Kölner Kunstsäulen 2027 — Design a 360° Motif for Cologne’s 27 Art Advertising Columns (€600 Fee + Printing)
Kulturamt der Stadt Köln
The Kulturamt (culture office) of the City of Cologne has run the Kunstsäulen programme since 2015, turning advertising columns (Litfaßsäulen) into a rotating public art venue selected by an expert jury.
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Four selected motifs are shown for three months each (from mid-February 2027 to February 2028) as full wrap-around posters on Cologne’s 27 Kunstsäulen — well-visible, busy locations in several districts. The city covers printing, posting and upkeep (€3,500 per motif) and pays each selected artist a €600 fee. Designs must work as a 360° motif on columns of varying circumference, from afar and up close, with a short German/English text; printable area 4.76 × 3.36 m (or three 1.19 × 3.36 m posters). Non-Cologne artists may use guest studios at the Neues Kunstforum.
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Professional artists in visual art, artistic photography and urban art from Cologne, Germany and abroad; up to two designs per artist or initiative. Motifs with chauvinist, sexual, racist or violence-glorifying content are excluded.
Dates & details
- Deadline
- application form and files, max. 10 MB, by email to kunstsaeulen@stadt-koeln.de
- Programme dates
- Presentation February 2027 – February 2028 (three months per motif)
- Costs to the artist
- Travel to Cologne; optional guest studio at €10/day