Delphian Open Call 2024

Too many open calls are a way for galleries to make some revenue from hopeful early-career artists that they use to fund some less-successful events in their programme. This is not one of those open calls. 

Artists anywhere in the world could enter the open call with just a few clicks, and there were no entrance fees or long forms to fill in. Once the winners were selected, the artists didn’t have to worry about the expensive and stressful task of shipping and insuring their works, which is usually yet another barrier to entry that disadvantages early-career artists.

Every year we are blown away by how many artists are keen to submit and show us their work, and the sheer amount of amazing submissions makes the task of selecting the show incredibly difficult. This year there are 50 artists in the winners exhibition, but that number could have easily been trebled or quadrupled due to the quality of work that was submitted.

We have been very fortunate to again be partnering with the incredible Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop for this year’s iteration of the Open Call, who have also committed to foregoing any percentage of the profits. This year is the biggest and most exciting iteration of the open call yet.


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