NEW YORK, NY.- 2027–28 Open Calls
apexart Open Calls present an opportunity for creatives everywhere/anywhere to have their idea made into an apexart exhibition. We use an online selection process drawing more than 1,000 proposals yearly which are voted on anonymously by more than 1500 people around the world in more than 103 countries. 10 winning proposals become apexart exhibitions, receiving a budget of up to 10,000 USD and apexart staff support to produce a focused, idea-driven exhibition. Learn more about how to submit a proposal, be a juror or be part of the classroom voting program.
apexart NYC Open Call: October 1–31, 2026
Five winning proposals are awarded a budget of up to 10,000 USD and become part of apexart’s 2026-2027 exhibition season in NYC.
apexart International Open Call: February 1–March 1, 2026
Five winning proposals are awarded a budget of up to 11,000 USD and become part of apexart’s 2026-2027 international exhibition season.
Classroom/student voting program
The Open Call also presents a unique opportunity for students to help determine our exhibition programming. Participating universities and art schools include The New School, Node Center for Curatorial Studies, Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, Brown University, de Appel Curatorial Program, Makere University, MICA, Seoul National University, CalArts, New York University, Goldsmiths, University of London, Boston University, Columbia et. al. This is a rare opportunity for students to help determine real-world programming. For more information email lisa.vagnoni@apexart.org
2026–27 exhibitions
Weaving a Day, Mourning a Life: The Mother and Daughter-in-Law of Phc Sen (NYC), curated by Dala Nguyen
September 5–October 24, 2026
Softwear (London, United Kingdom), curated by Kira Wainstein
September 18–October 17, 2026
Drinking Mercury (La Paz, Bolivia), curated by Naira Corzon Cortez
October 17–November 13, 2026
TRIBUTE (NYC), curated by Anh Dao Ha
November 7–December 19, 2026
Lands That Feed the World (NYC), curated by Marwa Benhalim
January 16–March 13, 2027
Cargo of Hope (Badagry, Nigeria), curated by Badagry Young Contemporary Collective
February 21–March 20, 2027
Disarm: Art in the Shadow of Gun Violence (NYC), curated by Donald Gialanella and Spencer Vomacka
March 27–May 22, 2027
Wind, Land, and Their Song (Jeju, Korea), curated by Gray by Silver
April 24–May 22, 2027
DEVOTION: A Black Love Archive (NYC), curated by Myeshia C. Babers
June 5–July 24, 2027
We Are Each Other's HARVEST: Black Women and the Politics of Self-Care (Cleveland, United States), curated by Tara Jefferson
June 20–July 17, 2027
