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
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
The 2024 preselection
Category 1: cultural organizations with annual budgets of up to 500,000 euros
"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.
See moreVote for this projectDiaries: 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.
"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.
See moreVote for this projectPromoting 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.
"Curating the Periphery": Encouraging the appropriation of the art center by the inhabitants of the town of Bihać by co-constructing the cultural season.
See moreVote for this projectCurating the Periphery
Encourage the appropriation of the art center by the inhabitants of the town of Bihać by co-constructing the cultural season.
"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.
See moreVote for this projectGo 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.
"The Significance of Art at Work": Making art accessible in the workplace to encourage exchange by installing works of art accompanied by conversation kits.
See moreVote for this projectThe Significance of Art at Work
Make art accessible in the workplace to encourage exchanges by installing works of art accompanied by conversation kits.
"Objective: Independent Lives": Encouraging the autonomy of people with disabilities by enabling them to curate a work of art.
See moreVote for this projectObjective: Independent Lives
Encourage the autonomy of disabled people by enabling them to become curators of a work of art.
"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.
See moreVote for this projectKORAL
Enable people with disabilities to play and compose as a group, without false notes, thanks to an application that transforms phones into musical instruments.
"Libraries on Prescription": a cross-sector collaboration involving libraries and healthcare professionals to improve mental health and well-being through cultural prescription.
See moreVote for this projectLibraries on Prescription
A cross-sector collaboration involving libraries and healthcare professionals to improve mental health and well-being through cultural prescription.
"FilmSight": A programme website enabling blind and visually impaired young people to acquire film-making skills.
See moreVote for this projectFilmSight
Visit programme to learn film-making skills for blind and visually impaired young people.
"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.
See moreVote for this projectHear 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
"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.
See moreVote for this projectEvent 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.
"PerformanceBus (with Studio ALTA Prague)": A touring bus to promote artistic encounters and facilitate access to contemporary art and performance across Hungary.
See moreVote for this projectPerformanceBus (with Studio ALTA Prague)
A touring bus to promote artistic encounters and facilitate access to contemporary art and performance across Hungary.
"Suitcase Theatre": puppet shows devised with marginalized groups, including incarcerated adults, female victims of domestic violence and their children, to foster reconnection between them.
See moreVote for this projectSuitcase Theatre
Puppet shows imagined with marginalized groups, including incarcerated adults, women victims of domestic violence and their children, to encourage reconnection between them.
"AMP-lifying Musical Inclusion": a digital toolbox to help arts organizations develop inclusive musical practices for young musicians with disabilities.
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A digital toolbox to help arts organizations develop inclusive musical practices for young musicians with disabilities.
"Museum for Rookies": Invite students and residents of Postojna to imagine the museum's new exhibition.
See moreVote for this projectMuseum 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
"Palau Vincles": an annual musical and artistic programme for 950 vulnerable young people in Barcelona.
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An annual musical and artistic programme for 950 vulnerable young people in Barcelona.
"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.
See moreVote for this projectNelli 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.
"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.
See moreVote for this project1 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.
"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.
See moreVote for this projectTell 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.
"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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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
President and founder ofArt Explora
Composer, Permanent Secretary of the Académie des beaux-arts
Director of the Nice National Theatre and Academician
Managing Director at Trans Europe Halles
Managing Director of the European Theatre Convention
Professor at the University of Barcelona
Director of the FEDORA platform
Dancer, choreographer and Academician
Chairman of the Etablissement Public du Musée d'Orsay et du Musée de l'Orangerie and Academician