Erarta Museum presents the 2024 Erarta Prize exhibition featuring the nominees for its annual contemporary art prize
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Artworks by 40 contemporary talents – paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, installations, and photographs – presented in a large-scale show at Erarta’s Grand Hall
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The first ever contemporary art prize awarded through a public vote rather than by a closed board of experts
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Total prize value for the artists was increased to 3.5 million rubles
The Erarta Prize was founded as the first ever contemporary art prize awarded through a public vote rather than by a closed board of experts. This premise is consistent with Erarta’s core philosophy: art is being created by the artist, but it is the viewers’ perception that makes it truly powerful. That is why it is up to the viewers – active Erarta Members and Ticket holders – to determine the exact distribution of the 3.5 million rubles in prize money among the nominated artists.
The 2024 Erarta Prize exhibition was staged with the special aim of determining the winners through a public vote. The large-scale show at Erarta’s Grand Hall features the artworks by 40 contemporary artists – paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, photographs, installations, as well as other contemporary art media. Over the span of four months, exhibition visitors are voting for their favourite artworks.
Every viewer will have one vote for each of the three voting rounds. All holders of valid Erarta Museum Tickets and Memberships who will not be able to travel to St. Petersburg during the period of the 2024 Erarta Prize exhibition have the option to vote in absentia.
The first two voting rounds, which lasted from 9 February through 17 March and from 18 March through 25 April respectively, followed similar rules: 15 artworks which had the least votes at the end of each dropped out of the competition. The creators of the 10 artworks which qualified for the third round are now competing for the Grand Prix: the final voting round is in progress right now and will last through 5 June. Every vote is extremely important for the ultimate winners: by voting for the artwork of your choice, you offer its creator a chance to win a bigger prize. Please visit prize.erarta.com to learn more about the voting and prize awarding procedure.
Erarta Museum invites everyone to take an active part in determining the ultimate Prize winners. This is going to be unmissable!
