Open call for the Estonian Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale

The Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art announces the open call for artists to represent Estonia at the 61th Venice biennale in 2026. The artists need to present a proposal which would introduce the main focus of the candidate’s previous works and express and detail the motivation to work with the national pavilion’s project at the biennale. The proposal must be submitted by 30 September 2024.

Based on the proposals and portfolios, the international jury will select artists to meet for a longer discussion, after which the final selection will be made. It is not necessary to develop the future exhibition project or to confirm the exhibition team during the process of selection. The names of the jury will be confirmed during the month of September and will be published on the CCA’s webpage. 

The selected artist will work forwards to create the exhibition project which will be developed into the Pavilion’s exhibition together with the CCA, if needed the team will be expanded, based on the needs of the project.

The Pavilion’s space will be selected together with the artist, taking into account the needs and budget of the project.

The names of the applicants participating in the first round will be confidential and the statements will not be published. With the consent of the participants, the names selected for the second round will be made public.

Additional information can be found here.