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Erarta Museum Announces the 2023 Erarta Prize Longlist
On 31 August, Erarta Museum inaugurated the first ever contemporary art Prize to be judged by the viewers. Having reviewed all entries for the Prize, the museum is ready to announce its longlist. It comprises 61 artists whose works will be displayed at the special exhibition organised to determine the winners through a public vote.
The exhibition will run from 9 February through 11 June 2023 in Erarta’s main exhibition space and will feature paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, photographs, video and multimedia art, installations, as well as other contemporary art media. The total prize value of 3.2 million rubles will be distributed between ten artists (2.5 million rubles) and the viewers (700,000 rubles).
Erarta Prize nominees:
| Vladimir Abikh | Dinara Hörtnagl | Natalya Merkulyeva |
| Alexey Andreyev | Victoria Ivanova | Igor Mikhailenko |
| Alexey Apish | Aydar Ishemgulov | Olga Pavlova |
| Rinat Akhmetov | Galina Kazarinova | Andrey Sikorsky |
| Stas Bags | Katarina Kano | Sergey Sekirin |
| Olga Batyrshina | Olesya Kot | Maria Suvorova |
| Maria Bogoraz | Anastasia Kuznetsova-Ruf | Rustam Syunyakov |
| Anton Bratykin | Nadezhda Kosinskaya | Andrey Shatilov |
| Aristarkh Chernyshyov | Alexander Koryashkin | Yulia Sopina |
| Evgenia Davletshina | Vadim Komissarov | Nino Samadashvili |
| DASHA ART | Yustina Komissarova | Tamerlane Tles |
| Ksenia Efimova | Yaroslava Komissarova | Dmitry Trubin |
| Nikolai Endegor | Sergey Karev | Natalya Veneva |
| Nikita Evdokimov | Dmitry Kawarga | Alexey Vorobyov |
| Oleg Echo | Alexey Kessel | Timofey Volkov |
| Vyacheslav Ereschuk | Nikita Kulnev | Semyon Zhokhov |
| Georgy Frangulyan | Dmitry Kaminker | Alexander Zhernoklyuyev |
| Antonina Fathullina | Dmitry Loktionov | Dmitry Zhukov |
| Alexander Grigoryev | Vilgeniy Melnikov | Evgeniy Zaremba |
| Vadim Grigoryev-Bashun | Eduard Mkhoyan | |
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Elena Grishayeva (Dj Le Nochka) |
Olga Muravina |
The winners will be determined by two rounds of viewer voting: on 10 April, 10 artworks will be shortlisted based on the outcome of the viewers’ secret ballot vote, while on the show’s closing date the results of the viewers’ open public vote will be announced. The 2.5 million rubles of prize money will be distributed among the creators of the top 10 artworks in proportion to the number of viewer votes received. Every viewer shall have one vote for each round. The 700,000 rubles worth of prize money will be distributed among the viewers deemed by Erarta to be the most committed to and creative in supporting their favourite artworks.
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Erarta Museum Inaugurates an Annual Contemporary Art Prize
The total prize value of 3.2 million rubles will be divided between artists and viewers. For the first time in history, the prize will be awarded through a public vote rather than by a closed board of experts.
Any artists (or artist collectives) are welcome to compete for the Prize, regardless of their actual artistic background. The choice of media is also unrestricted: artworks of any genre or form of contemporary art (paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, photographs, installation and video art, etc.) can be submitted. The artist submissions deadline is 1 November 2022. Entries can be submitted through the online form at prize.erarta.com.
From 9 February through 11 June 2023, Erarta’s main exhibition space will showcase the artworks selected by the museum. Following two rounds of public voting, the 2.5 million rubles of prize money will be distributed among the creators of the top 10 artworks in proportion to the number of viewer votes received. The 700,000 rubles worth of prize money will be distributed among the viewers deemed by Erarta to be the most committed to and creative in supporting their favourite artworks.
Below are some downloadable files: