Top Art Fellowships 2026
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Deadline
Sep 30, 2026
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Columbia University - Institute for Ideas and Imagination
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Sound /
Painting /
Drawing /
Literature /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Duration:
9 months
Grant
Office at the Institute
Eligibility conditions
Creative artists of all kinds resident anywhere in the world excluding the USA
Deadline
Sep 30, 2026
Information
Historical Archives of the European Union - Research Fellowship
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
/
Researcher
Duration:
Grant
Eligibility conditions
Deadline
Oct 1, 2026
Information
ZADIK (Central Archive for German and International Art Market Studies) - Carte Blanche Fellowship
Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
Duration:
5 months
Theme: ZADIK Archive
Grant
Exhibition
Eligibility conditions
Deadline
Oct 15, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Curatorial
Duration:
2 years
Grant
50,000 - 70,000 $
Eligibility conditions
For PhD students, recent PhD graduates, and established scholars in visual arts-related humanities fields from any accredited university
Deadline
Oct 18, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Photography
Duration:
1 month
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Grant
Eligibility conditions
Deadline
Nov 6, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Sound /
Painting /
Architecture /
Drawing /
Literature /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture /
Textile Art /
Ceramics
/
Researcher
Duration:
2 months
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Grant
Use of the Ransom Center’s collections
Eligibility conditions
Deadline
Nov 30, 2026
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Curatorial
Duration:
2 years
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Grant
Eligibility conditions
For French- or English-speaking researchers in history and art history who are enrolled in a doctoral program or hold a Ph.D
Deadline
Anytime
Information
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Genre:
Art Fellowship
Art field:
Digital /
Sound /
Painting /
Drawing /
Photography /
Video /
Printmaking /
Installation /
Performance /
Sculpture
Duration:
1 year
Grant
variable
Eligibility conditions
No students
Artists under threat of persecution or violence due to their artistic practise
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