The .ART Award 2026 is a judged international art prize open to anyone with a .ART domain. Your domain is your entry. What's behind it, your portfolio, your process, your practice, is what the judges evaluate.
This is the inaugural edition, which means whoever wins becomes the first artist to hold the title. Applications opened 11 May 2026, and the deadline to enter is 1 November 2026.
Already have a .art domain? Then you can submit straight away. Don’t have one yet?Register one for next to nothing, then enter the competition.
Read on to learn more about the awards. Or jump straight to the how-to guidefor entry info.
What's at stake
The prize lineup covers $15,000 in cash, a $10,000 premium .ART domain, two artist residencies, editorial coverage, and a feature at one of the most significant events in the international art calendar.
Here's the full breakdown:
A $15,000 cash grand prize
A $10,000 premium .ART domain
A one-month artist residency at Château du Fresne, France
A one-month artist residency at Anfitrion.art, Marbella, Spain
Editorial coverage in Whitewall Magazine
A feature at Art Basel Miami, where winners are revealed on 3 December 2026
How the judging works
Submissions close 1 November. Semi-finalists are announced 6 November, finalists 20 November, and winners are revealed at Art Basel Miami on 3 December 2026.
Judging is carried out by a panel of figures from across the international art world. The full panel is listed on award.art and is worth reviewing before you enter.
How to enter
If you already have a .ART domain
If your .ART domain has live content at its URL, you're ready to submit. Before entering, confirm your URL includes a short bio (around 100 words), examples of your work, and some context around your creative process. That's what reviewers will be looking at when they visit your domain.
The submission form asks for four things: your name, the title of your work, your .ART URL, and your email. It takes minutes.
Submit your .ART domain to the Award.
If you don't have a .ART domain yet
Getting from no domain to a submitted entry is more straightforward than it might seem. Here's how to do it before 1 November.
Step 1: Register a .ART domain. Takes a couple of minutes.
Step 2: Point it to your work. You don't need to build a website from scratch. Redirect your .ART domain to an existing portfolio, social profile, or any page where your work is already documented.
Before you submit, make sure wherever you're pointing it includes a short bio (around 100 words), examples of your work, and some context around your creative process. That's what the judges will be evaluating.
Step 3: Submit. Head to award.art, fill in four fields, and submit before 1 November 2026.
Who can enter
Artists, photographers, designers, illustrators, galleries, and creative studios are all eligible. The award is global with no geographic restrictions. If your work is online and you have a .ART domain pointing to it, you qualify.
Why a .ART domain
The .ART extension was built for the creative community. It signals what you do before anyone visits your site and gives your work a dedicated, professional home that isn't tied to a platform you don't control. For creatives relying on social profiles or generic domains, it's a more permanent and recognisable way to present work online.
For the purposes of this award, it's also the entry mechanism itself.
Key dates
Applications open: 11 May 2026
Submission deadline: 1 November 2026
Semi-finalists announced: 6 November 2026
Finalists announced: 20 November 2026
Winners revealed: 3 December 2026 at Art Basel Miami
Frequently asked questions
The .ART Award 2026 is a global art prize open to all artists and collectives, judged on creative work submitted through a .art domain. Entries close on 1 November 2026.
Yes, a .ART domain is required to enter. It can be a new or existing domain, and it serves as your official application link.
Yes. Your .art domain can redirect to an existing website, a social profile like Instagram, or an artist platform such as Hug.art or OpenSea.
Link your .ART domain to your work, then submit your artist name, artwork title, .art URL, and email through the official entry form at award.art.
Winners can receive a $15,000 grand prize, a residency in France or Spain, editorial coverage in Whitewall Magazine, and a feature at Art Basel Miami.
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