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Erarta Museum Announces an Open Call for the 2026 Erarta Prize
Entries must be submitted through the online form from 16 September through 19 October 2025. The total 2026 Erarta Prize value of 3.5 million rubles will be distributed among the nominees according to the viewers’ vote.
The Erarta Prize is the first annual contemporary art prize judged by the viewers rather than by a board of experts. This premise is consistent with Erarta’s core philosophy: art is being created by the artist, but it is the viewers’ perception that makes it truly powerful.
Launched in 2023, the Erarta Prize was justly awarded the title of Project of the Year in the Arts Category by the Delovoy Peterburg daily business newspaper. The past Erarta Prize nominees continue to collaborate with the museum: some of their works were added to Erarta’s permanent collection, and several artists were invited by the Curatorial Team to have their solo exhibitions at Erarta, more than a dozen of which have been staged already.
For the Prize’s fourth edition in 2026, Erarta will once again encourage the viewers to select their favourite artwork according to their own choices and preferences. The 2026 Erarta Prize exhibition will be held from 6 February through 7 June 2026 at Erarta’s Grand Hall and will showcase the creations by our contemporaries selected by the museum out of the entire pool of works submitted by the contesting artists. Erarta Museum will curate the contestants’ exhibition (select the exhibits and stage the actual show), but will neither take part in determining the winners nor invite other experts from the professional community to do so. A total of 40 nominees will compete for the 2026 Erarta Prize. Each of them will receive a guaranteed reward that will depend on their exact ranking. The voting will take place in two rounds. Additional details of the voting procedure, the 2026 prize money distribution, and other new features can be found.
Erarta Museum invites everyone to take an active part in staging the exhibition and determining the winners of the 2026 Erarta Prize. This is going to be unmissable!
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