Art Writing Prize

The Foundation’s Art Writing Prize is unique in its approach of celebrating work which bridges the disciplines of art and writing.

Grants, up to a value of £3,000, are made annually and are intended to both reward excellence and innovative work, provide financial assistance for the beneficiary which will help sustain their practice, and assist in the public display and dissemination of work. Winners are selected by a panel of field-leading artists, curators, art historians and critics.

If you are considering making an application to the Art Writing Prize, please review the Applicant Information section which can be found here.

Applicant Information:

The Art Writing Prize seeks to discover and celebrate innovative forms of art writing. The term ‘art writing’ refers to forms of writerly practice that hold a central concern with the condition and possible forms of art making. It therefore encompasses writing that is about art, essays, reviews, criticism, fiction, as well as writing as art, with submissions encouraged from artists, curators, art historians and critics, as well as others working across the cultural sector.

The scheme is particularly interested in submissions which demonstrate innovative or experimental approach to form and/or engages different modes of witnessing, activation, or inquiry, as well as writing which opens dialogues with different modes of viewing, making, and remembering that might help shift expectations of the experience we identify as art.

Grants are made exclusively to individuals as well as collaborative or collective practices that produce work as a single identity and are not formally incorporated as an organisation of any charitable or commercial nature.