Cynthia Corbett Gallery is thrilled to invite artists worldwide to submit their work for the Young Masters 15th Anniversary Open Call! Your work could be featured in the upcoming showcase on the theme of “For the Love of Art History” at The Exhibitionist Hotel in South Kensington, London.
If you’re passionate about blending historical influences with contemporary artistry, don’t miss out!
This is an incredible opportunity to be part of a prestigious exhibition dedicated to celebrating art history, curated by the Director and Founder of Young Masters, Cynthia Valianti Corbett. The new project is an Open Call for an exhibition of works on the theme of ‘for the love of art history’, selected and curated by Cynthia. The theme is inspired by Corbett’s own love of art history, a lifelong passion for the old masters, and the art of the past.
From masterpieces such as Fragonard’s flirtatious vignette ‘The Swing’, to Klimt’s ‘The Kiss’, or Watteau’s ‘The Scale of Love’ art history offers numerous examples of romantic love. The theme could also be extended to platonic, or religious love, passion, devotion. Above all, love is the most human of emotions, and art possibly the most human of ways to express it.
They are looking for artists who are inspired by their own love of art history to submit their work on this
theme via the CuratorSpace platform until 31 October 2024.
Two prizes will be offered to artists selected for the exhibition; an Acquisition Award, from art collector and President of the Rudolph Blume Foundation Brad Blume, and a Woman Artist Prize, given by Dr Chris Blatchley.
Submissions can be made by artists from anywhere in the world, working in any media via the CuratorSpace platform until midnight BST on 31 October 2024. Find out more and apply here!
About the Young Masters Art Prize
The mission is to support emerging artists from across the world, bringing their work to a wider audience through a triennial Art Prize and a regular programme of touring exhibitions and fairs as well as maintaining a vibrant online presence that showcases our wide network of hundreds of talented artists.
This global visibility and support can be career-making and life-changing, with opportunities for sales, exhibitions, gallery representation, press, and much more.
Young Masters is a not-for-profit international initiative which was launched in 2009 by gallerist Cynthia Valianti Corbett, founder of Cynthia Corbett Gallery. This unique initiative highlights emerging artists of any gender, age, or nationality, working in any media, whose work responds to the art of the past.
In 2014 the Young Masters Maylis Grand Ceramic Prize was added to focus more attention on the growing interest in the collection of contemporary craft. 2017 saw the launch of the inaugural Young Masters Emerging Women Award. The fifth edition and 10th Anniversary Exhibition of the Prize took place in October 2019.
A new Young Masters initiative is the curatorial platform Focus on the Female developed in 2021 as an artistic and philanthropic antidote to the impact of the COVID pandemic on women. Focus on the Female continues as a regular project within Cynthia Corbett Gallery’s exhibition programme. The sixth edition in 2023 was an incredibly successful edition, with a record number of winners receiving prizes and awards, many of whom were women artists.
Young Masters continues as a curatorial platform, with a mission to support emerging artists who are
inspired by the art of the past to sell work, reach new collectors and exhibit their work to new
audiences.
