albanian Women Artists Association

Invite the local and international public to participate in the creation of an online archive, in collaboration with the first association of Albanian women artists.

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Mindfulness Institute - Mindful Art, Belgium

"Promoting universal access to art and well-being": Inviting people, whether sighted or visually impaired, to slow down and enjoy a moment of well-being through a multi-sensory exploration of the works.

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Promoting universal access to art and well-being

Invite sighted and visually impaired visitors to slow down and enjoy a moment of well-being through multi-sensory exploration of the works.

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KRAK Center for Contemporary Culture, Bosnia-Herzegovina

"Curating the Periphery": Encouraging the appropriation of the art center by the inhabitants of the town of Bihać by co-constructing the cultural season.

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Curating the Periphery

Encourage the appropriation of the art center by the inhabitants of the town of Bihać by co-constructing the cultural season.

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Udruga Skribonauti, Croatia

"Go on With the Story": Using short stories written by inmates of Croatia's only women's penitentiary, writers, visual artists and musicians create short films accessible to the general public.

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Go on With the Story

Based on short stories written by inmates of Croatia's only women's penitentiary, writers, visual artists and musicians create short films accessible to the general public.

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Kunst På Arbejde, Denmark

"The Significance of Art at Work": Making art accessible in the workplace to encourage exchange by installing works of art accompanied by conversation kits.

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The Significance of Art at Work

Make art accessible in the workplace to encourage exchanges by installing works of art accompanied by conversation kits.

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Concomitentes, Spain

"Objective: Independent Lives": Encouraging the autonomy of people with disabilities by enabling them to curate a work of art.

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Objective: Independent Lives

Encourage the autonomy of disabled people by enabling them to become curators of a work of art.

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Arts Convergences, France

"KORAL": Enabling people with disabilities to play and compose as a group, without false notes, thanks to an application that transforms phones into musical instruments.

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KORAL

Enable people with disabilities to play and compose as a group, without false notes, thanks to an application that transforms phones into musical instruments.

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Comicdom Press, Greece

"Libraries on Prescription": a cross-sector collaboration involving libraries and healthcare professionals to improve mental health and well-being through cultural prescription.

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Libraries on Prescription

A cross-sector collaboration involving libraries and healthcare professionals to improve mental health and well-being through cultural prescription.

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Osvěta z.s., Greece

"FilmSight": A programme website enabling blind and visually impaired young people to acquire film-making skills.

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FilmSight

Visit programme to learn film-making skills for blind and visually impaired young people.

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London Bubble Theatre, United Kingdom

"Hear My Voice": A series of performances, written with young Afghan women, to inspire other groups of disenfranchised women to share their stories and create their own performances.

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Hear My Voice

A series of performances, written with young Afghan women, to inspire other groups of disenfranchised women to share their stories and create their own performances.

Category 2: cultural organizations with annual budgets of €500,000 to €2 million

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M28 - Farmland, France

"L'événement 25 - les Chemins du vivant" (Event 25 - Pathways of the Living World): linking original artistic initiatives linked to the living world to transform the region through culture, with the active participation of local residents.

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Event 25 - Pathways of life

Connect new artistic initiatives linked to the living world to transform the region through culture, with the active participation of local residents.

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TRAFO House of Contemporary Arts Budapest, Hungary

"PerformanceBus (with Studio ALTA Prague)": A touring bus to promote artistic encounters and facilitate access to contemporary art and performance across Hungary.

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PerformanceBus (with Studio ALTA Prague)

A touring bus to promote artistic encounters and facilitate access to contemporary art and performance across Hungary.

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Little Angel Theatre, United Kingdom

"Suitcase Theatre": puppet shows devised with marginalized groups, including incarcerated adults, female victims of domestic violence and their children, to foster reconnection between them.

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Suitcase Theatre

Puppet shows imagined with marginalized groups, including incarcerated adults, women victims of domestic violence and their children, to encourage reconnection between them.

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Open Up Music, United Kingdom

"AMP-lifying Musical Inclusion": a digital toolbox to help arts organizations develop inclusive musical practices for young musicians with disabilities.

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AMP-lifying Musical Inclusion

A digital toolbox to help arts organizations develop inclusive musical practices for young musicians with disabilities.

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Notranjska Museum Postojna, Slovenia

"Museum for Rookies": Invite students and residents of Postojna to imagine the museum's new exhibition.

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Museum for Rookies

Invite students and residents of Postojna to imagine the museum's new exhibition.

Category 3: cultural organizations with annual budgets of over 2 million euros

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Fundació Orfeó Català - Palau de la Música Catalana, Spain

"Palau Vincles": an annual musical and artistic programme for 950 vulnerable young people in Barcelona.

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Palau Vincles

An annual musical and artistic programme for 950 vulnerable young people in Barcelona.

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EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland

"Nelli the Dog and a Friend": to create a link between the museum and the people of Espoo, enabling them to decide collectively on the location of a work of art and to imagine a participatory program.

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Nelli the Dog and a Friend

Create a link between the museum and the people of Espoo, enabling them to decide collectively on the location of a work of art and to imagine participatory programming.

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CN D Centre national de la danse, France

"1 km de danse": get as many people as possible dancing along a 1 km route by organizing an annual event in collaboration with the dance associations of the towns involved.

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1 km of dancing

Get as many people as possible dancing along a 1 km stretch by organizing an annual event in collaboration with the dance associations of the towns involved.

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Museum of Cycladic Art, Greece

"Tell Me Your Story: A Digital Repository of Cycladic Heritage": Mobilizing local communities to create a digital platform to preserve the intangible cultural heritage of 3 Cycladic islands, Anafi, Sikinos and Kea.

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Tell Me Your Story: A Digital Repository of Cycladic Heritage

Mobilize local communities to create a digital platform to preserve the intangible cultural heritage of 3 Cycladic islands, Anafi, Sikinos and Kea.

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Artichoke Trust, United Kingdom

"Treeline": A bike trip through the forests of 8 European countries to raise awareness of ecology while writing musical works with the locals.

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Treeline

A bike trip through the forests of 8 European countries to raise awareness of ecology while writing musical works with the locals.

The 2024 jury

Frédéric Jousset

President and founder ofArt Explora

Laurent Petitgirard

Composer, Permanent Secretary of the Académie des beaux-arts

Muriel Mayette - Holtz

Director of the Nice National Theatre and Academician

Tiffany Fukuma

Managing Director at Trans Europe Halles

Heidi Wiley

Managing Director of the European Theatre Convention

Lluís Bonet

Professor at the University of Barcelona

Edilia Gänz

Director of the FEDORA platform

Angelin Preljocaj

Dancer, choreographer and Academician

Christophe Leribault

Chairman of the Etablissement Public du Musée d'Orsay et du Musée de l'Orangerie and Academician

Read our annual publications to learn more about the European Award previous editions and programmes!

Discover the publication of the 2023 edition