Call for Applications: Boscolo Collection Art Prize

The Boscolo Collection Art Program, which runs from 2021, is hosted in Boscolo hotels in Nice and Lyon. It aims to create a new cultural hub for the two cities and their region by presenting a series of contemporary art exhibitions held in the two venues that showcase a diverse spectrum of international artists and galleries. The program, complemented by side events and an artist residency, contributes to the local cultural scene and artistic debate and creates a unique experience for hotel guests.

Vision

• Boscolo Collection Art Prize – vision: to support young artistic excellence on an international level:
  • Boscolo Collection Art Prize aims to support young contemporary art and promote it beyond the narrow confines of the “art system.”
  • Boscolo Collection Art Prize aims to promote the value of the young international art scene from multiple points of view: exhibition, collecting, and patronage. In addition to the acquisition of the work, Boscolo Collection strongly believes that the opportunity offered to the winner to carry out a period of residency and bring to completion together with the other two prizewinners an exhibition project in one of the corporations awarded as the most illustrious of the city and the Italian-French hotel industry can have a significant impact of promoting the same. During the residency period, the Boscolo Collection, in collaboration with BeAdvisors Art Department and Mattia Pozzoni Art Advisory, will organise meetings with exponents of the French art scene, collectors, art advisors and curators, as well as discussions with representatives of local and international companies and confrontations with hotel guests, invited to participate in the artistic program actively. In doing so, the artist will have the opportunity to get in touch with different types of audiences and market sectors as well as with institutions and galleries in the area or related to the three partners involved in the project (Boscolo Collection, BeAdvisors Art Department and Mattia Pozzoni Art Advisory).

Prize Information

• The winner will be selected from the finalists who will be entitled to:
  • 15-day artistic residency at Boscolo Nice Hotel & Spa with a production prize of Euro 1,500.
  • Acquisition by Boscolo Collection of one of the three works submitted by the winner.
  • The jury and the organising committee will award two special mentions to the second and third nominees.
  • The winning artist and the two mentioned artists will receive the opportunity to have a four-month-long group exhibition at Boscolo Nice Hotel & Spa curated by the BeAdvisors Art Department and Mattia Pozzoni Art Advisory.
  • The award will bear the logistics and transportation costs of the work.
  • Please note that the works selected as finalists will be part of the exhibition and held in reserve for its duration.
• Residency:
  • The winning artist selected by the jury will be entitled to a 15-day residency at Boscolo Nice Hotel & Spa, held in conjunction with the group exhibition featuring him/her and the second—and third-place winners.
  • Boscolo Collection offers individual workspace and accommodation at the hotel, including breakfast, as well as productive, technical, and organisational support for the development and implementation of the project for a maximum of Euro 1,500.00. The residency must have at least one moment of return open to the public and hotel guests in the form of open studios, critiques, individual/group studio visits, and activities involving hotel guests and staff. Boscolo Collection, in collaboration with BeAdvisors Art Department and Mattia Pozzoni Art Advisory, will expand the opportunities for visibility of the artist in residence on other occasions as well, inviting exponents of the local, national and international art scene, collectors from the area or visiting artists. Through dedicated activation moments, special attention will be given to representatives of excellence in regional and national Industry and Business, such as Rotary Club of Nice members.
  • To enliven and enrich the period of artistic residency, BeAdvisors Art Department and Mattia Pozzoni Art Advisory plan to devise corporate collaborations between the winning artist and, firstly, the reality of Boscolo Nice Hotel & Spa and Angelo Restaurant and, secondly, between the winning artist, Boscolo Nice Hotel and French and Italian industrial excellence.

Eligibility Criteria

• The open call is open to international artists under 35, regardless of sex, gender, race or any other social distinction.
• Artists may participate in any visual expression, including painting, drawing, graphic design, sculpture, installation, video art, performance, sound installation, or photography. However, the work must be consistent with the spaces and activities of the host hotel.

Application Requirements

• Applicants should submit to the committee:
  • Two works previously created and available for possible acquisition (without impediments regarding previous exhibitions or publications). Works submitted must be accompanied by relevant images, captions (Author, title, date, technique, dimensions and possible courtesy), explanations, concepts, critical texts, and any mentions/publications/previous exhibitions.
  • One project for a work to be realised in case of selection by the jury.
  • One possible project for a residency at Boscolo Nice Hotel & Spa spaces.
  • Artist Portfolio complete with curriculum vitae, statement and academic record.
  • CV & Biography
  • List of publications, if any.
  • Critical texts, if any.

For more information, visit BeAdvisors Art Department.