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tARTget Painting Prize 2026
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tARTget Painting Prize 2026

tARTget

May 31, 2026Madrid, Spain

The tARTget Painting Prize is one of the most lucrative and rigorously adjudicated painting competitions globally, explicitly welcoming graffiti as a technique while demanding a radical return to raw, unmediated analog skill. With a massive €90,000 total endowment and acquisition prizes, it offers significant market validation. The strict prohibition on digital manipulation and size limitations...

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Exhibition at the prestigious Ateneo de Madrid, institutional validation, increased artist valuation and auction records.

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Open to international painters. Explicitly welcomes graffiti as a technique. Strictly prohibits photography, digital art, digital painting, giclées, painted-over photos or prints, or digitally altered works. The sum of the width and height of the canvas cannot exceed 360 cm.

Dates & details

Deadline
Registration deadline for the painting prize.
Programme dates
September 2026 (physical exhibition and final judging)
Results
September 2026 (final judging)
Costs to the artist
Varies (shipping/crating if selected)
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€90,000 total endowment (Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Fusion awards), Acquisition Prizes valued at €4,000, €3,000, and €1,000

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