Prix Découverte 2027 Fondation Louis Roederer, Les Rencontres d'Arles

About this call

Les Rencontres d'Arles invites organizations that support emerging artists (galleries, art centres, non-profit and independent spaces, public institutions) to propose an exhibition project by one artist using photography whose work has recently been discovered. Selected projects are exhibited in the Prix Découverte exhibition at the 58th edition of the festival in Arles, France, from July to October 2027, with guest curator Yining He. During opening week a jury awards EUR 15,000, and a public vote awards EUR 5,000, each as an acquisition of works for the Rencontres d'Arles collection, rewarding the artist and the organization. Each selected project gets about 10 linear metres (about 50 m²) of exhibition space. The festival provides a EUR 3,000 production budget, scenography, installation, insurance during the exhibition, and the artist's travel and two nights' lodging in Arles during opening week. This year's curatorial text, L'œil génératif, asks which condition of today's visual production a practice responds to.

Who can apply

• International applicants
• Medium: Photography
• Entry fee: See official site
• Only organizations may apply: galleries, art centres, non-profit spaces, public institutions and independent exhibition venues whose mission is exhibiting artists' work. Each organization proposes one artist (or one collective working as a single entity) using photography whose work has recently been discovered. If selected, the organization and artist must not show the project, in whole or part, before Les Rencontres d'Arles 2027, and must produce it from the festival's production budget; the organization covers production of the works, return transport to Arles or Paris and transport insurance (the festival may cover Paris to Arles transport), and accompanies the project with the artist; works are received in Paris or Arles in May 2027 and collected by the organization and/or artist after the exhibition. Selected projects are announced in January 2027. Application: organization presentation (400 characters max.), its exhibition history or portfolio, artist biography (700 characters max.), artist CV and portfolio, project title and text (1,500 characters max.), list of proposed works with their number, dimensions and medium, scenographic simulation, provisional production budget on the festival's template, 10 images. Texts in French and/or English. Deadline is midnight Paris time on 8 December 2026.