The RAi Residency is a 12-week programme designed to support the development of artistic and curatorial practices. Apply by 1 Jul 2025.

The Global Informality Project invites submissions for the Global Informality in the Arts conference, to be held at University College London (UCL) and Pushkin House, London, 15-16 January 2026. Deadline for abstract submissions: 1 Sep 2025.

Writers worldwide are invited to submit critical reviews on any contemporary art exhibition — held anywhere in the world or online — between 1 Sept 2024 and 31 Aug 2025. Deadline: 14 Sep 2025.

Call for Papers: Curatorial Matters: on research methodologies invites curators, artists, and theorists to submit proposals exploring curatorial practice as a site of research, critical inquiry, and knowledge production - deadline 6 July 2025.

The Driskell Center invites applications for its 2025–2026 Archives Research Fellowship program. Apply by 30 June 2025.

The Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson launches the first Martine Franck Curatorial Research Grant to support curatorial and research projects on Martine Franck and/or Henri Cartier-Bresson. Apply by 31 May 2025.

Organised by AICA International, this annual essay competition invites critics from around the world to submit writing that engages with contemporary art. Apply by 27 July 2025.

Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS) invites curators, art critics, and cultural researchers from around the world to apply for its Curator Residency Program. Apply by 25 June 2025.

Arc Bucharest invites international curators to immerse themselves in the art scenes of Bucharest and other art centers across Romania. Apply by 30 May 2025.

2025 Burlington Contemporary Art Writing Prize is now open for entries. Submit by 14 Jul 2025.

Sequences Real-Time Art Festival is seeking a curator or curatorial team for its 13th international art biennale , scheduled to take place in Reykjavík, Iceland, in October 2027. Apply by 28 April 2025.

Fully funded 7-week (summer/ autumn) residency for curators at AIR InSILo. Apply by April 16, 16:00 CEST.

CAS – Contemporary Art Stavanger and Kiellandsenteret are thrilled to announce Itchy Fingers – A Writing Residency on Art Books. Apply by 11 Apr 2025.

Art Jameel launches a Curatorial Open Call for exhibition proposals, to be developed for Hayy Arts’s first floor gallery at Hayy Jameel in Jeddah for May 2026. Apply by 25 April.

Kim? Contemporary Art Centre invites international artists, curators and writers to apply for its first ever short-term summer residency in Riga. Apply by 16 Mar 2025.

The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA) cordially invites international professionals to join its International Residency Program. Apply from March 1 to March 24.

Verein K invites applications for Visiting Curators Vienna 2025! Four international mid-career curators will be selected for this residency. Apply by 13 April 2025.

8 fully-funded opportunities for mid-career curators from Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia to attend the Curator’s Networking and Development Week (21–29 July 2025). Apply by 2 Mar 2025.

The Barjeel Art Foundation is pleased to announce a call for authors to submit papers as short chapters (3,000 to 5,000 words) for an art history book titled Arab Art and the Geography of Post-imperialism. Deadline: 15 Mar 2025.

GENERATOR by 40mcube offers free professional training for artists and a funded one-month curatorial residency in Brittany. Apply by 23 Mar 2025.