Currently 3 active paid curatorial grants, fellowships and residencies. Hand-curated and updated weekly. Almost every entry is funded; a few notable unpaid open calls and festival submissions are included as clearly flagged exceptions. Browse the list below, or use the interactive desk for filtering and shortlisting.
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Serpentine Galleries seeks an experienced interdisciplinary Live Programmes Curator to initiate, develop, and produce a year-round live programme that extends and activates the gallery's exhibitions and curatorial vision through talks, performances, participatory experiences, and cross-disciplinary live formats. Building on Serpentine's flagship strands (the annual Marathons, Park Nights, Serpentine Cinema, and Study Days), the curator will run a live programme alongside and through onsite exhibitions, working closely with the Programmes, Production, and Audience teams. RESPONSIBILITIES: conceive, curate, and deliver live events (talks, performances, workshops, screenings, new formats); develop formats that bring visual artists into dialogue with dance, music, film, literature, technology, design, and social practice; lead planning and delivery on time and on budget; and develop programming that attracts new, diverse, and multi-generational audiences onsite and online. REQUIREMENTS: significant experience curating and/or producing live programmes in a gallery, museum, festival, performance, or cultural context; a strong interdisciplinary curatorial approach across multiple artistic forms; excellent project management, budgeting, and scheduling; strong communication and collaboration; and deep knowledge of contemporary art and current cultural discourse. TERMS: permanent role (3-month probationary period); hybrid working (3 days office, 2 remote); 25 days annual leave rising to 30 after 5 years plus 8 bank holidays; auto-enrolment pension, season-ticket loan, and Cycle2Work scheme. SALARY: GBP 45,000 per annum. TO APPLY: submit a CV and cover letter addressing how your skills fit the role, examples of relevant experience, and what attracts you to Serpentine. DEADLINE: midnight, 10 July 2026; first-stage interviews w/c 20 July 2026, second-stage w/c 27 July 2026.
Upe Foundation is launching the Upe Foundation Curatorial Fellowship at Camden Art Centre as part of its Fall 2026 Curatorial Fellowship Programme. The opportunity invites Baltic early-career curators to apply for a full-time curatorial role at Camden Art Centre, an institution internationally acclaimed for its rigorous exhibitions, residencies, events and learning programmes. The fellowship is a full-time, 12-month position starting Autumn 2026, with the possibility of a further 6-month extension (18 months total) upon review and mutual decision; relocation to London is required. ROLE: embedded within Camden Art Centre's Exhibitions Department, the Fellow works as Assistant Curator, supporting the development, coordination and delivery of the exhibitions programme and related projects and events, with practical experience across exhibition research, production, interpretation, publications, public programmes, loans, installation and documentation, and liaising with artists, galleries, lenders, partner organisations, writers and designers. The Fellow also shares research connected to Baltic and broader Central Eastern European artistic contexts. ELIGIBILITY: a demonstrated connection to or sustained engagement with the Baltic region (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, or their diasporas), which may include lived experience, heritage, working knowledge of a Baltic language, relevant research, or curatorial work with Baltic artists/institutions/contexts; early-career curatorial experience (freelance, self-organised, project-based or institutional); and a higher education qualification (BA, MA or equivalent) in curating, art history, visual culture or related disciplines. Desirable: working knowledge of Lithuanian, Latvian or Estonian; fluency in a second language; experience with Articheck and with CRM systems (particularly Salesforce). Applicants must hold the right to work in the UK (via the under-26 'new entrant' Skilled Worker route, the Creative Worker visa route, or existing right to work such as British citizenship or settled/pre-settled status). OFFER: GBP 30,960 salary, structured professional development within the Exhibitions team, and opportunities to build professional networks in London and internationally. Applications reviewed jointly by Upe Foundation and Camden Art Centre, with first-round online interviews and a second interview for finalists. The organizers strongly encourage applicants to write materials in their own words and avoid generic or AI-generated responses. TIMELINE: application deadline 12:00 noon UK time, Monday 13 July 2026; interviews 6 August 2026; final decision mid-August 2026; start Autumn 2026. Questions: recruitment@camdenartcentre.org.
Funding for preliminary research into exhibitions, events, articles or presentations. For curators. Continuous deadline.