BEYOND THE IMAGE ART PRIZE 2026 – Who are you beyond the image?

The Beyond the Image Art Prize – First edition – is an international open call dedicated to contemporary photography, video art, experimental film, moving images, and hybrid artistic practices that employ photographic and audiovisual languages. Promoted by Via Gluck 62 AIR as part of the Milano Centrale Festival 2026, the prize is supported by the Università Vita‑Salute San Raffaele (Milan) and organized in collaboration with the University of Lausanne, StayOnBoard Art Gallery, Archivio Gabriele Basilico and All Art Contemporary. The call invites emerging and established artists to submit projects that explore identity, image, body perception, digital technologies and algorithmic narration of experience. Two artists (one emerging, one established) will be selected for a solo exhibition at Via Gluck 62 in Milan, receive curatorial support and be featured in the official programme of the Milano Centrale Festival 2026. The call is open to artists working with photography, video, experimental film, moving images or hybrid practices, regardless of nationality. Applications are free and must be submitted by 10 September 2026.

Solo exhibition space, curatorial support, inclusion in Milano Centrale Festival 2026 programme.

Open to emerging and established artists working with photography, video, experimental film, moving images or hybrid audiovisual practices.