Gulbenkian Exhibitions Fund aims to strengthen the visibility of contemporary arts from Portugal and Portuguese-speaking African countries in the UK cultural landscape. Eligible countries are Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, and São Tomé and Príncipe.
This new open call from the Foundation’s UK Branch is aimed at not-for-profit arts organisations and institutions in the UK, including (but not limited to) museums, galleries, festivals and biennales.
Funding can be used for solo or group exhibitions and showcases, multidisciplinary presentations, art film retrospectives, touring or site-specific projects, new commissions or presentations of existing work. Eligible artistic fields are visual arts, moving image (including film), performance and performing arts when presented within an exhibition context. Projects focused primarily on architecture and design are not eligible.
Projects may involve one or multiple partners, but must take place in a single UK institution that receives the grant.
The requirements are:
- Projects must take place in physical venues open to the general public; purely online or private initiatives are not eligible.
- At least one living artist from or based in Portugal or Portuguese-speaking African countries must be prominently featured.
- Projects should be led, hosted and organised by the institution. Grants will be awarded directly to the hosting institution.
- Artists should be featured intentionally, not incidentally.
- Projects must take place between June 2026 and August 2027.
The Foundation will award grants of up to 30,000 GBP. Grants may cover up to 50% of total project costs. Up to 15% of the grant may be allocated to core organisational costs directly related to the project.
