Featured international open call
Applications open 1 SeptemberNEXT ART AI 2026
We’re delighted to share NEXT ART AI 2026 with artists around the world. If generative AI is part of your creative practice, this is an opportunity to present an original image or video work and share the ideas, choices and imagination behind it.
AI ART AWARD ‘NEXT ART AI’ is an international art competition exploring the convergence of generative artificial intelligence and art.
It seeks artists and creators who use AI as a creative medium in original and imaginative ways. Everyone is welcome, regardless of age, nationality, or professional background.
- Submission period
- 1–30 September 2026, until 11:59 PM (KST)
- Categories
- AI image art and AI video art
- Eligibility
- Open to all; individuals or teams of up to three
- Submission requirements
- Original works created by the applicant or team using generative AI
- Entry fee
- Free
- Awards and benefits
- KRW 21,000,000 total prize money; online and offline exhibition opportunities
Organiser and host: HOBAN Cultural Foundation
Sponsors: HOBAN Group, Seoul Shinmun and EBN
How to apply: Applications are submitted online through the official NEXT ART AI website.
Entry requirements, file specifications, judging and final terms are provided by HOBAN on the official event website.
NEXT-ART-AI.COM (opens in a new tab)
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Supporting AI art in public
AI-ARTS supports the people, practices and events shaping AI art. We share this independent HOBAN Cultural Foundation open call because open international opportunities help artists bring thoughtful generative work into public view.