Reimagining the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi of the future
Open Call

About the Open Call

Artists are invited to help us reimagine our beloved space, the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi, a hundred years from now. Presently housed in a nearly 100-year-old building, how do you think the Max Mueller Bhavan will look like in a hundred years? What will change and what will remain? As we celebrate the past, we want to look towards the future, and your artistic vision could make us conscious of new ways that our institution and its namesake’s legacy could endure.
 
We invite you to capture the quintessence of the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi, of its main building and premises. All art expressions are welcome.
 

Participation Guidelines

• Open to artists at any stage of their careers, with practices across genres, residing in Delhi.
• Artwork must be original and previously unpublished.
• All styles or genres –fine line sketch, watercolour, pencil or ink drawing, photography or sculpture, acrylic or oil painting, graphic or digital art – are eligible.
• Submissions should first be shared as a high-resolution digitized image file (.TIFF, .JPEG, .PNG, .PDF formats) via a file transfer link or online storage link in the assigned field in the submission form.
• If selected, the original artwork would need to be submitted for permanent display at the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi.
• It would also be required that the artwork is provided as a high-resolution digitized image file (.TIFF, .JPEG, .PNG)
• The Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi would reserve the right to distribute, reproduce and publicly display the winning work in a manner of its choosing.

Selection Process

• A jury comprising of Goethe-Institut staff will select the winning artwork.
• Artwork will be evaluated on originality and visual appeal, uniqueness of concept and execution, innovative and experimental approaches that push artistic boundaries, and how well the artwork relates to or features the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan
• The winner will be notified via email on 04 December 2023.
• A public announcement about the winning artwork and artist will be shared on our channels on 06 December 2023.

Deadline

All artworks should be submitted by Thursday, 30th November 2023, 23:59 h IST. All submissions should be made via the Form below.

PLEASE NOTE: Deadline extended to Sunday, 3rd December!

Honorarium

The Jury shall select one artwork that will be awarded an honorarium of INR 50,000.

Submission Form

Contact

All questions related to the Open Call can be sent to communication-delhi@goethe.de.